CHIEF, BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- Madison
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Job no: 100459-AS
Work type: Faculty-Full Time
Location: Madison
Categories: Computer Science, Dean, Director, Executive, Health Care, Medical, Social Services, Information Systems/Technology, Instructional, Research, Scientific
Department:DEPT-A5329
The Chief, Biomedical Informatics (CBMI) will have broad-ranging institutional responsibilities across the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), including leading the Clinical & Health Informatics Institute (CHI2) and developing the broad research informatics strategy to support the institution's strategic goals around biomedical informatics, predictive analytics, precision medicine, and translational research. The CBMI will lead a multidisciplinary team to advance biomedical informatics across the institution. In addition to having an appointment in a relevant clinical or basic sciences department, the CBMI will have an appointment in the UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), SMPH's center for clinical and translational sciences. The CBMI will oversee a budget to fund initiatives, including the recruitment of a Chief Research Informatics Officer.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a visionary informatics leader to advance a world-class institution by building infrastructure, developing tools, and finding new opportunities to partner with the University of Wisconsin, UW Health, and external partners including Marshfield Clinic Research Institute and other statewide institutions. The CBMI will closely collaborate with key stakeholders across the system including the UW Health Chief Information Officer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chief Information Officer, and their teams.
The CBMI will directly support the academic and research needs of the institution through the continued development of an informatics infrastructure that advances processes and innovations to meet the research mission of the institution. Specifically, the CBMI will provide leadership, vision and support in the areas of biomedical informatics, research computing, informatics education, grant writing, and technical innovation. The CBMI will engage with the research enterprise to further its clinical and translational research mission, by interacting with and responding to funding agencies and supporting investigators in developing and maintaining innovative research programs. The CBMI will serve as the facilitator between research, IT, and the clinical community of UW Health.
The CBMI is an institution-wide leadership role and will need to be able to lead at the highest levels of the organization. The CBMI will lead CHI2, which is housed in ICTR and has collaborative connections institution-wide. The CBMI would be expected to foster interdisciplinary collaborations involving informatics on campus among departments leading to novel studies, new grants, new training programs, and improved patient care. The academic home of the CBMI will be determined based on their track-record and prior research focus.
The ideal candidate is a visionary informatics leader with deep knowledge of the research enterprise and a proven record of team-based management of projects. He/she must be capable of inspiring colleagues and staff, engaging both leadership and stakeholders in the decision-making process within a complex and highly creative academic environment, while moving the organization towards higher institutional goals. The CBMI will be instrumental in building and providing leadership for biomedical informatics.
The CBMI will develop a vision for biomedical informatics within the School of Medicine and Public Health that facilitates data access for researchers, builds tools to assist the school's focus on clinical trials, and develops infrastructure to meet the advanced informatics needs of translational research, innovation, precision medicine and a learning health system.
The incumbent will ensure alignment with partners at UW Health and the University of Wisconsin so that the process to share data for research is secure and HIPAA-compliant without causing cumbersome roadblocks to researchers. They will anticipate and proactively create solutions for the future computing and storage needs of the research enterprise, garnering buy-in for a solution that will meet the needs of the SMPH, which is an institution that is continually evolving and innovating.
He/She will further the education mission of SMPH by finding opportunities to grow the Master of Science in Clinical and Health Informatics program that will simultaneously support the CBMI and the institution broadly. This initiative may include recruiting additional faculty, creating specialized instruction, and providing opportunities to partner with the health system and university campus in the development of the informatics fellowship program.
The CBMI will develop, train and recruit staff to CHI2 who can develop the tools to meet researcher computing needs and work with the Epic EHR systems to configure solutions for ongoing trials and studies. The CBMI will have the opportunity to recruit a Chief Research Information Officer to lead many of these technical efforts.
Duties include development of research infrastructure at UW for conducting clinical research using electronic health data and modern informatics tools; research on novel methods and/or applications of clinical research informatics; collaboration with investigators at UW-Madison in areas of clinical research informatics; oversee educational initiative in the use of electronic health records for clinical research, champion the UW Health data warehouse as a "laboratory" for such activity; and participate in the training and mentoring of faculty, graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers.
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
- A terminal degree is required.
- Formal graduate or post-doctoral training in biomedical informatics is highly desirable.
- At least 5 years post-doctoral experience in clinical research informatics.
- Detailed knowledge that can be leveraged to work with the UW Health electronic health record system (Epic) and the enterprise data warehouse in terms of implementation and in ongoing evolution.
Candidates for appointment as Associate or Full Professor must have experience and scholarly credentials for appointment at the appropriate rank in the Clinical Health Science (CHS) track (non-tenure) in the School of Medicine and Public Health.
The School of Medicine and Public Health has a deep and profound commitment to diversity both as an end in itself but, also as a valuable means for eliminating health disparities. As such, we strongly encourage applications from candidates who foster and promote the values of diversity and inclusion.
A532900-MEDICAL SCHOOL/ICTR/ICTR-ADM
Work Type:Full Time: 100%
Appointment Type, Duration:Ongoing/Renewable
Anticipated Begin Date:FEBRUARY 01, 2020
Salary:Negotiable
ANNUAL (12 months)
Please direct all nominations and resumes to Hillary Ross and Zach Durst, preferably via e-mail, to zdurst@wittkieffer.com. Information that cannot be sent electronically may be forwarded to:
Hillary Ross and Zach Durst
Witt Kieffer
2015 Spring Road, Suite 510
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Phone: 630-575-6956
The deadline for assuring full consideration is November 22, 2019, however, the position will remain open and applications may be considered until the position is filled.
Zach Durst
zdurst@wittkieffer.com
630-575-6956
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
PROFESSOR (CHS)(D01NN) or ASSOC PROFESSOR (CHS)(D02NN)
Employment Class:Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:100459-AS
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://oed.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
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Organization
In achievement and prestige, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has long been recognized as one of America's great universities. A public, land-grant institution, UW–Madison offers a complete spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs and student activities, and many of its programs are hailed as world leaders in instruction, research and public service. Spanning 935 acres along the southern shore of Lake Mendota, the campus is located in the city of Madison.
The university trace
s its roots to a clause in the Wisconsin Constitution, which decreed that the state should have a prominent public university. In 1848, Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, signed the act that formally created the university, and its first class, with 17 students, met in a Madison school building on February 5, 1849.
From those humble beginnings, the university has grown into a large, diverse community, with about 40,000 students enrolled each year. These students represent every state in the nation, as well as countries from around the globe, making for a truly international population.
UW–Madison is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Wisconsin System, a statewide network of 13 comprehensive universities, 13 freshman-sophomore transfer colleges and an extension service. One of two doctorate-granting universities in the system, UW–Madison’s specific mission is to provide “a learning environment in which faculty, staff and students can discover, examine critically, preserve an
d transmit the knowledge, wisdom and values that will help insure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all.”
The university achieves these ends through innovative programs of research, teaching and public service. Throughout its history, UW–Madison has sought to bring the power of learning into the daily lives of its students through innovations such as residential learning communities and service-learning opportunities. Students also participate freely in research, which has led to life-improving inventions ranging from more fuel-efficient engines to cutting-edge genetic therapies.
The Wisconsin Idea
Students, faculty and staff are motivated by a tradition known as the “Wisconsin Idea,” first started by UW President Charles Van Hise in 1904, when he declared that he would “never be content until the beneficent influence of the university [is] available to every home in the state.” The Wisconsin Idea permeates the university’s work and helps forge close working relationships among university faculty and students, and the state’s industries and government.
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