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TheDivision of Gerontology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health ofthe University of Maryland School of Medicine is seeking a division director atthe associate or full professor rank.

Thesuccessful candidate for the division head position will be a national leaderwith commitment to conducting and fostering interdisciplinary research in theepidemiology of aging and gerontology, and will have a record of extramural researchfunding and demonstrated leadership and management capabilities.

Thedivision director is expected to develop and enhance collaborative research withinthe division, department and medical system, and actively teach and participatein the department's training programs for graduate students and post-doctoralfellows. Opportunities to teach medical students also are possible.

Thedivision's seven faculty members have ongoing multidisciplinary researchprograms in hip fracture recovery, mobile health technologies, long-term care, women'shealth, chronic care and disease management, trauma and emergency care, andmethods for studying older persons. Gerontology division faculty collaboratewith others throughout the University of Maryland Baltimore campus, whichincludes six professional schools (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry,social work, and law), other University of Maryland campuses, as well as thosein other academic and industry settings. The division also is theadministrative home for the campus-wide Center for Research on Aging and theClaude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. The department, which comprises 45 full-timefaculty members, has strong research programs in cancer epidemiology, genomicand infectious disease epidemiology, translational toxicology, biostatistics,preventive medicine, and health disparities and population health. Thedepartment is also the home for doctoral degree programs in Epidemiology andHuman Genetics, and in Gerontology, as well as Master's programs inepidemiology, clinical research, and public health.

Qualifications: Ph.D. and/or M.D. with significant research training and experience, experience collaborating in an interdisciplinary research setting, and training or experience in epidemiology and/or gerontology are required.