Dr. Timothy Wahl Presidential Endowed Chair in Diabetes Clinical Research

University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) with its academic health center partner, Nebraska Medicine (NM), seeks an accomplished physician with an established portfolio of clinical or clinical-translational research focused on any aspect of diabetes or diabetes education research to become the newly endowed Dr. Timothy Wahl Presidential Chair in Diabetes Clinical Research. Candidates can also explore additional leadership roles within the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (DEM) or Department of Internal Medicine, based on their interest and experience. The Wahl Presidential Chair will have an academic appointment in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (DEM) with the Department of Internal Medicine.

This recruitment is in strategic alignment with UNMC’s development of a Board of Regents-designated Diabetes Center of Excellence. The Wahl Presidential Chair will play a central role in the establishment and ongoing impact of the Center.

UNMC is located in Omaha, one of the nation’s best cities to which to live, and one of the four universities that compose the University of Nebraska. UNMC has six colleges and two institutes, serving about 3,900 students in more than two dozen programs. UNMC has seen unprecedented growth across all its missions, particularly research. The only public academic health sciences university in the state, UNMC is closely partnered with Nebraska Medicine, a tertiary and quaternary referral hospital ranked by US News and World Report among the top 100 hospitals in the US, and the leading academic health system in the region. It has 809 licensed beds at its two hospitals, more than 1,000 physicians, and 40 specialty and primary care clinics in Omaha and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

This presidential endowed chair will be expected to help expand diabetes clinical and research programs and help forge and promote diabetes standards of care in the community and across the region, assist with the Diabetes OnTrack program, and collaborate with major diabetes centers across the country to study new approaches for diabetes care, education, and prevention. We are looking for candidates with a desire and experience to create a strategic vision on how to build research that will impact diabetes care, education, and outcomes into the future.

Basic qualifications

• Candidates must have an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree, with board certification in Endocrinology.
• Eligibility for medical licensure in the State of Nebraska.
• Scholarship, clinical, and research accomplishments that would merit the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in the College of Medicine.

Preferred Qualifications and Desired Attributes

• History of extramural research funding and publications in high impact journals.
• Possess desire and experience to create a strategic vision toward building research that will impact diabetes care, education, and outcomes across the state of Nebraska and beyond.
• UNMC is extremely interested in applications from diverse candidates as diabetes impacts many races and ethnicities and rural living individuals disproportionately.

This is a full-time position that will be performed on-site in Nebraska. Salary commensurate with experience with a generous benefits package.