Open Rank, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty Position in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention

The Department of Epidemiology and Prevention in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine is experiencing a period of tremendous growth and opportunity, with several ongoing faculty searches underway. With this posting, we are actively recruiting multiple faculty at all ranks who are tenured or tenure-eligible. We are specifically seeking to recruit epidemiologists with methodologic research interests and experience in conducting clinical trials, pragmatic trials, or applying causal inference and pharmacoepidemiology methodologies for target trial emulation. These positions will significantly contribute to Institutional goals for leveraging our uniquely positioned health system and integrated academic mission to execute clinical trials at scale within the health system. Faculty recruited in these roles will have opportunities to lead in the development of systems, including clinical and electronic health record (EHR) resources, that are critical to high-impact clinical trial infrastructure, trial implementation, and target trial emulation. For methodologists, there will be opportunities to design EHR-based real world cohorts for pragmatic trials and epidemiologic studies that span the entire health system, including the South and Midwest regions of the United States. Individuals with interests in target trial emulation, transporting clinical trial treatment effects to real world cohorts, and pharmacoepidemiology are encouraged to apply. This position recruitment may reside in either Winston-Salem or Charlotte, North Carolina. The new strategic partnership between Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Health, and Advocate (below) has created an unparalleled opportunity for epidemiological research.

Department of Epidemiology and Prevention
Wake Forest’s Department of Epidemiology and Prevention is one of four departments comprising the Division of Public Health Sciences (others are Biostatistics and Data Science, Implementation Science, and Social Sciences and Health Policy). Established in 1989, Public Health Sciences consistently ranks in the top 10 for National Institutes of Health funding among national academic medical center peer groups. In the past decade alone, the Division generated nearly $500 million of Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s research funding.

Faculty within the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention often share joint appointments within clinical departments, enhancing opportunity for clinical epidemiologic studies that directly inform patient care. Newly hired faculty can affiliate with one or more of our nationally-recognized centers including, among others: Center for Healthcare Innovation, Center for Biomedical  Informatics, The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Addiction Research, Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging, the Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, and the Program for Health Services Research. We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects, such as recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce, building an inclusive environment, and promoting health equity through research and influencing policy. Faculty within the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention have extensive experience with large, multicenter studies and collaborate with clinicians and basic scientists from a variety of other departments within the health system, as well as institutions and communities across the U.S. and abroad.

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) serves as the academic core of Advocate Health and is among the top 50 research institutions in the United States. Advocate Health (AH) is a large, integrated healthcare delivery system that serves nearly 6 million patients annually and is the fifth largest nonprofit health system in the nation. The health organization is comprised of more than 1,000 care sites and 67 hospitals across 6 states spanning the Southeastern and Midwestern portions of the United States. The expertise, size, and scope of our highly integrated enterprise positions us to be uniquely poised to identify mechanisms of disease, and address barriers and challenges associated with the translation of research into effective strategies for the prevention and treatment of disease.

Qualifications
 

♦    Desire and ability to work collaboratively across disciplines

♦    Active research portfolio demonstrating methodologic research interests and experience in conducting clinical trials, pragmatic trials, or methodological skills in harnessing real world data sources for target trial emulation and causal inference, commensurate with rank

♦    An established record of obtaining extramural funding 

♦    Exceptional methodological skills relevant to the conduct of clinical trials, pragmatic trials, and/or target trial emulation methods using EHR data resources

♦    Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

♦    Commitment to teaching and mentoring graduate, post-graduate, junior faculty, and/or clinicians

Interested candidates may submit their curriculum vitae and cover letter to Bridgette Harris Blackwell (bblackwe@wakehealth.edu) and Elizabeth Jensen, MPH PhD (ejensen@wakehealth.edu). Applicants whose research experience and interests are determined to align with the strategic goals for growth of the Department will be offered the opportunity to provide a Research Statement, Statement of Teaching Philosophy (optional) and sample publication(s). These positions will remain open until all anticipated positions are filled. Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff.