Faculty Positions

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Geriatric Medicine within the Department of Medicine is seeking a full-time geriatrician physician-scientist tenure/tenure-track candidate for a faculty position at any rank. 

The Department resides in the highly collaborative environment at Vanderbilt University, which provides a strong and collegial environment for interdisciplinary clinical teams, fruitful research collaborations, and the development of innovative educational initiatives at all levels. Expected research activities in aging would be in translational studies or health services research.  

Candidates must possess an MD or MD/PhD or equivalent in a relevant field of Geriatrics. Applicants must be board certified or eligible in geriatrics and able to obtain medical licensure in Tennessee. The appointed faculty will maintain a productive, independently funded research program and provide direct patient care and actively participate in the teaching of graduate and medical students. The physician-scientist track provides approximately 80% of the time for research in collaboration with established investigators in health services research, clinical epidemiology, quality improvement, patient safety, behavioral sciences, and biomedical informatics. The candidate would join a growing Division of Geriatric Medicine comprising physicians, research scientists, advanced practice nurses, gerontologists, and a clinical pharmacist. 

Vanderbilt is in the growing and dynamic city of Nashville. We offer highly competitive start-up packages, and the successful applicant will enjoy the substantial benefits of the collaborative Vanderbilt atmosphere. We seek a diverse pool of applicants. VUMC is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

These Assistant and Associate Professor level faculty appointments will be in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine.  

The Department resides in the highly collaborative environment at Vanderbilt University, which provides a strong and collegial environment for interdisciplinary clinical teams, fruitful research collaborations, and the development of innovative educational initiatives at all levels. 

The Nashville campus of the Tennessee Valley Veterans Healthcare System is located next to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and many of our division faculty enjoy joint appointments. 

Vanderbilt is in the growing, dynamic city of Nashville. 

We offer highly competitive start-up packages, and the successful applicant will enjoy the substantial benefits of the collaborative Vanderbilt atmosphere. 

Clinician-Educators should have evidence of teaching experience and exhibit a fervent desire to be involved in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. An academic Clinician-Educator (CE) track position is 80% clinical, with additional responsibilities in teaching, scholarship, quality improvement, and administration. 

Physician-Scientist applicants should have substantial post-graduate training highlighted by peer-reviewed publications that demonstrate research productivity, and successful candidates will be expected to establish and maintain an independent research program as well as participate in the teaching of graduate and medical students. A Physician-Scientist track position provides 80% of time for research in collaboration across diverse disciplines. 

Clinically focused Geriatricians can be involved in in-patient care in venues ranging from an in-patient Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit and a Geriatrics Consult Service to several skilled nursing facilities, and ambulatory care clinics, with an emphasis on transitions-of-care. 

The Divisions of Infectious Diseases (ID) and Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have an immediate opening for an HIV researcher (MD, MD/PhD, or PhD) to join our faculty as a member of our growing HIV and Aging Research Program.

Successful candidates will join a thriving and highly collaborative research and clinical community. Our ID Division is home to the Tennessee Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), a four-way partnership between Vanderbilt, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee Department of Health, and Nashville CARES, and with an NIH-funded research base of >$20 million. Substantial HIV-related programs led by ID Division faculty members include the Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet), the Southeast AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC), a President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in Mozambique, a site for the CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS), clinical research sites for both HVTN and ACTG (including leadership of the ACTG’s Human Genomics Core), and the Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis (RePORT)-Brazil. Broadly, our research in HIV and Aging aims to improve the health status and quality of life of adults aging with HIV through domestic and international epidemiological, clinical, and translational studies. Our work in HIV and Aging has included investigation into the effects of immune senescence, inflammation, mitochondrial genotype and function, and key coinfections on outcomes such as vaccine response, frailty, neurocognition, metabolic disease, cardiovascular disease, and multimorbidity more generally.

Vanderbilt is home to the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic (VCCC), which serves as the HIV treatment center and primary care medical home to almost 4,000 clients living with HIV (~half are over the age of 50). VCCC offers a unique experience to participate in the clinical care of a large cohort of aging clients with HIV and in research utilizing data from this cohort.

Our Geriatrics division is a dynamic clinical and research arena. The Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging, part of the Institute of Medicine and Public Health, is focused on the development and evaluation of clinical interventions to improve quality of care and quality of life for older patients across the continuum of care, with current projects focused on improving the quality of care transitions and patient-centered deprescribing interventions to reduce polypharmacy and improve associated health outcomes. Our affiliated VA Hospital (Tennessee Valley Healthcare System) includes one of 22 VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC) and one of 11 National VA Quality Scholars Fellowship programs.

Candidates should have a track record of successfully securing funds to support their research.  Salaries and benefits packages are highly competitive.

At Vanderbilt we welcome employees from a wide variety of backgrounds, traditions, and experiences. We witness the vitality and creativity that comes from bringing different perspectives together. We are particularly interested in attracting candidates who are Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM) for these positions and seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense.

Minoritized persons/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply.