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Research Director, Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for a nationally recognized academic physician or researcher to serve as the Research Director for the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center. As a preeminent scholar, the Research Director is eligible for the Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Endowed Chair in Women’s Health Research. The Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Center is recognized internationally as a center of excellence that integrates research and education with high-quality primary care specifically tailored for women. The center supports groundbreaking research on a variety of women's health issues, aiming to discover new and more effective preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic tools through basic and clinical research. The Research Director will lead and oversee the research mission of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center, integrating their funded program of research with opportunities supported by the Center. Additionally, the Research Director will co-chair the scientific committee of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center, evaluating proposals for pilot research funding from faculty and advanced trainees in basic science and clinical departments to determine awards in collaboration with the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Finally, the Research Director will select junior faculty, post-graduate trainees, and medical students for career development and scientific mentorship and collaborate on the Center’s development activities. The ideal candidate is a distinguished academic physician or researcher, with an exceptional record of achievement in advancing foundational scientific knowledge of women’s health. The ideal candidate has demonstrated mentorship of junior faculty and trainees and has a strong track record of interdisciplinary collaboration. Candidates must hold a MD (or equivalent) or PhD. The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment commensurate with their qualifications. Confidential inquiries, nominations, or submissions of interest (curriculum vitae, informative personal statement, and response to UCLA’s mission statement) are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made: Amander Clark, PhD and Beth Y. Karlan, MD; Search Committee Co-Chairs c/o Libby Shin, Executive Director, Office of the Chair of Medicine Email: domwhsearch@mednet.ucla.edu To apply: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10241 The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star. All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct [ https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html ] The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks. As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct. “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment In Summary: The Research Director is eligible for the Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Endowed Chair in Women’s Health Research . The ideal candidate is a distinguished academic physician or researcher with an exceptional record of achievement in advancing foundational scientific knowledge of women's health . The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment commensurate with their qualifications . En Español: El Departamento de Medicina en la Facultad de Medicinas David Geffen de UCLA invita a candidaturas para un médico académico o investigador reconocido nacionalmente para servir como director de investigación del Centro de Salud Femenino Iris Cantor-UCLA. Como estudioso preeminente, el Director de Investigación es elegible para la Cátedra Lauren B. Leichtman y Arthur E. Levine Endowed en Investigaciones sobre la salud de las mujeres. Por último, el Director de Investigación seleccionará a profesores menores, aprendices postgraduados y estudiantes médicos para el desarrollo profesional y la tutoría científica y colaborar en las actividades del Centro. El candidato ideal es un médico académico distinguido o investigador, con un récord excepcional de logros en el avance del conocimiento científico básico sobre la salud femenina. Por favor, lea más acerca de este importante programa DGSOM en https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star. Todos los aspectos de las búsquedas son confidenciales y se espera que todos los candidatos revisen y cumplan con la Política 1111 de Regentes de UC sobre Declaración sobre Valores Éticos y Estándares de Conducta [ https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu /governance/policies/1111.html ] La Universidad de California está comprometida a crear y mantener una comunidad dedicada al avance, aplicación y transmisión del conocimiento y esfuerzos creativos mediante excelencia académica, donde todas las personas que participan en programas y actividades universitarias pueden trabajar y aprender juntos en un entorno seguro y académico, libre de violencia, acoso, comportamiento y otros degradaciones, discriminación, explotación o intimidación . Para implementar este proceso, UCLA requiere que todos los solicitantes de puestos en la facultad del Senado Académico completen, firmen y carguen el formulario titulado Authorization to Release Information en RECRUIT como parte de su solicitud. Si el solicitante no incluye la autorización firmada para liberar información con los materiales de aplicación, se considerará incompleta la solicitud. Al igual que con cualquier solicitud incompleta, la solicitud no recibirá una consideración adicional. Aunque todos los candidatos a reclutamiento de profesores deben completar toda la solicitud, solo los finalistas (es decir, aquellos a quienes el departamento u otra unidad de contratación le gustaría extender una oferta formal) considerados para las posiciones en el Senado académico estarán sujetos a controles de referencia dirigidos al empleo. Como empleado universitario, usted estará obligado a cumplir con todas las políticas y / o acuerdos colectivos aplicables del Empleador, ya que pueden ser modificadas según la ley federal de origen, edad, igualdad de género, estatuto laboral nacional, estado de California, etc. Los solicitantes podrán tener acceso a condiciones adicionales de identidad, sexo protegido, condición jurídica, derecho estatal, situación legal, categoría de trabajo, raza o otros requisitos legales. Como condición de empleo, se requerirá que el finalista divulgue si está sujeto a decisiones administrativas o judiciales finales en los últimos siete años determinando que cometió alguna mala conducta. Misconduct significa cualquier violación de las políticas o leyes que rigen la conducta en el lugar de trabajo anterior del solicitante, incluidas pero no limitadas a violaciones de políticas o ley que prohíben acoso sexual, agresión sexual u otras formas de acoso, discriminación, deshonestidad o comportamiento poco ético, según lo definido por el empleador.