The Associate Dean of Genomic Medicine will be responsible for leadership for the All of Us Southern Network and the Alabama Genome Health Initiative and for the T32 and R25 training programs. If the candidate is a Board Certified Clinical Geneticist then s/he will be the Clinical leader/advisor of the UAB branch of BabySeq2, a program spearheaded by Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Center for Precision Animal Modeling, an NIH funded program to develop animal models for human disorders to validate the pathogenicity of genomic variants and provide model systems for therapeutic development and eMERGE, an NHGRI-funded consortium to develop systems to integrate genomic medicine with electronic health records. The Associate Dean will also interface with the Chief Genomics Officer to help in the incorporation of genomics and genetics into clinical medicine.
Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with more than $715 million in annual research funding and an economic impact on the state exceeding $12.1 billion a year. UAB enrollment surpassed 21,500 for the fifth consecutive year in fall 2022. The university offers more than 180 degree programs in nine schools and one college. The pillars of UAB’s mission include education, research, innovation and economic development, community engagement and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu. UAB Medicine is the fourth largest public academic medical center in the country, with more than 1,900 beds and some 23,000 employees. UAB Hospital is the centerpiece of the UAB Health System and is the teaching hospital for the Heersink School of Medicine. Situated among major research centers and clinics, UAB Hospital provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services, as well as the most up-to-date treatments and innovations in health care. In addition to UAB Hospital, UAB Medicine includes The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital, as well as several primary and specialty care clinics, a dozen member and affiliate hospitals within Alabama, more than six cancer associates in the Southeast, and the Viva Health HMO.