Birth Equity Faculty Member | Creating a better future for Wisconsin, the nation, and the world

Job Summary:

The Division of Reproductive and Population Health ('Pop Health') in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is hiring an associate, full, or advanced assistant professor to join our faculty. A research-based, non-clinical division, Pop Health includes social scientists and public health scholars, as well as affiliated clinical faculty from other divisions and social scientists from across campus who collaborate on research and teaching. To complement our current faculty, we wish to recruit a researcher with expertise in birthing people's autonomy and equity. The scholar should take a critical approach to pregnancy and birth outcomes and could focus on equity/inequity using a variety of axes, including (but not limited to) racism and racial identity, ethnicity, indigeneity, sexual identity, gender identity, immigration status, and/or rurality. While we are most interested in scholarship based in the US context, we would also consider researchers with a more global focus on birth equity or obstetric violence.

Responsibilities:

60% Research: design, conduct, and manage both large and small research projects; publish peer-reviewed publications in top-tier outlets; submit research proposals to federal and non-federal funding agencies; advance birth equity scholarship in national and/or international contexts

25% Service: help bolster and advance the department's research-related strategic plan; serve on committees and participate in faculty governance at the department level; (as appropriate) help lead the Division of Reproductive and Population Health; participate in university, professional, and community service as appropriate; work in collegial relationship with other faculty and staff members

15% Teaching and mentoring: lecture for medical students and other trainees as appropriate on birth outcomes and other topics relating to reproductive healthcare access and outcomes; mentor resident, fellows, and trainees on their own research and professional development; collaborate with students on a variety of projects

Qualifications:

The expectation is that candidates will either already have well-established research programs or will show outstanding potential for securing external funding for their developing programs. We would prefer someone at the associate professor level but will absolutely consider more junior or more senior scholars. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has a growing research infrastructure to help support faculty with preparing and submitting grants and managing funded projects.

Education:

Required
Terminal Degree
PhD or other doctorate (ScD, PsyD, MD, DNP, etc.) in public health, public policy, health services research, medicine, nursing, sociology, demography, social work, anthropology, or related discipline.