Director, PhD Program in Health Services Research - Associate Professor- Professor

Director, PhD Program in Health Services Research Open Rank
- Associate Professor
- Professor

The Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy (HSMP) in the Colorado School of Public Health invites applications for the position of Director, PhD Program in Health Services. This position leads a successful PhD training program that prepares students for research careers in conducting scientific studies that evaluate innovations in health services, systems, and policies. This position is responsible for overseeing and improving the PhD educational curriculum, recruiting and retaining talented PhD students, advising and mentoring students in collaboration with other faculty, identifying and securing resources for PhD student support through faculty extramural grants and other sources, and assisting graduates with career placement and advancement.

The Director position will be 0.2 FTE to 0.25 FTE as salary support of a full-time 12-month faculty appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor within the Colorado School of Public Health. The successful candidate will secure coverage for the remainder of their university faculty salary by leading extramurally funded research activities, teaching graduate classes, and engaging in relevant professional service activities.

Candidates should have academic and professional qualifications suitable for appointment as a tenured or tenure-track associate professor or full professor in the HSMP department. We seek candidates with deep expertise in health services research and/or health economics along with a strong record of training and mentoring graduate students for successful research careers.

Key responsibilities include recruiting talented students into the PhD program, advising and mentoring PhD students throughout their research training experiences, developing and improving the PhD educational curriculum in collaboration with other program faculty, identifying and securing resources for PhD student support through faculty extramural grants and other sources, assisting PhD candidates and graduates with career placement and advancement, developing productive partnerships with relevant clinical, scientific, educational and policy organizations on campus and in the region to create opportunities for PhD student learning, research and career development, submitting research proposals and obtaining extramural funding for PhD student training and research, developing and teaching classes in the PhD and/or MPH programs, and publishing research manuscripts in leading peer-reviewed journals, including PhD students and alumni as co-authors.

The HSMP department supports a multidisciplinary group of research-intensive faculty members and offers graduate education through M.P.H, and Ph.D. programs in health policy and health services research. Faculty enjoy rich opportunities for collaboration with numerous academic and clinical units affiliated with the $7 billion state of the art Anschutz Medical Campus, including the CU School of Medicine, CU College of Nursing, and other health professions schools, the UCHealth system, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, Children's Hospital Colorado, and the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System.

Beyond campus, faculty collaborate with innovative healthcare systems and government agencies regionally and nationally, utilizing a robust data environment that includes a campus-wide clinical data warehouse, regional electronic health data networks, a statewide all-payor claims database, and a federal research data center.

The Colorado School of Public Health is a collaborative endeavor involving the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz), Colorado State University (CSU), and the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). The Colorado School of Public Health is the first and only accredited school of public health in the Rocky Mountain Region, attracting top-tier faculty and students from across the country and providing vital contributions towards ensuring our region's health and well-being.

The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including: medical, dental, additional insurance, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit, and ECO Pass.