Visiting Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics

Title Visiting Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics Specific Title AMPATH Kenya Pediatrics In-Country Lead Appointment Type Scientist Track Faculty Department IUSM - Pediatrics Campus IU School of Medicine Indianapolis Position Summary

Indiana University/Riley Hospital for Children is currently recruiting a Pediatric Team leader for their Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program in Kenya. If you or a pediatrician you know is interested in working within a 30+ year international partnership, please see the details of the position below.

The role of the AMPATH Kenya Pediatrics In-Country Lead is to be an ambassador, driver, and guide of the educational mission between the North American and Kenyan institutions of the AMPATH consortium. The team leader resides in Kenya full-time and their primary mission is to build capacity through workforce development. They accomplish this by working closely with Kenyan and North American faculty, residents, and medical students to support a positive learning environment that is respectful to all.

Specific responsibilities for the Pediatrics Team Leader include: hosting North American visitors, (medical trainees and teaching faculty), in Kenya, coordinating electives for Kenyan learners in North America, and functioning as a visiting lecturer within the Department of Child Health and Pediatrics at Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. The team leader engages with other service and scholarly work to the degree that these advance the primary mission of capacity building and workforce development.

Working Environment

● The Team Leader is required to live and work in Eldoret, Kenya, at the IU House whenever legal and institutional permissions allow.

● Office space and access to office equipment, (computer, printers, photocopying), will be provided in the IU Center for Global Health and at the IU House.

● The team leader is required to attend virtual meetings and perform some work remotely.

Support

This position is supported by the IU Department of Pediatrics and the IU Center for Global Health. The team leader will receive an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Research Professor in Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and a Visiting Lecturer in Pediatrics at Moi University School of Medicine. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Supervision

The Pediatrics team leader reports directly to both the IU Center for Global Health Director of Education and the Department of Pediatrics Vice Chair of Education. Day-to-day activities are supervised and managed by the AMPATH Executive Field Director. For clinical and teaching responsibilities related to the Moi University, the team leader will report to the Head of Department of Child Health and Pediatrics.

Faculty Duties

AMPATH Ambassador

As the AMPATH ambassador for pediatrics, the pediatrics team leader is expected to:

● Attend weekly AMPATH consortium calls

● Participate in monthly meetings with IU Center for Global Health Education leadership

● Help maintain and update AMPATH Education SOPs

● Provide reports on activities related to the pediatric educational mission when requested

Visiting Assistant Professor of Indiana University Department of Pediatrics

As a member of the IU Department of Pediatrics, the pediatrics team leader is expected to:

● Assist with global health related educational activities for IU residents and students.

* This includes at least monthly meetings with Pediatrics Global Health Education leadership

* This may include book/journal clubs, development and implementation of new global health curriculum, mentorship of IU trainees in global health related projects, among other activities

● Maintain regular and prompt communication with the IU Department of Pediatrics. This includes timely submission of student and resident evaluations and prompt response to emails and requests for information.

● Facilitate pediatric research efforts in Kenya by helping to build relationships between researchers from the North American AMPATH institutions and researchers from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and Moi University School of Medicine.

● Host…