Associate Chair of Research (ACR)

Associate Chair of Research (ACR)

College/School/Unit: Dell Medical School

Department: Department of Medicine

Posted: Feb 13, 2025

Apply By: Open until filled

Description

The Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Dell Medical
School is seeking candidates for the position of Associate Chair of
Research (ACR). The ACR plays a key role in bidirectional
communication of research needs, strategy, accomplishments, and
works in progress with the department Chair and Vice Dean for
Research. The ACR will be responsible for the full spectrum of
research activities within the Department to shape the overall
objectives and execution of Dell Med's research strategy within the
context of departmental needs and goals.

About Dell Medical School and the University of Texas at
Austin Medical Center

As part of The University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation's
leading research universities, the Dell Medical School pursues
innovation in the redesign of healthcare delivery, excellence in
healthcare research, and programs in interdisciplinary and
inter-professional education. It is the fifth medical school in the
UT System and the first medical school established in nearly five
decades by a member of the Association of American Universities, an
organization of leading public and private research
universities.

The University of Texas Medical Center, anchored by Dell Medical
School, is defining the future of health. Announced in
August 2023 with planning and implementation underway, The
University of Texas Medical Center will cement Austin as a premier
destination for health care alongside other major Texas cities.
With two new, state-of-the-art hospitals - A UT specialty hospital
and a cancer center being built by MD Anderson - plus the academic
and research expertise of UT, The University of Texas Medical
Center will provide the integrated, world-class care that is a
hallmark of academic medicine.

The Dell Medical School is especially interested in qualified
candidates who can contribute to excellence within the learning
health system.

About the Department of Internal Medicine

The
Department of Internal Medicine is home to 20 categorical
residents per year, which includes a Primary Care Track and a
Distinctions Track in Care Transformation, plus 5 preliminary
interns in Medicine. Dell Seton Medical Center (DSMC) is a 220-bed,
safety net, Level 1 Trauma Center, and serves as the inpatient
training facility for this program. In September 2021, Dell Med's
IM program deployed a resident staffed team to Ascension Seton
Medical Center Austin (SMCA) Hospital. SMCA is a full-service
hospital with 24/7 emergency care and comprehensive Level 1 Stroke
Center. SMCA also has a Level IV Trama Center.

About Austin

Austin
is a vibrant, lively university city, known for its excellent
public K-12 schools, lively music scene, superb cuisine, and
international festivals such as South by Southwest. The city
typically ranks among the country's best places to live. Nearby
lakes and rivers as well as the beautiful adjacent Texas Hill
Country provide ample opportunities for outdoor activities.

About the Position

The specific roles and responsibilities of the ACR:

Leadership, Strategy, and Impact

• Represents the department and Department Chair in all research

matters.

• Serves as the point of contact between the department,

including Department Chair and investigators, and the Office of the
Vice Dean for Research to inform guidelines, policies, and
strategic directions.

• Promotes high-impact research to improve health and healthcare

throughout Central Texas.

• Aligns departmental research efforts to establish UT Medicine

as the premier leader in research discovery, translation, and
implementation.

• Works with the other ACRs to develop and execute Dell Med's

research strategy.

• Facilitates and enables joint research efforts and team science

across Dell Med departments, UT Austin Colleges and Schools, and
outside partners.

• Oversees collecting, assembling, and presenting departmental

research benchmarks and impact.

• Identifies and communicates departmental research

accomplishments to leadership, communications, and other
stakeholders as appropriate.

Resource Management, Operations and Infrastructure

• Represents the department at all required meetings organized by

the Office of Research.

• Endorses and approves departmental clinical trials, IRB,

biosafety, and IACUC applications and protocols. This includes the
feasibility and resource needs of projects.

• The ACR shares responsibility with departmental investigators

and the Office of Research to ensure all research activities adhere
to ethical standards, regulatory requirements, institutional
policies, and scientific integrity.

• The ACR will coordinate, at a departmental level, responses to

issues of non-compliance and collaborates with relevant internal
and external regulatory bodies to address compliance issues and
facilitate research integrity.

• Will identify and communicate departmental resource needs,

including enhancing and maintaining departmental research
infrastructure and space, to the Office of the Vice Dean.

• Ensures faculty use appropriate channels of approval and

negotiation for all sponsored projects, whether federal, industry,
or donor sponsored.

• Assists in the oversight of systems design to facilitate

stewardship of departmental and common resources.

Funding and Grant Management

• Assists in identification and targeted dissemination of funding

opportunities to departmental faculty.

• Will determine Dell Med or partner feasibility, deadlines, and

appropriate resourcing for extramural funding applications.

• Ensures departmental awareness and compliance with application

guidelines, deadlines, and reassurances for proposals.

• Ensures research faculty follow all notification guidelines to

sponsored projects administration and is involved in communication
around any missed deadlines.

• Identifies early career researchers and ensures mentorship and

tracking to facilitate successful transition to R stage.

• Identifies and tracks later career researchers and encourages

resources and collaborations necessary to transition from smaller R
awards to R01, from R01 to P and U awards, and to sustain programs
of research as needed.

• Facilitates organization of works in progress, review of

proposals, and other events to facilitate success of the
department's research program. Can include mock reviews.

Personnel Management

• Oversees departmental mentorship of early career research

faculty.

• Assists with recruitment and on and/or off-boarding of

departmental research faculty.

• Provides promotion and tenure assistance for research-focused

faculty.

• Oversees stewardship for student, resident, and postdoctoral

fellow research.

• Participates in research matchmaking for students.
• Identifies potential research collaborators across Dell Med

departments, UT Austin Colleges and Schools, and outside
partners.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree; board certified
• Strong track record of research productivity, including NIH (or

comparable independent) peer-reviewed funding; significant
experience obtaining and administering extramural funding from a
range of sponsors.

• Must have a proven track record of collaborating with,

supporting, and developing multiple members of a clinical research
department including writing and administering complex grants.

• Experience in guiding and mentoring junior faculty, fellows,

resident physicians and medical students in academic
activities.

• Academic rank commensurate to experience.

Application Instructions

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all
applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and
affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of
equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability,
religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and
activities, and admissions.

To apply, visit https://faculty.utexas.edu/career/152993

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