Successful candidates will hold an M.D. with an additional M.P.H., Ph.D., or equivalent degree; demonstrated scientific accomplishment; board certification/board eligibility in internal medicine; excellent oral and written communication skills; and ability to acquire sustained, external, investigator-initiated research funding.
Highly Desirable Qualifications: Preference will be given to applicants who have conducted scholarly work in health services and/or pragmatic clinical research with practical implications for clinical practice and/or population health, to candidates who can lead multidisciplinary research teams to develop and test interventions to improve health systems serving vulnerable populations, and to candidates who have participated in or helped lead successful primary care and/or population health research programs.
About CHSI: The UTHSC Center for Health System Improvement improves health and health care in the Mid-South region by supporting interdisciplinary health systems research, evaluating innovative regional health and health care QI efforts, championing patient-centered outcomes research, and promoting sustainable community-driven health system change. The CHSI currently has four core faculty based in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and/or Department of Preventive Medicine and is rapidly expanding.
About Tennessee Population Health Consortium: The Tennessee Population Health Consortium is a statewide partnership including the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and its Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville campuses; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and partnering academic institutions, health systems, health plans, QI organizations, providers, and patients. The Consortium aims to strengthen primary and preventive care to measurably improve population health and health equity in Tennessee. The Consortium's signature initiative-the Tennessee Heart Health Network funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)-is developing sustainable, statewide QI support capacity for primary care. This Network of primary care practices is working together to promote and disseminate evidence-based approaches to address social determinants underlying adverse cardiovascular outcomes and disparities in collaboration with community health centers serving Tennessee census tracts with highest prevalence of hypertension. Through the Neighborhood Health Hub Program based in Memphis and Shelby County Tennessee, the Consortium expands access to essential primary and preventive care in medically underserved neighborhoods by providing convenient, place-based, neighborhood-level care delivered by health coaches representing the community served. And through the Tennessee Population Health Data Network (TN-POPnet) which includes over 18 health systems and representing over 3.5 million Tennesseans, the Consortium tracks QI initiatives for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease to measurably improve the health of Tennesseans.
About Regional One Health : Regional One Health has a 180 year history, serving the primary teaching hospital for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and training more than half of the doctors in Tennessee. It provides accessible, efficient, and high-quality healthcare to individuals from a five-state region within 150 miles of the Memphis area, serves as the only Level 1 trauma center to patients within 150 miles of Memphis, and is the safety net for the region. Regional One Health is anchored by five highly respected centers of excellence: trauma, burn, wound Care, neonatal/perinatal and high-risk obstetrics, providing comprehensive services and experience treating the most serious, challenging health crises make usus uniquely qualified to provide the highest quality of care for every patient.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT’s doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges - Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.
Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.
Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
