The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC Fort Worth) seeks a visionary leader to serve as the Dean of the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences. HSC is one of the nation's premier academic medical centers. Our six colleges specialize in patient-centered education, research, and health care.
The core mission of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is to create solutions for a healthier community by being an extraordinary team committed to excellence and unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom.
HSC achieves this mission through its six nationally recognized colleges that focus on patient-centered education, transformative research, community, and exceptional health care, all located on a beautiful 33-acre campus in Fort Worth's Cultural District. The university includes the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, the College of Public Health, the College of Health Professions, the College of Pharmacy, and the College of Nursing.
The HSC campus offers the nation's most comprehensive health science education on a single campus. It has more than 1.476 million square feet of state-of-the-art facilities to support our purpose of transforming lives to improve the lives of others. The first immersive virtual reality center in Texas, the HSC Regional Simulation Center, opened in 2022. The clinical enterprise of HSC, housed in the 140,000 square foot Health Pavilion, serves as a learning laboratory while welcoming patients from across the region for primary care and specialized services. The research enterprise, housed in more than 200,000 square feet of laboratory spaces, serves to generate sponsored research awards which surpassed $100 million in 2022. Our 2,338 students, 1,152 staff, and 285 faculty work side by side to impact communities in Fort Worth and across Texas. HSC was recognized in 2022 by D Magazine's Excellence in Healthcare Award.
The Dean of the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences ("the Dean") will build collaborative relationships and innovative programs, recruit an outstanding faculty and staff, and expand and build upon partnerships in this uniquely pivotal opportunity. The College has 71 full-time faculty, and 40 staff. Ten colleagues report to the Dean, with six being direct reports and four serving as Assistant/Associate Deans whose official reporting line is to their department chair. The College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences annual operating budget is approximately $15 million. Student enrollment in the College exceeds 500 students, with 84 doctoral students. The online Biomedical Sciences bachelor’s degree program has 45 students.
The Dean will provide strong personal and professional leadership through informed vision, pioneering spirit, effective communication, and creative ideas. They will embody an entrepreneurial style and have successfully established and led programs through times of uncertainty and change.
This individual will develop and implement academic and financial strategies that promote transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary education, patient-centered care, research programs, and interprofessional education and training across the clinical and academic arenas at HSC as well as collaborations with affiliated health systems of the highest caliber.
As chief academic and executive officer of the College, the Dean will be responsible for the overall direction, oversight, and quality of the educational, research, and translational missions of the College. The Dean will be responsible for all matters relating to the administration of the College, including curriculum, faculty, staff, students, facilities, resources, budget, alumni, fundraising, and relationships with both institutions for educational pathways and other external partners who can aid the College in fulfilling its mission.
In addition, the Dean will represent the College in various regional and national organizations and communities, as well as have responsibility for fundraising and relationships with the Fort Worth community and external stakeholders.
The estimated salary range for this position is $350,000 - $410,000. HSC has provided a compensation estimate that represents its good faith estimate of what the institution may pay for the position at the time of posting. HSC may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 403(b) retirement, health savings account, life, STD, and LTD insurance.
Evaluation of candidate materials will begin immediately and continue until a new Dean, Biomedical and Translational Sciences is named. Interested candidates should apply using the Talent Profile.
Inquiries and nominations may be sent in confidence to:
Jim Sirianni, Managing Director
Mark Halligan, Senior Associate
Storbeck Search
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