Faculty Positions in General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research 2024-2025

The Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System invite applications for faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate, or full Professor ranks.

The department is seeking outstanding candidates with the potential for conducting exceptional research, excellence in teaching, and a clear commitment to enhancing the diversity of the faculty in the fields of public health and health services research. Successful applicants will have conducted outstanding, independent scholarly work in health services research with clear implications for clinical practice, population health management, or health policy. We welcome expertise in a broad range of topical areas, including in health equity, which is a particular strength of our Division. Additionally, we invite applications for a faculty position at the assistant and associate level for those interested in palliative care research. Areas of methodologic expertise include but are not limited to machine learning/artificial intelligence, econometrics, behavioral economics, implementation science, evaluation of natural experiments and/or interventions at the practice, health system, and/or policy levels, cost effectiveness analyses, and expertise with mixed methods including qualitative research approaches.

Applicants must have the potential to obtain peer-reviewed funding and to serve as PI on multidisciplinary research teams. Research training via fellowship, Master's, or a Ph.D. program is highly desirable. Successful clinician investigator applicants will care for patients as well as teach and supervise clinical trainees. Successful non-clinician candidates will be involved in teaching research methods to postdoctoral fellows and other research trainees. An M.D. with board certification in Internal Medicine and/or a Ph.D. is required.

The Division has ongoing collaborations with Schools of Public Health, Public Policy, and RAND, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and multiple partnerships with local institutions and community organizations. For more information, please visit the division website at:

https://www.uclahealth.org/internal-medicine/default.cfm

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The posted UC salary scales [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html] set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary range for this position is $163, 300-$429,900. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan [https://ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf], which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

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https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.

All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html.

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An M.D. with board certification in Internal Medicine and/or a Ph.D. is required.

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