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The IU Center for Global Health Equity is seeking a senior research scientist to serve as Director of Research for the Center and co-Director of Research for the Ampath Kenya Research Program. This is a key position within the administration of research for both the IUCGHE and the AMPATH Kenya Partnership, the latter being a collaboration between Indiana University and US, Canadian and European partners (AMPATH Consortium), Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. We are seeking an active investigator with sufficient experience and maturity to work collaboratively for and within the IUCGHE and the AMPATH Consortium that conducts research to advance the health of people in low-resourced communities. In partnership with AMPATH Kenya’s Co-Director of Research, the North American Director of Research establishes policies and practices that assure high-quality research and research productivity with processes that comply with the policies of major extramural research sponsors and collaborating universities. The Director is expected to commit 30-35% of professional work life to this administrative work and also conduct research in a personal portfolio.

Indiana University/Riley Hospital for Children is currently recruiting a Pediatric Team leader for their Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program in Kenya. If you or a pediatrician you know is interested in working within a 30+ year international partnership, please see the details of the position below.

The role of the AMPATH team leader is to be an ambassador, driver, and guide of the educational mission between the North American and Kenyan institutions of the AMPATH consortium. The team leader resides in Kenya full-time and their primary mission is to build capacity through workforce development. They accomplish this by working closely with Kenyan and North American faculty, residents, and medical students to support a positive learning environment that is respectful to all. Specific responsibilities for the Pediatrics Team Leader include: hosting North American visitors, (medical trainees and teaching faculty), in Kenya, coordinating electives for Kenyan learners in North America, and functioning as a visiting lecturer within the Department of Child Health and Pediatrics at Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. The team leader engages with other service and scholarly work to the degree that these advance the primary mission of capacity building and workforce development.

The role of the team lead is to be an ambassador, driver, and guide of the clinical and educational missions in Internal Medicine between the North American, European and Kenyan institutions of the AMPATH consortium. The team lead resides in Eldoret, Kenya full-time, and their primary mission is to build capacity through workforce development and contribute to the delivery of high-quality care. They accomplish this by working closely with Kenyan, North American and European faculty, residents, and medical students to support a positive learning environment that is respectful to all.

This position is supported by the Indiana University Center for Global Health Equity (IUCGHE) and Indiana University (IU) Department of Medicine. The team lead will receive an appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Medicine at IU School of Medicine (IUSM) and a Visiting Lecturer in Internal Medicine at Moi University School of Medicine (MUSOM).

Indiana University Center for Global Health and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC) are seeking a BC/BE subspecialist in Medical Oncology, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Radiation Oncology or other suitable oncology subspecialty, to serve as the AMPATH Associate Site Director (Hematology-Oncology) in Eldoret, Kenya.

The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a well-respected international partnership between Moi University (MU) and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), and a group of partner institutions collectively referred to as the AMPATH Consortium, led by Indiana University. AMPATH Oncology has grown to be a successful multi-institutional program led by the IUSCCC that serves the catchment area of western Kenya.