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Open Rank, Tenure-Eligible Faculty Position in Health Humanities & Bioethics

University of Rochester  ·  Rochester, NY
Assistant ProfessorTenure-TrackHealth Humanities & Bioethics

Position summary

The Department of Health Humanities & Bioethics in the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (URSMD) seeks to recruit a faculty member (open rank) for a tenure eligible position in Health Humanities & Bioethics with specific focus on ELSI genetics, neuroethics, AI ethics, or research ethics. In 1984, the University of Rochester was among the first medical schools to create a formal Division

of Medical Humanities & Bioethics as a natural outgrowth of the school's signature biopsychosocial model to solidify the presence of the humanities in the medical school curriculum. In December 2021, the Division became a formal department of Health Humanities and Bioethics (HHBE) with the aim to become nationally recognized for active engagement and contributions to the advancement of ethical, just, and

humanistic health care, and for education and training in health humanities and bioethics. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary faculty group with training in the humanities, social sciences, ethics, and law. The faculty engage in scholarship, clinical and community service, and the teaching of graduate students, medical students and other trainees in the health professions. The candidate will have

a PhD or equivalent terminal degree in philosophy, bioethics or anthropology. Approximately 50% of effort will be devoted to scholarship.

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