The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for a Full Professor position in either the tenure track or the non-tenure clinician-educator track. Track will be commensurate with experience. Responsibilities include leadership in diversity and inclusion efforts for faculty pipeline, recruitment, retention, and mentoring activities, impact undergraduate and graduate medical and research training, and serve as a resource for the health system. The University has committed $50 million in central resources over the next five years to support diversity-related initiatives and PSOM, along with the other 11 schools of the University, will match with equivalent resources to create a University-wide commitment to diversity. As the senior representative for Penn Medicine’s programs on diversity and inclusion, the Vice Dean will work with University leaders to advance the broader institutional diversity goals. The Vice Dean is expected to devote fifty percent of his/her effort on this administrative role, with fifty percent devoted to his/her faculty position. Applicants must have an M.D. or Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree.

The President and Provost have introduced Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence, an ambitious plan designed to support the President’s vision to move Penn from excellence to eminence. Embracing diversity and inclusion as core values, the Perelman School of Medicine has developed its own Plan for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion (www.med.upenn.edu). To accelerate its path to preeminence and positive societal impact and to leverage the many existing diversity and inclusion efforts, PSOM is creating a new leadership position, Vice Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, that reports directly to the Executive Vice President for the Health System and Dean of PSOM, J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D.

Successful candidates will embrace diversity in the broadest sense, and have a track record of leadership in building and evaluating diversity and inclusion programs for faculty, students and trainees within an integrated, complex, and matrix academic medical center. Experience and success in mentoring and engaging underrepresented minorities and others is critical. The individual must have demonstrated experience as an innovator, catalyst, collaborator, partner, convener in bringing together disparate efforts in a collegial manner. The person must have academic and scholarly accomplishments that match Penn Medicine’s excellence and qualify the individual to be eligible for a faculty appointment as Professor in the Tenure or Clinician-Educator Track (highly preferred) of the University of Pennsylvania.

Screening will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made. All communications will be treated confidentially. Nominations and inquiries about the search should be directed in confidence to Andrew Wheeler at Diversified Search, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 3300, Philadelphia, PA 19103 at 215 656-3555.

We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense.

The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.