Department: Orthopedic Surgery Location: Health Sciences Center Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Regular Term (Fixed Term) Job Req ID: R109547 Position Description: This role is for a Director of Orthopaedic Research in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. It exists to make research usable for busy surgeons. The Director is a full-time term faculty member with an appointment renewed annually. The Director of Orthopaedic Research sits with faculty and residents to turn a clinic idea into an answerable question and a study design. Core staff then write the protocol, file the IRB, collect and analyze the data, and draft the paper. The surgeon shapes the clinical message and presents. The Director also helps the department compete for grants, with faculty as PI. Qualifications: Doctoral degree and a substantial peer-reviewed record in musculoskeletal science. Leadership of a multi-investigator portfolio, including IRB oversight, trainee mentorship, study design with clinicians, and supervision of professional staff as a peer with surgical faculty. Demonstrated grantsmanship: industry, foundation, or federal proposals in support of faculty PIs. Eligibility for Professor (Term). Preferred: prior orthopaedic faculty appointment at associate professor or above, and national scholarly visibility. Essential duties: Sit with surgeons and residents to refine the question, test feasibility, and design the study. Run a single intake. Accept, reshape, or decline studies within one week. Hold authorship and data standards. No departmental dataset leaves the core without a written agreement. The office is measured on submitted papers and submitted proposals, not on activity. Help the department win funding. Identify industry, foundation, and federal mechanisms. Pair faculty with opportunities. Contribute design, methods, and grantsmanship. Faculty remain PI. Route proposals with SOM sponsored programs. Hire and supervise core staff, beginning with the clinical research coordinator. Own IRB, HIPAA, and sponsor compliance. Monthly dashboard to the Chair. Direct resident research. Place medical students and other learners only on projects that serve department needs. Every resident has a named mentor and a tracked project. Surgeons present. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion. Consistent with applicable law, demographic information is collected for aggregate reporting requirements. Demographic information provided through this application is not available to hiring managers/committees and is not considered in hiring or employment decisions. Assistance and Accommodations Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292. If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258. The University of Louisville is committed to being a great place to work, learn and invest. It is a place where you will thrive in a community of inclusivity, cultivate your innovative power and work where you’ll discover your purpose. Join the Cardinal Family today. Learn more about the University at our About Us page.

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