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

Sustained national, and in many cases international, reputation as one of the top researchers in the field; leader of an exceptional independent research program and/or key leadership role in collaborative studies; longstanding record of exceptional scholarship which may include: senior author on high impact publications of original research, and/or leadership role on, and critical contribution to, publications of high impact collaborative research; candidate should have a sustained record of extramural funding; must have evidence of effective teaching and supervision as demonstrated by stature of trainees.

In addition to distinguished service as an Associate Professor:

Investigation	Examples of Metrics
	Sustained record of conducting exceptional research that has a major impact on the field and/or changes clinical practice; 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 provide fundamental insight into the prevention, diagnosis or management of disease; may lead an established multidisciplinary team and/or center that has created novel investigative approaches that have resulted in critical contributions to the field Quantitative or 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; outstanding record of leadership in design, conduct and analysis of studies; for multicenter studies, overall principal investigator, or one of a small number of key national leaders of studies Development of innovative methods/technologies and/or novel applications of existing methods/technologies that have been adopted by others in the field Sustained record of funding as principal investigator; may be funded by a combination of federal, investigator-initiated industry, and foundation grants; candidates who bring a unique expertise to a number of projects must have a sustained record of funding as a principal investigator or a co-investigator on multiple studies
Recognition	Examples of Metrics
	Invitations to speak nationally, and in many cases internationally, about research Sustained record of principal investigator peer-reviewed research funding Service as an editor and/or on editorial boards of scientific journals or as a consultant to journals in area of expertise Service on, and may have a leadership role on, national, and in many cases international, committees related to research including grant review panels such as NIH study sections, NIH advisory groups, FDA panels, data and safety monitoring boards for major multicenter trials Leadership role in planning sessions for major scientific societies nationally, and in many cases, internationally Prestigious national or international awards for research and/or innovations Overall principal investigator or one of a small number of key national leaders and/or leadership roles on key committees and writing groups of national, and in many cases international, multicenter studies Adoption by others in the field of novel methods/technologies
Scholarship
	Senior authorship on studies of exceptional, original and innovative research which has had a major impact on the field Continuing record of publication from multidisciplinary research that has had a major impact on the field and/or changed clinical practice; candidate may be first or senior author, in another authorship position, or part of an unnamed authorship group, but should have served as the senior author on a substantial number of manuscripts from the study Publication of senior author original work describing novel methods/technologies that advance the field; may be published in journals of the primary discipline (e.g., statistics) or the field in which the expertise is applied (e.g., cardiology)