Description

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Pharmacy invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science (CPTS). The Chair will serve as the department's senior academic and administrative leader and will advance excellence in education, research, clinical practice, service, and professional engagement.

The CPTS Department comprises more than 40 faculty members dedicated to the tripartite mission of clinical care, education, and research. Reporting to the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, the Chair will provide strategic, collaborative, and fiscally responsible leadership for faculty and programs across the College’s campuses in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville. The successful candidate must currently hold the rank of full Professor or possess credentials sufficient for appointment as full Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. This is a full-time tenure-track position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provide strategic leadership for the department’s academic, clinical, research, and service missions.
• Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain outstanding faculty and staff while fostering a culture of transparency, professionalism, collaboration, accountability, and shared success.
• Oversee departmental planning, budgeting, operations, faculty workload, and promotion and tenure processes.
• Advance excellence in PharmD, graduate, residency, fellowship, and continuing professional education programs.
• Strengthen clinical practice partnerships with health systems, community partners, professional organizations, and affiliated institutions.
• Promote growth in clinical, translational, implementation, health outcomes, and practice-based research.
• Foster a collegial, transparent, accountable, and high-performing academic culture.
   

Requirements

EDUCATION: PharmD and/or PhD in a pharmacy-related field from an accredited program.

EXPERIENCE: Current rank of full professor or credentials sufficient for appointment as full professor. Distinguished record of scholarship, teaching, clinical practice, service, and/or academic leadership appropriate for a senior faculty appointment. Demonstrated success in mentoring faculty and building high-performing teams. Administrative experience with academic programs, clinical partnerships, budgets, personnel management, or organizational leadership. Commitment to student success, interprofessional education, faculty excellence, collaborative practice, and the advancement of pharmacy and translational sciences.

LICENSES: Active pharmacy license or eligibility for pharmacist licensure in Tennessee. 

DEPARTMENTAL PREFERENCES: 

• National recognition in clinical pharmacy, translational science, pharmacy practice, health outcomes, implementation science, or a related field.
• Evidence of successful external funding, especially federal funding sources (e.g., NIH), scholarly productivity, educational innovation, or leadership within professional organizations.
• Experience working across multiple campuses, practice sites, or partner institutions.
• Collaborative leadership style that supports transparency, trust, engagement, and shared success.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Interested persons should apply at the link provided and submit a letter of interest; a detailed curriculum vitae; a statement of research (including current and planned funding); and the names and contact information for three references. Applications received by January 4, 2027, will be given priority review, but the position will remain open until filled.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCES

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences is a statewide flagship, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering collaborative education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UT Health Sciences contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Sciences is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT’s doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UT Health Sciences spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UT Health Sciences is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs. 

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization. 

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.