Section Director of Community Health

Department of Preventive Medicine

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

The Department of Preventive Medicine at Rush University Medical Center is seeking a tenured Associate or Full Professor to join its team as the Section Director of Community Health.

The Department is multi-disciplinary, comprised of faculty with interests in the development, design, implementation, and analyses of behavioral clinical trials to improve chronic diseases. The Section of Community Health focuses on community-based participatory research approaches to develop and implement community-based interventions to improve health equity.  Rush has made community health equity an institutional initiative and is establishing an Institute for Population Health and Equity within Rush University.  The Section Director for Community Health will play a critical role as a thought leader in helping to establish a research agenda for the Institute. Faculty in Community Health work closely with the Rush DePaul Center for Community Health Equity, an inter-disciplinary group of faculty at Rush and DePaul Universities, and with West Side United, a consortium of hospitals and community partners working to improve health equity in Chicago’s underserved west side communities.

The successful candidate will be expected to have an established record of externally funded research and to maintain it in their area of expertise.  The successful candidate will grow the Section of Community Health, develop and implement a 5-year strategic plan, and provide leadership and vision for the entire Department.  We strongly encourage candidates with education and experience in lifestyle medicine, chronic disease management, community/public health, socio-medical sciences, and/or health disparities to apply. A doctoral degree in medicine (MD) is strongly preferred with evidence of a long-standing commitment to clinical research. Experience in social epidemiology and health disparities is preferred.  An interest in blood pressure control in the underserved is particularly attractive. The Department requires a strong publication record, excellence in teaching and mentoring. Success in working with multidisciplinary teams, and innovative and high-impact research.

Rush University System for Health (RUSH) is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships. RUSH comprises Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. Rush University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, the College of Health Sciences and the Graduate College. Numerous national organizations have recognized Rush for the quality of care we provide, including U.S. News & World Report, which ranked Rush University Medical Center among the top 50 hospitals in five specialties in its 2019-2020 Best Hospitals issue. Rush University Medical Center has received Vizient's Quality Leadership Award, ranking first among 99 academic medical centers across the country. In 2019, Rush was designated a leader in LGBTQ health care equality by the Human Rights Campaign for the 10th consecutive year, and was one of only five hospitals from across the nation to be recognized by the American Hospital Association as an honoree for its annual Equity of Care Award.

Interested candidates, please send your CV and cover letter to:

Marisol Vega

Faculty Recruiter

Faculty_Recruitment@Rush.edu

Rush is an equal opportunity / Affirmative Action employer