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The College of Health Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) seeks to hire a board-certified Genetic Counselor (Assistant Professor)  to join our academic faculty. This is a 12-month, full-time faculty position located in Little Rock, Arkansas. This position includes faculty responsibilities to include didactic and/or fieldwork training of students, student mentorship/advising, and the development of one’s academic career in the areas of service, scholarship, and education. Academic rank, tenure track, and salary are commensurate with qualifications and college promotion and tenure criteria. A generous benefits package includes life, health, dental, vision and disability insurance as well as employer matching (up to 10%) retirement plan.
 

The Office of the Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences is seeking an experienced, strategic, and highly influential leader to serve as the Executive Advisor for Biomedical Research Partnerships managing the relationship between UCLA and the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy (CIII), potentially other biomedical research partners and David Geffen School of Medicine research in the UCLA Research Park-a groundbreaking public-private partnership dedicated to advancing immunology and immunotherapy research.

Reporting directly to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences & CEO of UCLA Health, this high-stakes, high-impact role will drive the vision for collaboration between UCLA and CIII. The Executive Advisor will lead key initiatives, navigate complex institutional and external relationships, and ensure seamless execution of strategic priorities.

McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit / Studies of Translation, Ethics, and Medicine (STREAM) is inviting applications for postdoctoral research fellows (PDF) with a background in philosophy, decision sciences, or epidemiology.* Priority will be given to candidates with demonstrated knowledge of drug trials and a penchant for interdisciplinary work.

The projects will focus on connections between the moral and scientific aspects of drug development (human and animal research), with a focus on extrapolation, criteria for study initiation, and expert judgment. This work will aim at providing conceptual grounding for practical ethical and scientific decision-making and communication in drug development.

The PDF will work under the supervision of Jonathan Kimmelman and in collaboration with team based at various institutions. Candidates must relocate to Montreal, Quebec. The PDF is encouraged to develop their own research within the scope of the project, and to publish both team and independently authored manuscripts.

Review of applications will proceed on a rolling basis and will continue until the position is filled.** Applications should include a cover letter describing research interests, a CV, a writing sample, and the contact information for 3 references. Applicants who do not have a completed Ph.D. at the time of application must include a letter from their Department Chair specifying the date of their dissertation defense.

Applications should be sent electronically to:
Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD
Biomedical Ethics Unit / Dept. of Equity, Ethics and Policy
McGill University / 2001 McGill College / Montreal, QC H3A 1G1
[email protected]

For details about STREAM, and the team members on this project, visit
www.translationalethics.com
www.mcgill.ca/biomedicalethicsunit/

* Please note: Candidates’ eligibility to hold a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship expires 5 years after the date on which their PhD was awarded, regardless of when they are hired. Be sure to refer to the following link for further information on eligibility criteria: http://www.mcgill.ca/gps/postdocs/fellows/registration/eligibility.

** Any offer to non-Canadian citizens/non-permanent residents is contingent on the candidate obtaining a work permit after an offer has been made and a letter of invitation sent, see: http://www.mcgill.ca/gps/postdocs/international/workpermit

The Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program seeks a postdoctoral fellow to conduct empirical bioethics studies under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Sharp.

The Department and Institute of Bioethics and Health Humanities (BHH), housed in the School of
Public and Population Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, invites
applications for a tenure-track faculty position to begin as early as August 2025.
We seek an exceptional scholar to serve as Graduate Program Director for our suite of academic
offerings, which include a Certificate, Masters, MPH Bioethics Track, and PhD programs. Our
graduate program currently serves approximately 20 students, and we are committed to strategic
growth and program enhancement.

This position offers a dynamic opportunity to impact graduate education while maintaining a robust
research portfolio:

• 20% effort dedicated to Graduate Program Director responsibilities, including program
• administration, recruitment, advising, and curriculum development.
• 30% effort allocated to education, including teaching two small graduate seminars per
• year
• 50% effort reserved for independent research (the research area is open).

Qualifications:

• A PhD, JD, or MD (or equivalent) degree
• Demonstrated commitment to graduate education with proven experience in mentoring and advising
• students.
• A strong record of scholarship in bioethics and health humanities, including skills in
• collaborating across disciplines.
• Capacity to collaborate across disciplines

The successful candidate will receive competitive compensation, start-up funds, research support,
and institutional commitment to career development. This is a hard money position.

Responsibilities:
-Clinical ethics consultation service: 18-20 on-call weeks including both 24/7 primary and daytime-only call responsibilities.
-Travel to Main Campus and regional hospitals across Northeast Ohio as needed.
-Maintain internal documentation of clinical ethics consultations for database records and contribute to QI/QA efforts.
-Collaborate with colleagues to produce scholarship.
-Participate in ongoing clinical ethics programming, including ethics education, professional development of caregivers, and community outreach.
-Mentor and supervise bioethics fellows and rotating trainees.
-Contribute to Center- and institution-level initiatives that promote innovation.
-Provide expert input on clinical ethics issues across the Cleveland Clinic Enterprise and at the local, regional, and national levels.

The successful candidate will:
-Provide high-quality ethics consultation services, including high complexity cases on a high-volume team-based service.
-Facilitate and lead meetings, utilize appropriate techniques for conflict engagement, and build consensus.
-Collaborate professionally with members of multidisciplinary clinical teams and leadership, engaging multiple points of view and communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders.
-Contribute to the Center’s mission of innovation in clinical ethics, including quality assessment and improvement.
-Demonstrate commitment to professional growth and development.
-Demonstrate orientation toward relationship-centered collaboration, teambuilding, and patient-centered care, and the ability to work collaboratively and inclusively to inspire and motivate others.
-Practice consistently with the characteristics central to Cleveland Clinic and the Center for Bioethics’ values: honesty, integrity, humility, courage, tolerance for ambiguity, open-mindedness, balanced judgment and demeanor, accountability, and good stewardship of resources.