Vice Dean for Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease

The SOM wishes to establish a Vice Dean for Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease to enhance and provide leadership for development and all personnel actions of a newly created Marshall Center for Adiposity- Based Chronic Disease. Duties will include overall responsibility for creating a strategic plan for interdisciplinary Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease prevention, treatment, translational, clinical, epidemiological, and implementation science research and education with a primary mission of reducing the incidence and impact of Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease in West Virginia.

Position Description
Reporting to the Dean of the SOM and working closely with relevant University leadership and clinical partners, this position will define the concrete goals and objectives of the Center of Excellence to build multidisciplinary teams to develop value for students, patients, and the community.

Specific responsibilities include:

Patient Care
Oversee the development of comprehensive multispecialty outpatient services for the treatment of childhood and adult Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease:

• Medical weight management clinics will combine expertise of physicians, psychologists,

dieticians, and physical therapists, along with consultation with preventive cardiovascular,
endocrine, pulmonary, and other relevant specialists to provide a comprehensive approach
to the medical management of obesity;

• Develop a program to include on-site and remote medical monitoring, lifestyle modification

therapy, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric /metabolic surgery to enhance treatment outcomes;

• Work to develop a plan to mitigate the devastating economic costs of obesity on West Virginia’s economy.

Research
Coordinate basic, clinical and community population research with the aim to devise improved
understanding of Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease, its underlying mechanisms, and formulate novel interventional approaches to diagnosis and management:

• Create an effective and innovative platform for idea generation and pathways from bench to

bedside;

• Identify research themes incorporating existing strengths and resources fostering cross-campus

collaborations focused on biological, behavioral, and environmental basis for Adiposity-Based
Chronic Disease-related diseases, particularly diabetes;

• Target areas to include early life obesity, gestational obesity, community research, at risk

populations, links of obesity to cancer, and risks for diabetes and CV diseases;

• Development of proposals for external funding to ensure sustainability of the Center

Education and Graduate Medical Education;
Work with existing institutional partners to create a variety of educational resources and curricula
focusing on Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease diagnostic evaluation and care;

• Development of an Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease medicine fellowship program;
• Organize an annual CME-based treatment conference and workshop for primary care providers to disseminate new therapies for evaluation and management of Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease;
• Explore educational efforts across the care spectrum including a bariatric surgery residency and

partnerships with other initiatives focused on behavioral health, social work, physical therapy, and physician assistants.

Community Service
To continue the SOM’s proud commitment to public service by focusing efforts on underserved
communities including rural communities, minorities, and children.

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