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The Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah is recruiting faculty to lead cutting-edge data management and analytics sciences and informatics/health services research while promoting and facilitating collaboration.Priority areas of focus include expertise in data science and augmented intelligence (AI), cognitive informatics/decision support, population health and data analytics, sociotechnical systems analysis and implementation science. Faculty selected will develop, implement and evaluate health information technologies, process modeling, digital health, sociotechnical systems, patient safety, and other areas of health services research including dissemination science, pharmacoepidemiology, health equity, health economics and health policy. Prospective faculty will join a culture of collaborative and innovative research that crosses departments and schools within the University of Utah. Unique opportunities at the University of Utah include research on healthcare quality in a health system that has been rated among the top 10 hospitals in the United States for a decade. Resources include the VA Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Science (IDEAS) Center, an Informatics/Health Services Research & Development-supported center housed at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System.Existing areas of strength at the University of Utah and VA Salt Lake City Health Care System include biomedical informatics, clinical and population health, decision support systems, medical decision-making and patient preference assessment, survey research and measure development, data science, mixed methods, genomics, addiction medicine, neuroepidemiology, and infectious diseases.Qualifications: To be considered, applicants must possess a PhD, PharmD, MD, or doctoral degree in a related discipline, currently have secured funding, demonstrate authorship, have a program of research, and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The Department is committed to facilitating professional and leadership development as well as fostering a thriving diverse workforce.As a key member of the Department of Internal Medicine, the successful faculty candidate will be a highly motivated investigator whose major focus is research and future productivity. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, or the search is closed.Contact for inquiries: Brian Rood, Administrator: Brian.Rood@hsc.utah.eduPlease apply online here: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/163966The University of Utah is in beautiful Salt Lake City, which offers an outstanding quality of life in a metropolitan area of 1.5 million residents, nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. Utahs great outdoors are nearby, offering world-class skiing, hiking, and mountain biking activities in the spectacular surrounding canyons. The city is vibrant and cosmopolitan, with theater, the arts, sports, and nightlife. The area has received international recognition for its light rail system, downtown, library system, and increasing diversity. Salt Lake City is home to sizable Latinx and immigrant populations (21.5% and 11.5% of residents, respectively). More than a third of Utah's ethnic/racial minorities are children or youth under the age of 18 years, and the Salt Lake City School District is now a majority-minority district, with one in five Salt Lake County residents speaking a language besides English at home. The International Rescue Committee, headquartered in Salt Lake, is one of eight national resettlement committees committed to helping people with refugee status thrive in the United States. Per capita, Salt Lake City has the 11th largest LGBTQ population in the US and, among large US cities, has the highest percentage of same-sex couples (26 percent) raising children.The University of Utah Health (U of U Health) is a patient focused center distinguished bycollaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The U of U Health values candid teswho are committed to fostering and furthering the culture of compassion,collaboration, innovation, accountability, diversity, integrity, quality, and trust that isintegral to our mission.