"Health Physics Faculty"

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FACULTY POSITION

Health Physics

Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is accepting applications for a full-time, twelve-month faculty in the Health Physics (HP) Program, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences (CDS), School of Health Professions (SHP). The position is open rank and is tenure track eligible. A PhD in Health Physics or closely related field is required. Candidates are also expected to be Certified Health Physicists (CHP) or eligible to sit for Part 2 of the exam within four years of the start date. Preference will be given to individuals with research, teaching, and/or industry experience. The HP faculty candidate’s primary responsibilities are expansion of the health physics research program, student mentorship and advising, and secondarily didactic instruction.

The HP Program faculty consists of an energetic, cohesive group of individuals, and is a growing program at UAB. UAB is ranked as one of the premier schools and research institutions in the country, and Birmingham is an international city that enjoys a reputation as one of America’s best places for a family to live, work, and play. For more information about the MHP program, UAB and Birmingham, please visit the following link at: https://www.uab.edu/shp/cds/health-physics.

About CDS

The Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, housed in the UAB School of Health Professions (SHP), is one of the most programmatically diverse departments at UAB. It is home to 8 programs from the undergraduate through the doctoral level. The programs offer a variety of education opportunities in clinical and research fields. Several of its programs are the only one of their kind in Alabama. For additional information about the CDS department, please visit https://uab.edu/cds.

About SHP

The School of Health Professions is home to nearly 30 programs and more than 40 offerings at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels. As one of the six schools comprising the renowned UAB Academic Health Center, our students are exposed to vast resources, state-of-the art facilities and progressive research during their academic and clinical education. Learn more at https://uab.edu/shp.

About UAB

Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with more than $780 million in annual research expenditures and an economic impact on the state exceeding $12.1 billion a year. UAB is Alabama’s single largest employer, with some 28,000 employees, and was named Forbes’ No. 1 Large Employer in the United States in 2021. UAB enrollment surpassed 21,000 for the sixth consecutive year in fall 2023. The university offers more than 180 degree programs in nine schools and one college. The four pillars of UAB’s mission are education; research, innovation and economic development; community engagement; and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu.

UAB has outstanding core facilities in molecular sciences (EM, MS, X-Ray, and more), engineering, nanosciences, preclinical and clinical imaging, informatics, and translational and clinical research. Selected candidates will have access to the Central Alabama High Field NMR Facility in the Department of Chemistry, the UAB Cyclotron Facility in the Heersink School of Medicine which produces radiopharmaceuticals and radioisotopes for medical imaging and other studies, and state-of-the-art small animal PET/CT imaging facility for translational research.

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran’s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB’s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

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