Open Rank Clinical Faculty - Associate Dean for Community Health

Department
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Office of the Dean

Salary
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Commensurate with experience

The Associate Dean for Community Health (ADCH) serves as the principal liaison between the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine (COM) and communities and organizations in Greater Houston, partnering to improve their health and health care. The ADCH works closely with the Associate Dean for Medical Education to contribute to the curriculum development and delivery in the area of Community Health and with the Associate Dean for Research in the development of research programs focused on improving the health and healthcare of our partnered communities.

The ADCH provides leadership in the COM in Community Health and provides clinical care (if relevant) to underserved patients in a primary care setting.

• Community Liaison
  • Provides strategic oversight for the Office of Community Health and works in close partnership with the Executive Director of Community Engagement to ensure strong coordinated and sustained partnership with communities and organizations aligned with the College’s mission.
  • Provides strategic oversight and institutional alignment for Health Commons as a shared governance partnership, ensuring its continued development, sustainability, and impact on community-identified health priorities.
  • Oversees other COM efforts to engage communities (e.g., activities by the Family Care Center, student interest groups, individual faculty efforts where students are involved) ensuring alignment with the COM strategic plan and appropriate compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
  • Facilitates bidirectional engagement to understand community-informed research priorities and explore opportunities for community-driven research partnerships.
• Medical Student Education
  • Serves as the Course Director for the Household Centered Care (HCC) program and works with the Vice or Associate Dean for Medical Education, the Office of Medical Education, and course directors for physicians, patients, and populations (PPP) and clinical focus sessions (CFS) to contribute to curriculum development and delivery in the area of Community Health.
  • Develops and leads service-learning activities for COM students, and students from other relevant UH Colleges, focused on the care of neighbors in the Third Ward and Greater Houston.
  • Provides both didactic and clinical teaching to medical students in HCC, PPP, CFS, longitudinal primary care (LPC) and/or clinical electives (clinical setting only if relevant).
• Research
  • Works in close partnership with the Associate Dean for Research and the Director of the Community-Engaged Research (CER) core to support high-quality, funder-aligned, and community-responsive research.
  • Works with COM students and the Director of Student Research to develop and support student research in the area of Community Health.
  • Conducts research within the area of Community Health, community engaged research, and healthcare delivery (if relevant).
• Leadership
  • Provides strategic, dedicated leadership which meets the educational, clinical, and community goals of the COM.
  • Develops, maintains and oversees a strategic plan for improving the health and health care of partnered communities, including the development of Health Commons.
  • Advises the Dean on matters related to the community health mission of the COM.
  • Provides strategic oversight of the College’s community-engaged research ecosystem, ensuring alignment across community partnerships, research, education, and clinical programs.
  • Identifies and addresses institutional and administrative barriers to community-engaged research (e.g., compensation, onboarding, IRB processes).
  • Works with institutional leadership to streamline systems and reduce friction.
• Clinical Care (if relevant)
  • Actively provides clinical care to underserved patients in a primary care setting.
  • Provides clinical instruction to COM students while providing clinical care.
• Metrics and Evaluation
  • Community engagement activities.
  • Faculty participation and capacity.
  • Grant funding and research outputs.
  • Community impact and partnership quality.

Required Attachments by Candidate

• CV
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