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Rush University System for Health: Research-Track Faculty Position - Department of Family & Preventive Medicine
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, a nationally recognized clinical and academic institution and the teaching hospital for Rush Medical, Health Sciences and Nursing Colleges, invites applications to a full-time tenure-track Research Faculty position.
The Department’s existing research portfolio addresses a broad range of factors relevant to health promotion across the lifespan, including:
- Lifestyle interventions for obesity and cardiometabolic disease
- Tobacco cessation
- Behavioral interventions embedded in primary care settings
- Maternal-child and women’s health
- Mental health
- Health disparities
The Department of Family & Preventive Medicine provides a strong infrastructure that enables researchers to successfully compete for external funding and pursue scholarly activities, including pilot funding opportunities, robust pre- and post-award administrative support, a Data Management and Analysis Core with several PhD-level biostatisticians, analysts, and data managers, and a well-trained pool of clinical research staff. Our department has a generous incentive plan that rewards productivity with protected research time and access to discretionary research funds. Leadership opportunities for established investigators exist within the department and across the larger medical center. Candidates seeking to practice as a family medicine or behavioral medicine provider are invited to negotiate time for these activities.
Role Summary:
This position is tenure-track and open-rank. New faculty will join an active group of NIH-funded researchers and family medicine clinicians who have secured over $6 million in external research funding in each of the previous 3 years.
Faculty are expected to:
- Conduct rigorous research consistent with the Department’s mission
- Publish findings in high-impact journals
- Maintain a portfolio of externally-funded research grants
- Collaborate with other faculty in the department and throughout the RUSH system
- Uphold research integrity, safety, and compliance standards
Qualifications
- Terminal degree [PhD/MD/DO/MD-PhD] in relevant field, including medicine, health psychology, translational basic science, public health, social sciences, exercise science, or other related fields.
- Record of peer-reviewed publications; evidence of (or strong potential for) independent funding.
- Commitment to collaborative, multidisciplinary research.
Compensation & Benefits
Rush offers competitive total compensation that includes base pay, benefits, and other incentive programs. The total pay range reflects a wide range of factors (knowledge/skills, experience, education/certifications/licensure, and organizational needs). This total pay range is for a full-time, 1.0 FTE employee and includes any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role. Additional compensation may include sign-on bonuses and relocation allowances. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package.
Pay Range: PhD $106,000 – $220,000
Pay Range: MD/DO $220,000 – $292,000
Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits, learn more at our Rush benefits page.
Join Rush and become part of one of the nation’s best healthcare systems. Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.