Assistant Professor, Investigation

This area of excellence is appropriate for individuals who spend the majority of their time performing research. Investigation is broadly defined to include basic, translational and clinical research, including epidemiology, outcomes and health services research, and biostatistics as well as research in social sciences, ethics, bioinformatics and health economics, among others. Investigation also includes the development of innovative methods/technologies and/or novel applications of existing methods and technologies. This area of excellence may also be used to recognize the contributions of individuals with research training in diverse fields who bring a unique or critical expertise to the biomedical research team. It includes individuals participating in large collaborative and multicenter research, as well as those conducting research individually or in small groups. The candidate must demonstrate scholarship, which may include first or senior author publications of original research, and/or publications from large multidisciplinary studies on which the candidate was in another authorship position and to which the candidate made documented, significant intellectual contributions.

Investigation Metrics

Summary

Evidence of a strong local reputation for contributions to research with an identified focus or area of expertise; must demonstrate scholarship which may include first author on publications of original research and/or publications from collaborative research to which the candidate has made substantive intellectual contributions; may have funding to conduct research; most will have evidence of teaching and supervision of trainees.

Investigation	Examples of Metrics
	Defined role in investigative activities which may include any or all of the following: Basic research Clinical research and/or laboratory or clinically based translational research which may include studies of disease mechanisms, diagnostic techniques and/or other investigations that may contribute to the prevention, diagnosis or management of disease; may have a defined role as a member of a multidisciplinary or other collaborative research team that conceptualizes novel investigative approaches Quantitative and social science research such as epidemiology, outcomes and health services research, and biostatistics as well as research in social sciences, ethics, bioinformatics and health economics, among others; should have a defined role and may contribute to protocol development, protocol implementation, conduct of studies, data collection and/or analysis of new or existing data Novel applications of existing methods and/or technologies Candidate most often has some funding for research activities which may include a career development award, principal investigator role on federal, foundation, investigator-initiated industry, or institutional grant(s); candidate may be funded as a co-investigator with a defined role and substantive intellectual contributions to a collaborative or multicenter study
Recognition	Examples of Metrics
	Invitations to speak locally, and in many cases regionally, about research Peer-reviewed funding to conduct research Service as an ad hoc reviewer for scientific journals Service on institution research-related committees such as the human subjects committee Role in planning sessions for scientific societies locally, and in many cases regionally Instrumental role in an institutional research core Local and/or regional awards for research and/or innovation Role as an investigator on multiple studies based on specific expertise
Scholarship
	Publication of original research that contributes new knowledge; most often includes publications on which the candidate is first author; may be in another authorship position on publications of collaborative research to which the candidate has made documented, substantive intellectual contributions