Job board of the American Society for Clinical Investigation

The University of Virginia School of Medicine, in partnership with Korn Ferry, invites nominations and expressions of interest for the position of Associate Dean for Clinical Research.

Founded in 1819 as the 10th medical school in America, the University of Virginia School of Medicine – with 20 clinical departments, 9 research departments, and 7 research centers – consistently attracts some of the nation’s most prominent researchers to develop breakthrough treatments that benefit patients around the world. Those research efforts are backed by more than $280 million in grant funding and the staff and faculty that make all of it possible.

As part of its mission to provide excellence and innovation in patient care, UVA Health engages talented researchers and trainees, promotes and facilitates cutting-edge biomedical research, and prides itself on providing exemplary clinical care to patients from across the Commonwealth of Virginia and the surrounding region. The Medical Center includes the flagship 696-bed Magnet® recognized University Hospital, which houses a Level I trauma center, the UVA Children's hospital, the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, the Charles Strickler Transplant Center, and more than 100 primary and specialty care clinics. The UVA Medical Center has received national accolades for outstanding clinical services in several disciplines, including oncology, cardiovascular, and women and children's services. Further, the integration of basic science departments in the School of Medicine within a vibrant health system contributes significantly to the clinical, research, and education missions of UVA Health. Critical to UVA’s success in continuing to provide excellence and innovation in patient care and strengthen cutting-edge research and capabilities, is the recruitment of a new Associate Dean for Clinical Research to not only enhance and facilitate clinical research efforts across the School of Medicine, but to lead new initiatives to foster clinical research success and build UVA’s reputation. A national search is underway.

The Associate Dean for Clinical Research will oversee, lead, and develop the institutional clinical research program through developing strategies and resources to grow clinical research within the School of Medicine and in partnership with UVA Community Health; leading the career development program for junior clinical investigators; providing administrative support for clinical research grant proposals and supervision of the Clinical Trials Unit; and through fostering collaborations between basic and clinical investigators and entrepreneurial efforts of faculty, including enhancing industry-sponsored clinical research programs and promoting translational research across the School of Medicine’s research departments and centers.

Reporting to Dr. Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and working closely with the Office for Research as well as University, School of Medicine, and Health System leaders, this individual will be a renowned clinician-investigator and experienced leader with a proven record of exemplary scholarship, accomplishments in clinical investigation, and success in recruiting and developing faculty, and will foster a culture of collaboration, integrity, trust, shared accountability, and mission focus.

Ultimately, the Associate Dean will be an institutional and servant leader, one who serves as an advocate for clinical research and investigators in the School of Medicine, and who facilitates research synergies across the University. They will have earned an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent, and a level of accomplishment that warrants an appointment as a Full Professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Additionally, a strong record of clinical research accomplishments, productivity, and peer-reviewed extramural funding, and a track record of program development and faculty and trainee recruitment and development is highly desirable.

Korn Ferry is assisting UVA with this important recruitment. Applications should include a detailed curriculum vitae and a letter of interest. To ensure full consideration, inquiries, nominations, and applications should be submitted electronically, in confidence, to [email protected]