Vice Chair for Research: Department of Emergency Medicine

University of Alabama - Birmingham • Birmingham, AL, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1w ago

Summary:

The Vice Chair for Research will be charged with developing a nationally known and prominent research agenda in Emergency Medicine. This role is responsible for articulating a vision of the Department’s research in addition to recruiting candidates who will help fulfill that agenda. The person in this role will implement the infrastructure necessary for the agenda to be successful, as well as develop and promote projects integral to the agenda.

Qualifications:

MD with experience working in a clinical research environment
Experience providing strategic direction, and operational oversight of the department’s research programs and activities
Track record of external funding through government agencies such as such as the NIH, AHRQ, the DOD, the CDC, FDA, etc. Any combination is fine.
Experience as a principal investigator with 20 plus publications in top-tier publications like the New England Journal, Jama, Lancet, Resuscitation journal, etc.
Work with executive leadership to establish and measure performance metrics
Must be comfortable working in a matrixed department
Experience working in an academic institution where there are students, residents, fellows

Duties:

Develop opportunities for research innovation and mentorship, both internally and externally to the Department

Ensure the realization of high quality and highly productive research and research education programs within established regulatory and institutional guidelines and policies
Ensure adherence to regulatory standards at an institutional, local, industry, and federal level
Contribute to the research mission by maintaining a personal program of research projects
Promote the growth and sustainability of funded research activities, actively seeking and promoting opportunities to grow resources to support the research portfolio
Practice fiscal stewardship to ensure the research program maintains a fiscally sustainable model
Assist with developing infrastructure necessary to maintain the research environment
Participate in the annual budgeting process in conjunction with the Chair and other Vice Chairs
Foster a collaborative research environment in which faculty with a research assignment can be successful
Collaborate with senior leadership to drive, support, and model an innovation- and entrepreneurial oriented culture focused on high-quality clinical and translational research
Will be overseeing research fellowships, training programs, clinical trial programs, coordinators, etc.

Compensation: