Assistant, Associate or Professor in Physical Therapy

Assistant, Associate or Professor in Physical Therapy

Job Title
- Assistant, Associate or Professor in Physical Therapy

Department Name
- Physical Therapy

Work Location
- Lexington, KY

Type of Position
- Faculty

Position Time Status
- Full-Time

Tenure Track Status
- Tenure Track

Required Education
- Terminal academic doctoral degree (i.e., PhD or similar terminal degree) in relevant field

Required Related Experience - 1. Research expertise in content areas relevant to physical therapy practice with focus on neuroscience, rehabilitation, musculoskeletal, or movement science research.
2. Record of research productivity with a strong potential for funding

Required License/Registration/Certification
- Current physical therapy license or privilege to practice in Kentucky or eligibility for licensure with licensure completed within 90 days of start date.

Job Summary
- The Department of Physical Therapy (PT), College of Health Sciences (CHS) at the University of Kentucky is currently accepting applications for two (2) full-time 11-month appointment, tenure-eligible faculty members at rank determined by qualifications, to begin employment at the Lexington campus by July 1, 2027. Primary duties of each position include advancing a research agenda in rehabilitation and/or movement science that synergizes with and enhances the research portfolio of the Department and College, teaching in the content areas related to their expertise, building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external constituents, and mentoring students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

The distribution of effort for this position will be approximately 30-40% instruction, 50-60% research, and 10% service. Faculty may also assume an active role in the CHS Rehabilitation and Health Sciences PhD Program, a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional Ph.D. program with faculty and students from disciplines such as Athletic Training & Clinical Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology.

About the Physical Therapy Program The Physical Therapy program at UK has been educating physical therapists since 1967. Our program is conducted at the Lexington, Kentucky campus and at the Center of Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard, Kentucky. The qualified candidate will join an outstanding academic faculty devoted to teaching, research, clinical practice, and service. Our faculty is comprised of numerous physical therapists with post professional doctoral training who are involved in clinical, bench, and educational research, and clinical faculty involved in delivery of patient care services.

Our research portfolio is diverse and places a high value on translational and interdisciplinary science. The qualified candidate will have access to several significant resources including the College's state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities, widespread UK Healthcare facilities and other partners within the academic medical center, and those incorporated into our developing Health Education Building. The College of Health Sciences research centers and institutes include the Biomotion Laboratory, Center for Muscle Biology, and Sports Medicine Research Institute.

The candidate may also have access to the UK Core Facilities and the UK's Center for Clinical Translational Sciences (CCTS), and develop partnerships within the Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network, the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Barnstable Brown Diabetes & Obesity Research Center, Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, and our UK Human Development Institute.

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