Associate Director of Academic Integrity and Professional Standards

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Associate Director of Academic Integrity and Professional Standards

Associate Director C, Academic Affairs

The Associate Director will support the Director of Academic Integrity and Professional Standards (AIPS) in managing complex, sensitive, and confidential matters involving research misconduct, professionalism issues, authorship disputes, conflict-of-interest issues, faculty/staff conduct, and responsible conduct of research training at the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) and Penn Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Working closely with the Director of AIPS, the Associate Director provides high-level operational, analytical, and administrative support across the full life cycle of professionalism and research misconduct cases—intake, due diligence, analysis, documentation, committee support, policy application, conclusion of findings, and communication with stakeholders.
This role is ideal for a highly organized, detail-focused professional with strong judgment, decision-making skills, discretion, and an interest in academic research integrity, institutional policy, and investigative work. The Associate Director serves as a critical partner in ensuring that PSOM’s research and academic environment reflects the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and compliance.

• Manages research misconduct and lapses in professional standards under the direction of the Director including leading the intake and fact-finding process, preparing summary reports of findings and overseeing the development, implementation, and monitoring of behavioral management plans.
• Coordinates and supports interviews related to professionalism and research misconduct cases, including scheduling interviews and committee meetings, aiding in communications with faculty and trainees, preparing agendas, organizing confidential case materials, taking detailed contemporaneous notes, and producing accurate interview summaries for Director and/or committee review.
• Prepares structured timelines, document inventories, and organized evidence packets to support analysis, committee deliberations, and final reports.
• Drafts initial versions of case summaries, committee reports, correspondence, and findings under the direction of the Director; manages formatting, exhibit lists, cross-referencing, and quality control.
• Develops, enhances, and maintains confidential policies and procedures for the handling and processing of faculty complaints and allegations.
• Monitors, evaluates, and analyzes relevant faculty data, providing reports to internal and external parties as required, and ensuring compliance with relevant University policies and procedures.
• Works closely with the Office of…