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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">As part of the Ohio State University’s Provost’s Tenure-Track Fellow-to-Faculty initiative, the College of Optometry is seeking early-career applicants for a two-year fellowship
 program that will then transition automatically into a tenure-track faculty position. This program is part of the “</span><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:.4pt;background:white">Race, Inclusion and Social Equity (RAISE)” initiative of the Ohio State
 University, and it is designed to recruit scholars who will seek to improve health equity through their research, scholarship, and community engagement.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">During the first two years of appointment, Provost Fellows will focus their time on research for an early start on their
 independent research and scholarship careers. They will also participate in activities within the College of Optometry and career development programs in the University, and they will have a designated faculty mentor. After two years, Provost Fellows will
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For this position, the Ohio State University College of Optometry is seeking candidates with a PhD or equivalent degree in a vision-related
 field of study, who are seeking an assistant professor position, and who will be eligible for tenure at the end of the probationary period. A Doctor of Optometry degree is desirable but not required. This is a 12-month position, fully-funded by the University.
 The candidate will be </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">interested in recruiting, teaching, and mentoring students from diverse, under-represented and underserved communities, and the candidate’s research program will
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">emphasize race and other health equity issues in vision care.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">­The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer.</span> All qualified applicants will receive consideration
 for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, protected veteran
 status, or any other basis under the law.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Additional information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://oaa.osu.edu/tenure-track-fellow-faculty-program"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://oaa.osu.edu/tenure-track-fellow-faculty-program</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Submit application here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCareers/details/Provost-s-Tenure-Track-Fellow-to-Faculty-Program_R45218?q=R45218"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCareers/details/Provost-s-Tenure-Track-Fellow-to-Faculty-Program_R45218?q=R45218</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
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