Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Appointment Type

Tenure Track Faculty

Department

IUSM - Pediatrics

Campus

IU School of Medicine Indianapolis

Position Summary

This position will function in four main ways within the Pediatric Adolescent Medicine division:

(1) Lead their own primary research program on sexual and reproductive health domestically and globally

(2) Function as a co-investigator with our three new junior physician/faculty scientists within our division of Adolescent Medicine and the Child Health Services Research program supporting their research project development, execution, and data analysis as an expert in both quantitative and qualitative research, and collaborate with the Department's clinical and translational research center to facilitate clinical investigations among our researchers

(3) Continue to lead education in research for our ACGME adolescent medicine fellowship program and our IU Leadership Education in Adolescent Health workforce development program (training social work and nursing graduate students, psychology postdocs, and adolescent medical fellows); (4) Maintain international service leadership roles within the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and other professional organizations.

The mission of the division of Adolescent Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics is to address the unique developmental needs of young people up to the age of 25, and our work is grounded in clinical service, teaching and education, and discovery research. Our division is balanced between medical physicians, psychologists, and PhD researchers, and we collaborate synergistically to improve the health of adolescents and young adults domestically and globally.

IUSM is committed to being a welcoming campus community and we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning and working environments for all students, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana.

Basic Qualifications

Doctorate or terminal degree required. Candidates should hold a Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D. and demonstrate a record of productive and high-quality research. Academic credentials and existing extramural grant support will determine faculty rank.

Department Contact for Questions

Application materials should include a CV, cover letter and list of tenured references submitted via this link. If you have additional questions, please reach out to Jacqueline Boese, HRBP for Academic Administration, at jhboese@iu.edu.