February 07, 2023
Open Rank, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty Positions Focused on Health Equity
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine is expanding our multidisciplinary cohort of health equity researchers who will address health disparities and promote health equity in their research. We are recruiting multiple talented faculty who will establish a sustainable culture of health equity research aimed at ensuring equitable health outcomes across diverse patients and populations in our catchment area, which includes the Winston-Salem-Greensboro-Highpoint and Charlotte metro areas. Priority disease areas include Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes, and infectious diseases. However, other areas contributing to health inequity are not excluded from consideration. We are looking to recruit investigators focused on the following:
- Behavioral health in disease risk prediction and reduction; substance use; mental health; smoking cessation; discrimination, racism, and anti-racism; social isolation; health disparities; maternal/infant mortality; population health; social justice and equity; population science; and/or health behavior change.
- Data science, training EHRs, AI/machine learning, measurement/patient reported outcomes, mixed methods research, network analysis, complex systems science & simulation.
- Health economics with social and economic vulnerability with predictive modeling and social determinants of health across disease processes, systemic health inequity, and care disparities.
- Population health including pandemics/preparedness, vaccine prioritization, and/or vaccine hesitancy.
- Community-engaged research which may include working with existing or new partnerships to change programs, policies and practices.
Committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine is seeking faculty with the following qualifications:
- Desire and ability to work collaboratively across disciplines.
- Active research portfolio in areas that address health equity commensurate with rank.
- Evidence of obtaining and sustaining extramural research funding, especially for applicants at the level of Associate or Full Professor. Assistant professors with experience and strong potential for extramural funding may also be competitive.
- Demonstrated commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Terminal degree (e.g., PhD, MD, JD, DrPH, etc.).