Associate Professor at CUMC

The Opportunity

This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of Associate Professor is an exciting one. Columbia University Irving Medical Center, one of the nation's foremost academic health science center's working together with one of the nation's premier health systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Key Responsibilites

• Lead an Independet research program focused on the development of Computational methods.
• Lead the development and implemetation of data Infranstructure supporting institution reseaerch activities.
• Secure external funding to support research activities related to computational methods development.
• Foster collaboration both within the organization and with external partners to leverage expertise, resources, drive innovation and maximize the impact of research efforts.
• Communicate research findings effectively through presentations, publications, and engagement with policymakers, practitioners, and the public.
• Lead and/or contribute to scientific manuscript preparation.
• Provide statistical and analutical support to advance institutional research projects.
• Provide training and mentoship, in statistical and computational methods to program and in the use of computational methods and data science techniques.
• Develp institutional data insfrastructure, resources, and capabilities to support research objectives and facilitate data-driven , decision-making.

Commitment to Diversity

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment, and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Columbia University welcomes applications from individuals who may have had nontraditional career paths, or who may have taken time off for family reasons (e.g. children, caring for disabled or elderly family), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of academia (e.g., in professional or industry service). The University is responsive to the needs of dual career couples and is committed to supporting the work-life balance of its faculty. We are interested in candidates who have a record of success advising and mentoring individuals from groups underrepresented in higher education and is particularly interested in candidates who have research interests in subjects that will contribute to the understanding of diversity and equal opportunity.

• Must have a MD or PHD degree.
• Consistently strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with professionals in other disciplines.
• The ability to create a high-energy results-oriented work environment that encourages colleagues and staff to value each other's contributions and the ability to share and celebrate success with colleagues and staff.