Title: POSITION: ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, INJURY RESEARCH CENTER – MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
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Section/SPIG: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
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DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
Position Description:
The Injury Research Center (IRC) at the Medical College of Wisconsin is seeking a faculty member to provide leadership to the IRC in the area of injury-related public policy research and education. The incumbent will co-direct a newly created Policy Core within the IRC, which will bring together an interdisciplinary group of injury control and public health scientists to oversee the development and implementation of an injury control policy research and education agenda. As part of the dissemination of the research agenda, the incumbent will publish injury policy research findings in peer-reviewed journals, present at scientific meetings, prepare scientific testimony, and secure extramural funding. It is expected that the incumbent will respond to requests for information from legislators, advocacy groups, and the media, as well as monitor opportunities to disseminate relevant injury policy research findings to public policy decision makers, organizations, and community agencies. It is expected that the incumbent will focus on state, regional, and national levels of injury policy research.
The incumbent will also be responsible for curriculum development and direct teaching of medical school students, residents, and health care providers at MCW. The incumbent will work closely with other MCW Departments and Centers that have a similar interest in health policy research and education.
The candidate would be expected to develop statewide and regional collaborations in education and research, with special emphasis in injury control policy research and evidence-based injury policies.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent, an MD, or a JD. It is desirable that the candidate also have a history of peer-reviewed publications in public health policy research and a track record of securing extramural funding.
Organization description:
The Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin is federally funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
The successful candidate will have a primary appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine and affiliate faculty appointments in appropriate additional Departments and Centers/Institutes. This faculty position is funded for a period of three years. It is expected that the incumbent would secure extramural funding, at least equaling one-half of the faculty salary, by the end of year three.
Contact Information:
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Director, Injury Research Center – MCW
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone - (414) 456-7670
Fax – (414) 456-6470
E-mail - policy@mcw.edu
Web site - http://www.mcw.edu/irc
Deadline – Oct. 15, 2004