South Carolina AHEC is seeking a senior researcher to lead the
SC Office for Healthcare Workforce. After ten years of leadership, SCOHW
director Linda Lacey will be stepping down later this year. This position leads
a research team and serves in a leadership role. The role requires a background
in health services research or the social sciences and an established record of
research related to factors/policies affecting the supply of or demand for
healthcare professionals and para-professionals. The successful candidate will
hold a full-time adjunct faculty appointment at the Medical University of South
Carolina, where the South Carolina AHEC program office is housed
administratively. However, this position
lies entirely within the SC AHEC program office.
Qualified candidates may submit their resume and
cover letter through the Medical University of South Carolina HR website.
Hannah Robinson, MD knew she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare from a young age. “I’ve always wanted to be a doctor since about the sixth grade,” said Dr. Robinson. “I remember being in health class and watching the Miracle of Life video and just being fascinated with women and their ability to create and bear life.” Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Robinson spent time working on the obstetrics unit at her local hospital in Rock Hill and observed a trend with their patients. “What I noticed was a lot of the families that we serviced actually weren’t from Rock Hill. We also served surrounding counties that were really rural and seeing how these families were traveling to Rock Hill to deliver their babies was really shocking to me,” said Robinson. Due to a maldistribution of OB/GYNs in the state of South Carolina, individuals may have to travel great distances just to receive the care they need. In its most recent South Carolina Health Professions Data Book published in 20
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