Associate to Full Professor UPDATED

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII invites applications for the position of:

Title:

Associate (H4) to Full Professor (H5)

Position #: 0085000

Hiring unit: UH, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Location:

Department of Psychiatry

Location:

QMC UH Tower and affiliated locations

Date Posted:
October 8, 2025

Closing Date:
Continuous, First review on December 1, 2025

Salary Information:
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Monthly type: 11-month

Tenure Track:
Tenure-track

Full Time/Part Time:
Full-Time: 100% FTE

Temporary/Permanent:
Permanent

Funding: G-funds

Other conditions:

State funds, permanent, full-time, tenure track, annually renewable based on performance, operational needs, and/or funding availability. Additional funding sources may include a combination of private or extramural funds. To begin approximately February 2026, pending position clearance and availability of funds. First review begins December 1, 2025; with continuous recruitment until filled.

• Leadership in a core educational, service, and/or scholarly discovery program, including but not limited to participation in strategic planning.
• Organizing and administering educational or training experiences for undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, residents, and/or fellows.
• Work with the Department Chair to oversee the development of principles and processes to strengthen academic psychiatry in the areas of faculty development and mentoring, competency-based medical education, premedical, undergraduate medical education (i.e., medical student), and graduate medical education (GME) program evaluation, research, and operations.
• Assist with the maintenance of accreditation standards set by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for Psychiatry and relevant Psychiatry subspecialties based within QHS, HPH, and in other JABSOM clinical affiliates.
• Instruction in the clinical courses, pre-clinical problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum for the MD program, and/or involvement with resident or fellowship training.
• Practice as a psychiatrist for the Department of Psychiatry in a core university-affiliated training hospital.
• Conduct scholarly work, which may include quality improvement, patient safety, patient outcomes research, or clinical research designed to strengthen the innovative delivery of behavioral healthcare across the state.
• May serve, if selected, in an associate chair, and/or chair roles within the department.
• Participate in local or regional education/training committees or key university/hospital committees, providing clinical, administrative, or educational leadership.
• Mentor medical students, residents, fellows or graduate students, as applicable.
• Comply with all applicable regulations/laws (e.g., HIPAA, FERPA, research ethics, etc.).
• Perform related tasks as assigned.

• In addition to the duties and responsibilities associated with the Associate Professor rank, the role encompasses leadership at the local, regional, and national/international levels.
• Other duties as assigned.

• MD degree or equivalent medical degree from an accredited medical school.
• Maintaining continuing Psychiatry certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and any relevant subspecialty boards, if relevant.
• Eligible for or currently holds a Hawai‘i Medical license.
• Four years in the rank of Assistant Professor, or four years of other medical experience, or a total of four years of teaching in the rank of Assistant Professor and other medical experience, or one year at the rank of Associate Professor at another medical school of recognized standing.
• Experience working in healthcare teams, community psychiatry, and systems of care.
• At least four (4) years of professional experience as a physician practitioner and two (2) years of experience in clinical and/or educational leadership roles.
• Evidence of skill in small group teaching, delivering lectures, and participating in conferences and colloquia, as well as expertise as a resource person.
• Evidence of research/scholarship productivity is required (e.g., primary authorship or co-authorship on publications in major peer-reviewed journals, regular contribution to the field of medical education). Where the applicant's primary activity has been in group research/scholarship, evidence of independent responsibility for substantial and recognizable sections of the group's work must be demonstrated. Where the applicant's primary activity has been in clinical teaching, regular presentations of scholarly abstracts at local, regional, and/or national meetings, primary authorship of peer-reviewed medical case reports, or primary or co-authorship in peer-reviewed journals in medical education, clinical discipline, or academic administration should be demonstrated.
  
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