Faculty Position in Youth Firearm Violence Prevention Research

Position Summary: 

The Department of Pediatrics and the Comprehensive Injury Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), a CDC-funded Injury Control Research Center, seeks a faculty member to join a growing, interdisciplinary team dedicated to preventing firearm violence among youth. This position will be housed in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine at the MCW and Children's Wisconsin.

We welcome candidates from a broad range of disciplinary backgrounds who demonstrate strong evidence of, or clear promise toward, an independent research career in youth firearm violence prevention. Relevant areas of focus include, but are not limited to: community violence intervention, hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs), program and policy evaluation, epidemiologic research, clinical outcomes research, health services research, and implementation science and can include quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods approaches.

Appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, commensurate with the candidate's experience and research portfolio. Candidates will be appointed to a full-time research position.

Position Highlights: 

• Develop and lead an independent, extramurally fundable program of research in youth firearm violence prevention.
• Contribute to the scientific mission of the Comprehensive Injury Center, including its CDC Injury Control Research Center core activities.
• Collaborate with Center investigators, community-based organizations, hospital violence intervention programs, and local/regional/national partners on collaborative and multi-site research.
• Pursue extramural funding (e.g., NIH, CDC, foundation, and other federal or private sponsors) to support research activities.
• Publish findings in peer-reviewed journals and disseminate results to scientific, clinical, community, and policy audiences.
• Mentor trainees, students, and junior investigators engaged in injury and violence prevention research.
• Participate in Center and Department activities, including seminars, committees, and community engagement initiatives.
• Within the Injury Center, participate in research leadership activities in at least one of the divisions that focuses on youth firearm injury prevention (e.g., Division of Community Safety, Division of Suicide Research & Healing, Division of Data Analytics and Informatics).

Center/ Department Highlights: 

The Comprehensive Injury Center (CIC) at the Medical College of Wisconsin is one of a select group of Injury Control Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Center brings together investigators from pediatrics, surgery, emergency medicine, public health, and the social sciences to conduct rigorous research and translate findings into practice and policy that reduce injury and violence, with a particular focus on firearm injury prevention among children, adolescents, and young adults. The CIC partners closely with other departments and institutes at MCW, Children's Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital, city/county health and human services departments, government and community-based violence prevention and intervention programs, and regional and national collaborators.

The Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in partnership with Children's Wisconsin, is one of the nation's leading academic pediatric programs, offering a robust research infrastructure, a large and diverse patient population, and extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. The Division of Emergency Medicine has a strong history of faculty focused on violence and injury prevention and control. MCW is a major academic health center located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a strong institutional commitment to injury and violence prevention research and community engagement.

Qualifications 

Required:

• Doctoral-level degree (e.g., PhD, DrPH, MD, DO, PsyD, ScD, or equivalent) in a relevant clinical, public health, social science, or biomedical discipline.

• Demonstrated interest and evidence of promise or productivity in research related to youth firearm violence prevention, community violence intervention, hospital-based violence prevention, injury epidemiology, program evaluation, or a closely related area.

• Strong written and oral communication skills, including a record of (or clear potential for) peer-reviewed scholarship.

• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a collaborative cross-disciplinary environment.

• Eligibility for a faculty appointment at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Preferred:

• Prior extramural grant funding or substantive involvement in a federally funded research project, including engagement within a research lab/team during training.

• Experience partnering with community organizations, violence intervention programs, community-based organizations, health systems, or public health agencies.

• For candidates seeking the split appointment: an active, unrestricted clinical license (e.g., MD/DO, APP, or licensed behavioral health clinician) eligible for credentialing at Children's Wisconsin.

• Postdoctoral, fellowship, or equivalent research training in injury prevention, epidemiology, health services research, public health policy, or a related field. #LI-NK1

Medical College of Wisconsin

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. MCW consists of a School of Medicine with campuses in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Central Wisconsin, a School of Graduate Studies, and a School of Pharmacy. MCW is a major national research center ranking in the top third of U.S. medical schools in NIH funding and is the second largest research institution in Wisconsin. Academic medicine is at the core of everything we do at MCW, bringing together scientists, clinicians, students and community members to solve the most complex challenges in health and society. MCW is a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to pioneer pathways to a healthier world. Every study we conduct and every patient we see leads to new learning and a continuous cycle of life-changing knowledge and innovation.

Approximately 1,780 MCW physicians and approximately 905 advanced practice providers care for more than 484,000 patients of all ages annually at Froedtert Hospital, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Children’s Wisconsin, and many other hospitals and clinics throughout eastern Wisconsin, representing more than 5.1 million patient visits annually.

The beautiful, safe and modern campus of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) houses Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Wisconsin, Curative Care Network, Versiti Blood Research Institute and the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. These member entities share a common mission of excellence in patient care, medical education, biomedical research and community service.

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