Working/Functional Title

1855 Associate/Full Professor- Tenure System

Position Summary

The Department of Medicine at Michigan State University (MSU) announces an open-rank faculty position in Health Services Research. This is a tenured or tenure-eligible Associate or Full Professor academic year position with opportunities for the hired faculty to bring in an additional tenure-track investigator at the time of the hire or recruit one after arrival at MSU. The appointment will begin August 16, 2025. The position will be filled at a rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and demonstrated experience.  

This 1855 Professorship position is focused on advancing scholarship in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. As part of MSU's '1855 Professorship', the position is part of a university-wide cohort that will advance and transform high-impact research and community engagement to meet the university's diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan health pillar goals. The faculty member will work to directly address the College of Human Medicine Grand Challenge for Health Equity. The successful candidate is expected to develop and maintain a vigorous extramurally funded and collaborative research program, participate in teaching and mentoring, provide institutional and professional service, and engage in outreach in the community at large. The faculty member's duties will be based on an effort distribution that includes research, teaching, and outreach/service. 

About 1855 Professorships:

Research:

• All faculty members in the College of Human Medicine are expected to generate federal funding to support their research and to regularly communicate outcomes to their professional communities via peer-reviewed publications in quality journals and other acceptable forms of peer-reviewed scholarship (e.g., abstracts, presentations).  
• Desirable areas of expertise include but are not limited to health services research, community-based participatory research, social determinants of health, health equity, social justice, health disparities, chronic illness prevention and treatment, cardiovascular disease, cancer prevention and disparities, population health, and improving outcomes for underserved communities.  

Teaching/Instruction:

• Teaching will primarily entail assigned curricular activities in the CHM Shared Discovery Curriculum.

Outreach/service:

• Engaged participation in professional service and institutional service.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Doctorate

Minimum Requirements

Successful applicants must have:

• PhD, MD, DO, or other terminal degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated evidence of established independent research including securing extramural (federal/foundation) research funding.
• Established record of scholarly publications focused on advancing health equity.

Desired Qualifications

Preferred candidates will have:

• Demonstrated evidence of substantial institutional and professional service.
• Demonstrated evidence of community engagement and outreach.
• Demonstrated evidence of contributions to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Demonstrated evidence of collaborative research.
• Demonstrated evidence of high-quality instruction and mentoring.

Required Application Materials

A cover letter d