Description

We are seeking an experienced, innovative individual to serve in dual leadership roles to ensure brighter futures for patients and families experiencing mental and behavioral health challenges across Hawaii, many of whom face social drivers that can impede their full potential. The University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), Department of Psychiatry strives to eliminate health disparities among Indigenous Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Island populations, as well as address the public mental health needs of severely mentally ill, rural, and remote populations within our Pacific Island home. Its community-focused research, scholarship, and quality improvement are guided by the Native Hawaiian value of Lkahi, where being servant leaders helps establish partnerships and teams that seek to achieve balance or harmony.  Behavioral Health Services at The Queen’s Health Systems provides comprehensive, compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric care to children, adolescents, and adults throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Rim, through living the Queen Emma Way, where CARE is the foundation. JABSOM psychiatry faculty are also an essential part of the care team working to create a healthier Hawaii within Hawaii Pacific Health at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children and Straub Benioff Medical Center.

Within this diverse state and matrixed organization, JABSOM is seeking an Associate or Full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine, who will concurrently serve as the Queen’s University Medical Group (QUMG) Chief of Behavioral Health. The JABSOM is a community-based medical school with numerous clinical affiliates across our island state. Psychiatry training occurs within the Queen’s Health System, at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, and across a larger network of clinics across the state, including the State Department of Health and mental health clinics on the neighbor islands, via in-person and telehealth visits.

Applicants must meet the qualifications to serve as a Medical School Department Chair at UH JABSOM and be able to hold a concurrent position as the QUMG Chief of Behavioral Health. More details are in the JABSOM job posting. 

If you are a health systems-focused leader with demonstrated, effective academic-health system collaborations that improve and deliver the highest quality health care, please consider joining us in our commitment to improving the health of Hawai‘i’s people. Please review the posting below and consider applying.  The link contains more information about the position and includes the application link. For best consideration, please apply by March 20, 2026.

Chair, Dept of Psychiatry JABSOM/UH: Associate/Full Professor (85000 (100%, tenure track))

The University of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

About the organization:

The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is a community-based school and is affiliated with a strong network of clinical training sites throughout the state. We are one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse medical schools in the country, and our problem-based learning curriculum, Learning Communities, community-based medicine programs, and clinical instruction expose medical students and resident physicians to a diverse range of patients and health systems in our state. We are intent on expanding medical student and residency education to the neighbor islands to have our communities teach our future physicians and help address our critical physician shortages. Our learners participate in interprofessional education in pre-clinical and clinical settings. Our researchers collaborate with other health professionals and scientists from other University of Hawaii Mnoa schools and colleges, across the University of Hawaii System, and with colleagues across the state, the nation, and the world. The School strives to build on its historical role in expanding opportunities for women, minorities, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, and the socio-economically disadvantaged. Equity, inclusivity, capacity building, and strong partnerships with key stakeholders committed to achieving health equity remain significant focus areas for our JABSOM ohana. We welcome you to join our collective efforts to transform medical and healthcare education, research, and care delivery in Hawaii as part of JABSOM’s kuleana - responsibility and privilege - and vision of ALOHA: Attain Lasting Optimal Health for All. 

Requirements

Please refer to the position description minimum and and desirable qualifications found here: Associate/Full Professor (85000 (100%, tenure track)).