Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Bioethics and Humanities

The Center for Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University (Syracuse, NY) seeks to fill a tenure-track position in Bioethics and Humanities at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The Center seeks applicants committed to the Center’s mission of promoting health care and policy that is patient-centered, compassionate, and just, through education, research, service and advocacy. The Center is an academic department in the College of Medicine at SUNY Upstate, with a mission that extends to all four of the university’s colleges and all hospitals and clinical sites: www.upstate.edu/cbh/

Primary responsibilities include teaching bioethics, law and health humanities in diverse settings throughout the health sciences university and engaging in clinical ethics consultation at four affiliated hospitals. Research and scholarship are expected.

Applicants must hold a PhD, MD/DO, JD, or equivalent doctoral degree, with formal training and/or significant experience in a field related to bioethics and/or health humanities, including the history of medicine and medical anthropology. Expertise in health equity and prior experience teaching medical and health professions students and trainees are preferred.

Clinicians are strongly encouraged to apply, and opportunities for part-time clinical practice and secondary appointment to a clinical department can be arranged for qualified applicants.