Position Overview
Applications are invited for a nine-month, full-time, tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy. Candidates must hold a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree, and have at least three years of postdoctoral research experience. Candidates should demonstrate a strong potential to develop and maintain an externally funded research program in pharmacology or toxicology. Individuals with research expertise in either of four focus areas: 1) neuroinflammation, 2) epigenetics, 3) imaging, 4) metabolomics, are especially sought. Prospective faculty are also expected to actively participate in teaching in the graduate and professional pharmacy programs of the department. The Pharmacy School at the University of Kansas has a strong history of competitive research supported by advanced research core facilities for proteomic and genomic analyses (microarray, MiSeq and HiSeq), molecular modeling, high-throughput screening, quantitative bio-behavioral assessment and bright-field, fluorescence, and electron microscopy (i.e., 4-D and 5-D imaging of living cells or tissues as well as for fixed specimens; 2-D and 3-D ultrastructural studies of cell structures and tissues) and 2-D/5-D image data analysis resources.
The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S. by the effective date of appointment.
The University of Kansas is interested in hiring faculty members who can contribute to four key campus-wide strategic initiatives: (1) Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World: (2) Promoting Well-Being, Finding Cures; (3) Building Communities, Expanding Opportunities; and (4) Harnessing Information, Multiplying Knowledge. See http://www.provost.ku.edu/planning/themes/ for more information. Under-represented minorities and women are encouraged to apply. To apply, please electronically submit your curriculum vitae, a two-page description of research plans and three letters of recommendation to pharmtox@ku.edu . Otherwise, mail materials to Dept. Pharmacology & Toxicology, 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. The position will remain opened until filled. The University of Kansas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Description
40% - 1. Development and maintenance of an active, externally funded research program in pharmacology as described below
1) neuroinflammation, 2) epigenetics, 3) imaging, 4) metabolomics,
40% - 2. Preparation and presentation of lectures and other teaching approaches in graduate and undergraduate courses in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.
20% - 3. Participate in service activities at the level of the Department, School, University and profession.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- neuroinflammation,
- epigenetics,
- imaging,
- metabolomics
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