Openings for Assistant Professors of Medical Humanities & Bioethics
The Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics in the College of Medicine at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) seeks dedicated, energetic applicants who wish to join our growing team as a full time, tenure-track faculty member at the level of Assistant Professor. While applicants must have experience with and interest in clinical ethics consultations, applicants should be prepared to fulfill all four of the core missions of an academic medical center (education, clinical & research service, scholarship, and administrative service/leadership).
Further, we are in need of applicants who have a deep interest and facility with health humanities, background championing support for vulnerable populations, and interest in facilitating efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion. All faculty in the department provide education across a variety of populations including undergraduate healthcare professional students, graduate medical trainees (house staff), clinical staff and faculty. Applicants also should demonstrate capacity for successful and meaningful scholarship related to the fields of bioethics and health humanities. Candidates who demonstrate the possibility of securing extra mural funding (as a PI, co-I or consultant) will be considered favorably; however, this position is based on a “hard-money” salary.
Originally established as freestanding Division in the UAMS College of Medicine in 1982, the Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics (http://humanities.uams.edu) currently provides ethics education, consultation and other support throughout the institution and its affiliated partners, including Arkansas Children’s Hospital. The Department is particularly proud of its many offerings by nationally recognized faculty in a broad range of health humanities, including literature, art, and law. Also, the university has several initiatives in neuroscience, data warehouse and bioinformatics, as well as personalized medicine that all require careful ethical and humanities considerations. These and other initiatives provide vast opportunities for bioethics and humanities scholars to participate in substantive, meaningful work.
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Service, the UALR Bowen School of Law, as well as the numerous colleges of UAMS (including health professions, nursing, pharmacy, and public health).
Applicants must have a terminal degree in a humanities or social science discipline, law, medicine, nursing, or other health profession, with a focus on or experience in bioethics/medical humanities. Salary will be commensurate with junior-rank and relevant experience, following the AAMC’s national medical school salary survey for PhDs in bioethics and the APBD’s recent salary survey of bioethics programs. Review of applications begin no later than March 15th and will continue until position is filled.
To apply, an applicant should send through email a cover letter, CV, letters of recommendations, and a sample of scholarship to:
D. Micah Hester. PhD
UAMS/Humanities
Email: hesterdm@uams.edu
Phone: 501-661-7973
For any further inquiries about the positions, contact D. Micah Hester, PhD, Chair of the Department (email: hesterdm@uams.edu; phone: 501-661-7973).