The CUNY School of Medicine (CUNY MED) is the only medical school in the City University of New York system. Our innovative curriculum allows students to complete both their undergraduate Bachelor of Science (BS) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees in seven years. CUNY MED graduated its first MD class in 2020. In addition, the CUNY MED offers a two-year Physician Assistant (PA) program to prepare health professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. Our mission is 1) to provide access to medical education to talented youth from historically underrepresented in backgrounds in medicine and to develop health professionals committed to practicing in under-served communities and 2) to perform innovative research in community health and biomedicine.

We seek to hire multiple health disparity senior faculty researchers at the Associate or Full Professor level. The hires will be part of either the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences (MCBS), or the Department of Community Health and Social Medicine (CHASM), depending on their research discipline.

The MCBS and CHASM departments play a critical role in our mission-driven BS/MD program and Physician Assistant program through their teaching and research programs. The MCBS department is responsible for the basic science curriculum. Faculty members conduct extramurally funded research currently centered on neuroscience, microbiology and immunology, cardiovascular disease, and oncology. The CHASM department curricular responsibilities include providing a comprehensive effort to educate our students in the social, economic, political and, behavioral determinants of health and disease, with a focus on population health, health disparities and health care policy. CHASM’s current research agenda is centered on chronic disease epidemiology, health behavior, health policy, health services and, community-based research.

The hired faculty members will report to their respective departmental Chair and work collaboratively with CUNY MED instructional and research administration. The position includes teaching, research, and mentoring duties in their area of expertise and sharing responsibility for committee, program and, department assignments, which includes administrative, supervisory and other functions. In addition to the above details, the faculty hire’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Enhance institutional research capacity in translational health disparities research and enable research grant principals and investigators to continue their competitive extramural support by studying health disparities across a spectrum of approaches, including basic science mechanisms, clinical trials, AI, and community-engaged research.

• Maintaining an externally funded research program at the CUNY School of Medicine

• Build research infrastructure for interdisciplinary programs.

• Spearheads and promotes curricula infrastructure for MCBS or CHASM, as needed to train health professionals;

• Participate in instruction of medical and/or PA students; through a combination of educational methodologies, including live presentations, video-streaming, and multimedia;

• Actively promote a culture of health disparities research at CUNY MED by mentoring investigators, including those from underrepresented backgrounds.

• Makes presentations at national and international meetings and actively publish in rigorous peer-reviewed journals.

• Performs other duties as assigned by the Department Chairperson or designee.

MIMINUM QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD and/or MD degree or equivalent

• Have a demonstrable track record of research productivity, as evidenced by commensurate and highly impactful publications;

• Evidence of sustained or exceptional record of external governmental/federal grant funding as PI;

• A track record of mentoring junior faculty and faculty development.

• A national standing, as evidenced by invited speaking opportunities at conferences and symposia.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience and knowledge of Health Care Disparities along the spectrum from basic to clinical sciences;

• Funded research programs that align with current strengths in the MCBS and CHASM departments;

• Distinguished as a teacher;

• Experience with interprofessional education;

• Strong interpersonal skills, to initiate and maintain effective working relationships

• Experience and a demonstrated commitment to building an equitable and diverse scholarly and learning environment