DEVELOPMENTAL COREA. FACULTY RECRUITMENT PLANSInstitutional representatives at both SDSU and UCSD have committed to support the recruitment of one facultymember each during the course of the 5 years of the Comprehensive Partnership. Specific individualsanticipated to be recruited have not been identified at this time. At SDSU, the Dean of the College of Scienceswill announce the availability of the position to the Chairs of those Departments where a position in cancerdisparities might be relevant. The Dean will assist the faculty in convening a search committee that includesindividuals with expertise in cancer and/or in cancer disparities. This committee will be more broadlyconstituted than the typical committee in the College of Sciences, as it will include representation fromindividuals who have a major interest in this grant, including individuals from UCSD. Relevant periodicals,listservs, and other mechanisms specifically designed to recruit faculty for positions like this will be utilized.When a potential hire has been identified, grant funds may be used to assist in providing start up or initialfunding for this new hire. At UCSD, the Pis will work with the CC Liaison Committee to identify opportunities torecruit a faculty member pursuing a research agenda relevant to cancer disparities. The Pis will also work withthe Dean of the School of Medicine to identify departments that may be relevant to the area of expertise. Whilethe priority area for recruitment is not explicit at this time, UCSD is an equal opportunity employer and is veryinterested in increasing its minority and women faculty. Indeed, the University of California recently completedtwo reports with recommendations on the recruitment and retention of women faculty and likewise therecruitment and retention of minority faculty. The letter of commitment from Dr. Carson, Director of the CC andthe letter of support from Dr. Brenner, Dean of the School Medicine indicate that the institutional leaders areprepared to work with the leadership of the Partnership to support recruitments efforts.We anticipate that our institutions will be more competitive to attract outstanding faculty pursuing cancerdisparities research because of the Comprehensive SDSU-UCSD CC Partnership.
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