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Faculty of Health Sciences

Employer
VinUniversity
Location
Viet Nam
Salary
Salary Commensurate with experience
Date posted
Apr 3, 2021
CALL FOR TENURE TRACK FACULTY

VinUniversity – College of Health Sciences

Rooted in Vietnam to become a world-class university, VinUniversity invites global talents to join us to develop research and innovation that can promote positive and tangible impact to the lives of people, both locally and globally.

Nine reasons to consider joining VinUniversity:

  1. Attractive compensation with a dynamic tenure track, in which your performance will be measured by publications at top-tier journals and conferences, as well as positive and tangible impact to the lives of people, both locally and globally.
  2. Potential for competitive seed-funding, up to $100,000 for tenure-track faculty and potentially more for distinguished faculty, to support their research in the first three years at VinUniversity.
  • Opportunities to strengthen your research team by awarding up to 30 PhD and postdoctoral scholarships per year under the Vingroup Science and Technology Scholarship Program (https://scholarships.vinuni.edu.vn/) to conduct research at VinUniversity in collaboration with other top universities in the world.
  • Professional development fund of $6,000 per year for tenure track faculty, disbursed at your disposal.
  • Research mentorship program with University of Pennsylvania and other leading Universities world-wide professors.
  • VinUniversity students are among the top 2% in the country, passionate and hungry to learn. We are in the process of developing new graduate programs (Master and PhD) for our Medical and Nursing students and for graduate students who want to acquire skills and knowledge in Health Care Research, Policy and Clinical Investigation.
  • Strong and deep connection to the country’s largest and most prestigious companies in the fields of healthcare and a dedicated Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospital (Vinmec Times City).
  • Be an agent of change for the health care and education system in Vietnam.
  • Spacious and modern workplace in a beautiful, newly built campus in Hanoi, one of the fastest growing cities in Asia.
  •  THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH & SCIENCE

    The College of Health Sciences (CHS) aims to advance health care in Vietnam and the world through leading education, innovative research, and technology. Our mission is:

    • To develop world-class research and providing outstanding health care education
    • To pioneer the country’s health sciences education and reform
    • To attract and develop healthcare leaders to advance health sciences locally and globally.

    Our strategic partner within Vingroup is Vinmec Healthcare System – the leading private, not-for-profit health care provider in Vietnam, which currently encompasses 7 hospitals and 4 outpatient clinics throughout Vietnam (with more than 1,600 beds), together with its medical research institutes and centers. Vinmec is the only healthcare provider in Vietnam offering 2 hospitals with Joint-Commission International (JCI) accreditation (in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city). The Vinmec Times City in Hanoi is our primary teaching hospital for the College of Health Sciences. It received the first JCI accreditation in 2015, the re-accreditation in 2018, and is currently the only teaching hospital in Vietnam with JCI recognition.

    With a vision to advance health care through research, the College of Health Sciences will also offer research opportunities in all our programs and provide a supportive research environment for our faculty and students. Taking advantage of being in the ecosystem of Vingroup with a number of technology and service-oriented companies such as Vinpearl, VinHomes, VinFast, VinSmart, etc., the College will cooperate closely with these companies in research to create breakthrough technology & healthcare products and solutions.

    Currently, the College offers undergraduate degree programs in Nursing and Medicine while there are three residency programs offered i.e. in Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Pediatrics. All of the health sciences programs are competency-based, developed with the University of Pennsylvania’s technical support. With UPenn’s certified and validated curricula, world-class international and Vietnamese faculty members, modern pedagogical approaches, and infrastructure at the forefront of technology, we will prepare our students to become healthcare leaders, innovators, and scientists with an entrepreneurial mindset and as prospective agents of change in the future.

    The College of Health Sciences at VinUniversity is recruiting multiple outstanding and innovative faculty members in all major fields of pre-clinical, clinical, and other related health sciences including, but not limited to:

    • Biochemistry
    • Histology / Embryology
    • Physiology
    • Pathophysiology
    • Microbiology
    • Immunology
    • Nutrition
    • Pharmacology
    • Communication and clinical skills
    • General Surgery (clinical track)
    • Pediatrics (Clinical track)

    POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES 

    The College of Health Sciences faculty members will be responsible for three major responsibilities: teaching, research, and service (including clinical practices with clinical faculty). The workload allocation will be based on faculty ranking and faculty track in alignment with generally accepted international standards and practices at health sciences universities.

    KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

    • Have a master/doctorate degree in related fields from established prestigious universities.
    • Have a strong knowledge of the subject area combined with a broad subject background enabling contributions to teaching programs.
    • Have good experience in experiential leaning methods such as TBL (Team-based Learning), PBL (Project-based Learning), ABL (Action-based Learning) and can successfully employ them in all courses.
    • Have a strong record of research accomplishments or potential for future accomplishments (research track).
    • Have a high spirit and strong passion for education; demonstrate distinction and/or strong potential in research; Agile to embrace changes and take on new challenges; open-minded to new and different environments; team-player willing to contribute to organizational goals and initiatives.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

    COMPENSATIONS

    The salary and benefits are internationally competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

    HOW TO APPLY

    Please apply via http://apply.interfolio.com/83889 and send (1) a cover letter, (2) a resume, (3) a teaching statement, (4) a research statement; and (5) two recommendation letters. In doing so, remember the following:

    • Indicate in your cover letter which field, rank and track you are applying for.
    • Your resume should include a list of all courses you have taught with the teaching/student evaluation outcomes.
    • Your teaching statement should specify teaching methods you have used in your courses and plan to use in your future courses (i.e., lecture, cases, flipped classroom, team-based learning, service-based learning, community-based learning, etc.).
    • Your research statement should include the primary theme(s) of your past and current research and the theme(s) of your intended future research.

    Consideration of candidates will occur on a rolling basis beginning April 2021 and will continue until the positions are filled.

    The desired start date is August 2021, subject to negotiation, to allow sufficient time for your course preparation for the upcoming fall semester. If you currently reside outside Vietnam, please indicate in your cover letter whether you can relocate to Hanoi, Vietnam in time (by September as latest). If not, please specify when you can.

    We thank all applicants for their interest. Please note that only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

    LIVING AND WORKING IN HANOI, VIETNAM

    • Work permit: VinUniversity will assist in and provide advice for obtaining the necessary paperwork needed for employment in Vietnam (visa, work permit, insurance, etc.). However, it is your responsibility to ensure that you can satisfy all the paper requirements in a timely manner.
    • According to Vietnamese Law, expatriates are required to submit all necessary documents for a work permit on the first day in Vietnam. For more information about the necessary documents, please refer to the information in this link.
    • Living costs: Vietnam has a comparatively low cost of living and expatriates can live a very comfortable life here with a moderate expenditure.

    ABOUT VINUNIVERSITY

    VinUniversity (VinUni: https://vinuni.edu.vn/) is the first private, not-for-profit Vietnamese university established based on international standards. The university integrates the models of excellent international universities with the unique cultural and economic characteristics of Vietnam, to make a breakthrough in Vietnamese higher education and to become a world-class university.

    VinUni has strategic collaborations with the world’s leading universities, including Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. These universities have become close advisors and crucial enablers in establishing the three colleges at VinUni: College of Business and Management, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and College of Health Sciences. Every aspect of the University: its curricula, research, faculty, student body, facilities, and campus life, is being developed to meet the highest standards set by the world’s leading accrediting and ranking organizations, such as ABET, AACSB, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE).

    VinUni’s founding benefactor Vingroup is one of the biggest private conglomerates in Asia with the largest market capitalization value in Vietnam. As a multisector corporation, Vingroup focuses on three main areas: Technology; Industrials; and Property Services. VinUni is proud to be a part of the Vingroup ecosystem, giving its students opportunities to connect with several high quality research institutes (such as VinAI, VinBrain, and Vin BigData), pioneering industrial enterprises (such as VinSmart and VinFast), and leading Vietnamese companies (such as Vinpearl, Vincom Retail, Vinmec, and Vinhomes)

    PRESS

    VNExpress >> VinUniversity's First Convocation Day

    Forbes Vietnam >> VinUniversity's First Convocation Day

    Vietnamnews >> VinUniversity inaugurates its first academic year

    Vietnamnet >> VinUniversity achieves QS 5-star rating standards

    Cornell Chronicle >> VinUnversity's Founding Provost - Professor Rohit Verma

    Cornell Daily Sun >> Cornell-Vingroup's collaboration

    Vietnam Economic Times >> Cornell-UPenn-Vingroup's collaboration

    Vietnam News >> VinUniversity creates breakthrough in Higher Education quality

    Penn News >> UPenn extends its global reach to improve health care education in Southeast Asia

    Philadelphia Business Journal >> Penn Medicine extends global reach to Vietnam

    Forbes >> Vietnam's Mega conglomerate starts its own university to overcome talent shortage

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