Director, Center for Women's Health Engineering
Company: Center for Watershed Protection
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: February 1, 2025
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Job Description:
The at announces an opportunity for a director to lead the
school-wide (CWHE). This appointment will be at the Associate
Professor or Professor level with tenure offered in the candidate's
engineering department of choice.Building on WashU's strengths
within the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of
Medicine, the CWHE was launched in 2022 to advance novel
engineering approaches to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
diseases relevant to women's health. The CWHE will promote research
on women-specific conditions and conditions that disproportionately
affect women, including disorders and cancers of the reproductive
system, select neurological conditions, and adverse maternal health
outcomes, with the goal of increasing health for women across the
lifespan. The Center will also train the next generation of
researchers, entrepreneurs and policy leaders needed to change the
trajectory of women's healthcare in the region, nation and
beyond.The CWHE Director will work to unite investigators from the
McKelvey School and School of Medicine and promote collaboration in
research, education and training at undergraduate, graduate and
postdoctoral levels. The CWHE Director will also mentor CWHE
investigators to advance researchers in the discipline, and support
efforts related to technology transfer, entrepreneurship and
outreach both within and outside of the university
community.Diversity and inclusion are in the McKelvey School of
Engineering, and the strong candidate will demonstrate an ability
to create inclusive classrooms and research environments in which
students from many different backgrounds can learn and
thrive.Applicants must hold a PhD degree in engineering or related
field and will have a record of extramurally funded research and
scholarship in any domain, but also a field relevant to women's
health consistent with the CWHE mission. The successful candidate
will establish leadership of the CWHE, but also establish an
independent research program, advise doctoral students, teach
domain-specific courses, and develop collaborations with other
faculty members and programs across the institution.Applicants
should apply at . Required application materials include: (1) a
curriculum vitae; (2) a research statement (not to exceed 3 pages);
(3) a statement of experience with leadership and broader impacts
(not to exceed 2 pages); and (4) a list of three references that
can be contacted upon request. For full consideration, submit
applications by February 1, 2025. Professor Lori Setton, search
committee chair, can address academic or research related
questions. Administrative questions may be addressed to Ms. Karen
Teasdale. Either may be contacted by email at .Equal Employment
Opportunity Statement: Washington University in St. Louis is
committed to the principles and practices of equal employment
opportunity and especially encourages applications by those
underrepresented in their academic fields. It is the University's
policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job
titles without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin,
protected veteran status, disability, or genetic information.
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Keywords: Center for Watershed Protection, St. Louis , Director, Center for Women's Health Engineering, Engineering , Saint Louis, Missouri
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