Four career tracks are offered for full-time regular faculty members: Investigator, Investigator-Clinician, Clinician-Investigator, and Clinician. The Investigator and Investigator-Clinician pathways are tenure tracks; the Clinician-Investigator and Clinician career tracks are non-tenure tracks.
The Investigator track is designed for scientists who do not have clinical or other service responsibilities and who will spend most of their time performing original, independent research. These faculty members will have teaching requirements that can be satisfied by graduate research training and/or medical student education.
The Investigator-Clinician track is designed for physicians or other health care professionals who will devote 50% or more of their time to original, independent research. In addition to teaching responsibilities, these faculty members will have clinical or other service responsibilities, but the time and effort devoted to service will generally be limited. The criteria for promotion will be weighted accordingly.
The Clinician-Investigator track is designed for physicians or other health care professionals who will spend at least half of their time in clinical or other service activities. Distinguished performance in clinical affairs or service is expected. In addition to teaching responsibilities, these faculty members will pursue original research, but the time devoted to research will be more limited (<50% time) than for a faculty member on the Investigator-Clinician track.
The Clinician track is designed for physicians, or other health care professionals, who will spend most of their time in service, usually in clinical activities, including the teaching and training of health professionals. Scholarly activity is encouraged in the full-time faculty members appointed to this track. In many cases, this will involve work with clinical trials, the analysis and reporting of clinical experience, or collaboration on research projects directed by other faculty members. In addition to teaching performance, advancement will depend on the achievement of clinical expertise and reputation, as well as participation and leadership in community and professional activities.
Full-time, regular faculty who have not yet selected one of the 4 designated career tracks for regular faculty are undifferentiated with regard to career track.
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