Description

The Department of Epidemiology and Prevention in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine is experiencing a period of tremendous growth and opportunity. We are actively recruiting multiple faculty at all ranks who are tenured or tenure-eligible to support this growth.  Our current focus is recruitment of epidemiologists and pharmacoepidemiologists with methodologic research interests in leveraging real world data sources, including electronic health record data, administrative/claims data, and pragmatic trials.

Department of Epidemiology and Prevention

Wake Forest’s Department of Epidemiology and Prevention is one of four departments comprising the Division of Public Health Sciences (others are Biostatistics and Data Science, Implementation Science, and Social Sciences and Health Policy). Established in 1989, Public Health Sciences consistently ranks in the top 10 for National Institutes of Health funding among national academic medical center peer groups. In the past decade alone, the Division generated nearly $500 million of Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s research funding.

Faculty within the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention often share joint appointments within clinical departments, enhancing opportunity for clinical epidemiologic studies that directly inform patient care. Newly hired faculty can affiliate with one or more of our nationally-recognized centers including, among others: Center for Healthcare Innovation, Center for Biomedical  Informatics, The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Addiction Research, Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging, the Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, and the Program for Health Services Research. We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects, such as recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce, building an inclusive environment, and promoting health equity through research and influencing policy. Faculty within the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention have extensive experience with large, multicenter studies and collaborate with clinicians and basic scientists from a variety of other departments within the health system, as well as institutions and communities across the U.S. and abroad.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

In October 2020, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Atrium Health officially joined together as a single enterprise. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare system. Atrium Health is providing $3.4 billion for planned investments in our health system and the communities we serve; $600 million alone is focused on advancing Wake Forest’s academic mission. The Wake Forest University School of Medicine is the academic core of Atrium Health and is building a second campus in Charlotte, North Carolina. The current positions may reside in either Winston-Salem or Charlotte, North Carolina. The new strategic partnership between Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health has created an unparalleled opportunity for epidemiological research in a diverse catchment area of over 7 million residents across 4 states in the Southeastern U.S.

Requirements

• Desire and ability to work collaboratively across disciplines
• Active research portfolio in pharmacoepidemiology, clinical epidemiology, pragmatic trials, or other closely-related area of focus, commensurate with rank
• Evidence of or strong potential for obtaining extramural research funding, with successful applicants at the level of Assistant Professor demonstrating an emerging record and those at the level of Associate Professor or Professor demonstrating an established record of obtaining extramural funding
• Exceptional methodological skills relevant to the design, implementation and analyses of RWE data sources, including electronic health record data, administrative/claims data, and pragmatic trials
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Commitment to teaching and mentoring graduate, post-graduate, junior faculty, and/or clinicians
• Advanced degree (e.g., PhD, MD, PharmD), with PhD in epidemiology preferred

Interested candidates may submit their curriculum vitae and cover letter to Bridgette Harris Blackwell (bblackwe@wakehealth.edu) and Elizabeth Jensen, MPH PhD (ejensen@wakehealth.edu). Applicants whose research experience and interests are determined to align with the strategic goals for growth of the Department will be offered the opportunity to provide a Research Statement, Statement of Teaching Philosophy (optional) and sample publication(s). Multiple faculty appointments are anticipated and the position will remain open until all anticipated positions are filled. Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff.