The inaugural Program Director will provide strategic vision, intellectual and academic leadership, and administrative oversight to the Institute’s Health Disparities and Equity Research (HDER) Program. The Program Director is also anticipated to work collaboratively on cross-cutting initiatives related to health equity across all three Regenstrief Centers (Center for Aging Research, Center for Health Services Research, and the Center for Biomedical Informatics) as well as Regenstrief Data Services and Health Data Standards.

Regenstrief Institute (Institute) is a 501©(3) research organization and partner to Indiana University. The Institute is a dynamic, independent research organization that, for more than 50 years, has continuously supported Indiana University and Indiana University’s School of Medicine as it carries out its mission to develop, conduct, and disseminate impactful scientific research in health systems and across communities. The long history of discovery and development of cutting-edge technologies at the Institute has led to impacts regionally, nationally, and internationally, spanning research in health services, biomedical informatics, and aging. The Institute values include addressing the needs of communities and populations through mutually beneficial partnerships, disseminating discoveries to drive improvements in health and healthcare, recruit and retain the best and the brightest, conduct research that increase equity, and collaborate to solve problems and drive interdisciplinary innovation. On the campus of Indiana University Indianapolis, the Institute’s partners include Indiana University, IUSM, Eskenazi Health, IU Health, the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, the Indiana Health Information Exchange, and the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), among others.

IU School of Medicine is the only allopathic medical school in the state and the largest medical school in the country. With 25,000 living alumni and 3,000 learners across nine campuses in the state, our institution is committed to shaping the future of healthcare. Our distinguished faculty, consisting of 3,095 full-time members and 3,783 volunteer faculty, plays a pivotal role in training medical, graduate, and postgraduate students. The School of Medicine has over $500M in research funds and ranks No. 13 in NIH funding among all public medical schools nationally.

As the nation’s largest medical school, IUSM is committed to being an institution that not only reflects the diversity of the learners we teach and the patient populations we serve, but also pursues the values of diversity, equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We desire candidates who enhance our representational diversity and those whose work contributes to equitable and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. IUSM strives to take an anti-racist stance, regularly evaluating and updating its policies, procedures, and practices to confer equitable opportunities for contribution and advancement for all community members. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to advance racial equity to transform health and well-being for all throughout Indiana. IU School of Medicine is committed to providing dual career services to assist new faculty with their personal or family relocation needs.