Professional Opportunities in Gerontological Nursing

The Opportunity:

The UAMS College of Nursing (CON) seeks a visionary scientist to enhance and promote innovative research as our Associate Dean of Research. This is a 12-month, full-time tenure/tenure-track faculty position with 50% effort as Associate Dean for Research (ADR) and the remaining effort engaging in teaching, research, and/or service commensurate with Associate or Full Professor rank. The ADR, who reports to the dean of the CON, represents the colleges’ research interests within UAMS and the University of Arkansas System. Responsibilities include mentoring faculty in research and scholarship, coordinating the College of Nursing’s Research-Intensive Faculty Experience, and fostering research collaborations across campus and the state. The UAMS College of Nursing is the state’s largest educator of advanced practice nurses in Arkansas. The college’s programs include doctoral (DNP, PhD), masters, post-master’s APRN certificate, and baccalaureate (BSN and accelerated BSN) nursing programs with an enrollment of approximately five hundred (500) students. The college offers the only PhD in nursing program in Arkansas. Find out more about the college at https://nursing.uams.edu/.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership for the research mission of the College of Nursing and UAMS.

• Mentor individual faculty members in development and implementation of their programs of research/scholarship and also develop mentorship skills among experienced research faculty.

• Formulate, in conjunction with the faculty and administration, a clear vision and strategic plan for the research mission.

• Manage the pre-and post-award grants support service for the college and supervise the research support staff. • Coordinate the college’s Intramural Grants Program. • Provide guidance regarding institutional requirements for research in alignment with the office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation.

• Participate in UAMS committees/taskforces/councils relevant to the research mission of the institution and college. • Lead recruitment, selection, orientation, and retention of research faculty and make recommendations to the dean.

• Provide guidance for the Nursing PhD Program.

• Coordinate the college’s Quarterly Research Meetings, seminars, and workshops for faculty and students.

• Maintain an extramurally funded research program as either a PI or Co-I. • Engage in teaching and scholarly activities appropriate to faculty rank.

• Lead projects and initiatives as requested by the dean of the College of Nursing. Requirements:

• An earned research doctorate

• Academic credentials and leadership skills to qualify for associate or full professor rank

• A meritorious program of extramural funded research, including National Institute of Health RO1 or Center Grant funding

• Active clinical focused research program

• Excellent mentoring skills

• Experience coordinating and facilitating team science and faculty research collaborations

• Excellent understanding of federal and foundation funding opportunities

• Experience collaborating with nursing scientists preferred

Inquiries and recommendations can be directed to Kayla Gougisha, Senior Lead Recruiter @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

To be considered for the role, please submit your application, including CV and Cover Letter to: https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UAMS_All_Careers/job/UAMS/Associate-Dean-of-Research---College-of-Nursing_R0067450

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis seeks multiple tenure- or tenure-track faculty at the rank of assistant, associate or full professor. The school also invites applications from research teams of two or more faculty with productive, collaborative research programs.

We seek applications from candidates with productive programs of science and commitment to scholarship that aligns with the School of Nursing mission and research priorities:

• healthy aging and family caregiving across the life span
• health equity, social justice and health promotion in diverse populations
• healthy systems and enabling technologies

We invite applications from scholars with research programs that intersect with more than one of these areas.

In addition to conducting research, successful candidates teach in one or more of the school’s four programs: Master’s Entry Program in Nursing, Physician Assistant Master of Health Services, Doctor of Nursing Practice—Family Nurse Practitioner and the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Doctor of Philosophy programs. The school especially seeks candidates with experience teaching qualitative research methods or health informatics.

For more information

If you are interested in more information, please send an email with your questions to Stephanie Lagala at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please review the full position description, which provides guidance on the application requirements and recommendations to strengthen your application at nursing.ucdavis.edu/ourteam/join.