The Graduate School ( www.graduate.umaryland.edu/ ) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is seeking applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track, assistant professor appointment for a faculty member with expertise in research methods and interdisciplinary health professions education. Along with scholarly activities, the incumbent will teach in the Health Professions Education (HPE) PhD program, lead program assessment in the Physician Assistant Leadership and Learning Academy (PALLA), and assist with research focusing on graduate students and mental health. UMB Graduate School assistant professor appointments are long-term, renewable contracts and are eligible for promotion. Rules governing such appointments are located at https://graduate.umaryland.edu/policies/ .

UMB is known for its expertise in health, biomedical sciences, and human services and is uniquely positioned to apply principles of innovation and entrepreneurship to advance health and social equality. In addition, UMB is committed to solving health and social disparities by involving those who face these problems every day. UMB seeks to understand the community served through the creation of innovative solutions based on people's actual needs.

THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND

The University System of Maryland (USM) comprises 12 institutions, three regional higher education centers, and a system office. USM creates a dynamic educational environment that supports a unique array of programs; fosters groundbreaking research, innovation, and entrepreneurship; and fuels the engine that is helping to power Maryland forward. As a public system of higher education, USM advances the state of Maryland and benefits all of society. The USM has four Physician Assistant programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Towson University, Frostburg University, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the founding campus of the University System of Maryland. UMB opened in 1807 and serves as Maryland's public health, law, and human services university. Dedicated to excellence in education, research, clinical care, and public service, UMB enrolls over 6,700 students in six nationally ranked professional schools --dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work -- and an interdisciplinary Graduate School . The University offers 62 doctoral, master's, baccalaureate, and certificate programs and confers the majority of the professional practice doctoral degrees awarded in Maryland. UMB integrates teaching, research, and service, and supports an innovative culture focused on preparing students to address the complexities associated with the health, human services, and social welfare environment.

Today, this 71-acre research and technology complex encompasses 67 buildings in West Baltimore, near the Inner Harbor. The University is one of Baltimore City's major anchor institutions and is a leading partner in the redevelopment of Baltimore's Westside. Adjacent to the campus is the University of Maryland Medical Center , the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center , and the University of Maryland BioPark . The BioPark, which opened in 2005, promotes collaborative research opportunities and bioscience innovation.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GRADUATE SCHOOL

Since 1918, the University of Maryland Graduate School has grown to become among the most respected schools in the country offering graduate education and training in biomedical, health, and human service sciences. We offer Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programs, and post-baccalaureate certificate programs in these areas of study. We also offer dual degrees with the University's professional schools including PhD/MD, PhD/PharmD and PhD/DDS degree programs, and we participate in inter-institutional studies in biochemistry, and gerontology with other University System of Maryland campuses.

All doctoral students are actively engaged in research with faculty members to address some of society's most pressing problems and biomedical research's most challenging questions in basic and translational research. These innovative efforts, supported by research grants and contracts, are undertaken collaboratively with the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the University of Maryland Medical Center, the Veterans Affairs Medical center, the Institutes for Human Virology, and others.

Over the past six years the Graduate School has transformed itself by hiring new faculty and creating master's degrees focused on non-traditional learners including the M.S. in Health Sciences, M.S. in Health and Social Innovation, M.S. in Global Health, and a M.S. in Violence Reduction. Additionally, multiple certificate degrees allow students to focus in the areas of aging, applied thanatology, biomedical entrepreneurship, global health systems, global health innovation, public health implementation science, integrative health and wellness, and intercultural leadership. The Graduate School will launch a new PhD program in Health Professions Education in Fall 2020, and it will be among the largest programs in the United States educating the next generation of health professions faculty.

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