Open and recently concluded faculty recruitments appear below. Additional openings for the Department may be found on the UCSD Academic Affairs job board by clicking here.
Recently Concluded Recruitments
Epidemiologist/Public Health Scientist with Interest in Women’s Health
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, invites applications for a faculty position in epidemiology/public health to develop and lead a Research Center of Excellence in the field of Women’s Health. For this position, Women’s Health is broadly defined as encompassing women's health across the lifespan including reproductive and gynecologic issues as well as chronic diseases of aging; conditions where there are significant biological differences between the sexes in rates of susceptibility, symptoms and response to treatment; or a research focus on disease risks in women including diabetes, cognitive function, osteoporosis, and nutrition.
The successful candidate will have a PhD or MD with a proven track record in obtaining NIH (or comparable) funding and high productivity with regards to peer-reviewed publications. This is a partially state funded position. Applicants should place high priority on teaching medical and graduate students and mentoring the next generation of investigators. Applicants with experience working with underserved populations are particularly encouraged to apply.
UCSD School of Medicine offers a research-intensive environment with multiple opportunities for collaboration with colleagues at the Stein Institute for Research on Aging, the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, the UCSD Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and other departments. The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine offers a Ph.D. program in Public Health in collaboration with San Diego State University with foci in epidemiology, health behaviors, and global health. The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine is under the leadership of Dr. Bess Marcus, who assumed the position of Department Chair in the Spring of 2011.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with University of California pay scales. To apply, please send a letter of interest, CV, and names and contact information of three referees to:
Ruth E. Patterson, Ph.D. Chair, Search Committee
Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive-0622
La Jolla, Calif., 92093-0622
For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to submit all materials by December 16, 2011.
UCSD is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity.
Behavioral Medicine
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, invites applications for three or more faculty positions. Rank and series of appointment will be based on skills and qualifications of the candidate, but preference is to make two of the appointments at the associate or full professor level, which may include tenured status. Candidates should have either a PhD or MD with expertise in health behavior interventions including a particular focus on physical activity, weight management and/or cigarette smoking. Successful applicants will have robust extramurally funded research programs and place high priority on teaching medical and graduate students and mentoring the next generation of investigators. Applicants with experience working with underserved populations are particularly encouraged to apply. UCSD School of Medicine offers a research intensive environment with multiple opportunities for collaboration with colleagues at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center or with other departments. The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine offers a Ph.D. program in Public Health in collaboration with San Diego State University with foci in health behaviors, epidemiology and global health. In addition, the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine is under the leadership of Dr. Bess Marcus who assumed the position of Department Chair in the Spring of 2011.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with University of California pay scales. To apply, please send a letter of interest, CV, and names and contact information of three referees to:
John Pierce, Ph.D., Chair, Search Committee
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Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive-0622
La Jolla, CA 92093-0622
For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to submit all materials by February 1, 2011.
UCSD is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity.
CVD
The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, , invites applications for a new faculty position. Appointment will be at the associate or full professor level, and will include tenured status. Candidates should have either a MD, with a MPH preferred, or a PhD, and expertise in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and related morbidities, such as diabetes, peripheral artery disease, and chronic kidney disease. The candidate should also be familiar with diet and exercise assessment, novel biomarkers, radiologic imaging techniques, body composition including skeletal muscle, and physical functioning. Successful applicants will have robust extramurally funded research programs and place high priority on teaching medical and graduate students and mentoring the next generation of investigators. Applicants with experience working with multi-ethnic populations are particularly encouraged to apply.
UCSD School of Medicine offers a research intensive environment with multiple opportunities for collaboration with colleagues at the UCSD Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center and with other UCSD departments. The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine offers a Ph.D. program in Public Health in collaboration with San Diego State University with concentrations in epidemiology, health behavior, and global health.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with University of California pay scales.
For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to submit all materials by June 1, 2011. To apply, please send a letter of interest, CV, and names and contact information of three referees to:
Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH, Chair, Search Committee
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Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0607
La Jolla, CA 92093-0607
UCSD is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity.
By request, the program from the November 2nd Faculty Recognition Reception is now available for download as a PDF. Simply click on the image above.
of the American Heart Association Meeting and "recognizes and rewards an individual who is making outstanding contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science and who currently heads an outstanding cardiovascular population research laboratory."
Distinguished Professor and Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and Distinguished Professor in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine. The awards was presented at the Opening Ceremony of the International Academy of Cardiology 16th World Congress on Heart Disease Annual Scientific Sessions in Vancouver, BC.
Geographic Variations In Medicaid Spending, an article co-authored by 
Drs. Todd Gilmer and Richard Kronick in the July issue of Health Affairs,