Alberta Health Services Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine Research

Location - This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person work. Work primarily takes place at North Campus Edmonton.

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry invites applications for the position of Alberta Health Services Chair in Emergency Medicine Research. The successful candidate occupying the position will be at the Assistant Professor rank  and will develop an international-caliber emergency medicine-related research program with an established record of success in achieving knowledge generation and dissemination. The successful candidate  will have an MD with graduate level research training (e.g., PhD, MSc, MPH, etc.) and/or a PhD in a related health sciences field including but not limited to: epidemiology, emergency department operations management, health care quality improvement, and population-based research.

The appointment of the Endowed Chair is a 5-year term and is open for renewal for an additional 5-year term based on a successful review. Consideration for additional terms will be under special circumstances as recommended by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Recommendation for renewal of more than two terms may be based on input from an external review of the chairholder, including a review of the contributions of the chairholder to the growth of research, services and education capacity on emergency medicine research in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. The successful applicant will be offered an Assistant Professor contingent tenure-track appointment in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta within the Department of Emergency Medicine.

The Department of Emergency Medicine provides clinical services through 12 regional emergency departments to an extensive catchment area, which includes the greater Edmonton area, northern and central Alberta and British Columbia, as well as the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. The Department of Emergency Medicine is nationally recognized for its teaching excellence and currently supports two residency programs and a mandatory Emergency Medicine rotation in the undergraduate medical curriculum. The Department also provides a number of programs that serve the community in a variety of ways. These include clinical emergency services, teaching and training of undergraduate (MD) and postgraduate students, a highly productive research team focused on advancing evidence-based emergency medicine practice. Members of the Department are involved in the provision of all facets of Emergency Medicine including pre-hospital and transport medicine, disaster medicine, sports medicine, emergency point of care ultrasound (POCUS), simulation training, hyperbarics, the care of vulnerable populations, and medical informatics.