JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of South Florida Health, College of Medicine
The School of Biomedical Sciences within the College of Medicine at USF Health seeks outstanding scientists in the areas of Neurosciences, Cardiovascular, Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Diseases and Cancer Pathobiology for six tenured/tenure earning faculty positions at the level of Assistant/Associate Professor. These faculty can have appointments in the departments of Molecular Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, or Pathology & Cell Biology.
Currently, the College of Medicine has over 540 fulltime core faculty, over 450 medical students, and over 150 students in the biomedical graduate program. As a result of a recent reorganization, a School of Basic Biomedical Sciences has been established to serve as the home for all basic and translational research within the College. With the objective of doubling its extramural funding in the next five years, faculty of the College of Medicine have outlined a bold strategic plan which includes recruitment of over 50 new tenured/tenure earning faculty and the establishment of state of the art Core facilities.
USF Health consists of the colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health. Also included are the schools of Biomedical Sciences and Physical Therapy. In partnership with its affiliated hospitals, USF Health's research funding last year was $164 million – more than half of which came from federal sources. It has research and clinical affiliations with H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Research Institute, the Tampa General Hospital, the All Children's Hospital, the Shriner's Hospital for Children, and the James A. Haley and Bay Pines VA Medical Centers. USF is one of only 95 public and private universities in the U.S. that have been designated as Carnegie Comprehensive Doctoral Research University/Very High Research Activity.
Minimum requirements include a MD, PhD, or MD/PhD. For Assistant Professor, a minimum of two years of experience as a junior faculty and evidence of continued growth as an educator, mentor, and a productive researcher is required. For Associate Professor, a minimum of five years of continuous and productive accomplishment as an Assistant Professor or equivalent is required. The successful candidate is expected to have a distinguished record of scholarly activity, NIH R01 and other extramural funding and teaching experience in a medical/graduate curriculum. Ability to build interdisciplinary programs and experience with successfully mentoring graduate and medical students and postdoctoral-fellows is also required.
Applicants should submit, by email, a letter summarizing their qualifications and interests in the position, future research plans, curriculum vitae and the names and contact information of five references. Completed applications must be submitted to Ms. Rochelle Morris ( rmorris@hsc.usf.edu). Competitive start-up packages and salaries will be provided commensurate with experience. Review of Applications will begin June 5, 2006 and will continue until all positions are filled.
USF Health is committed to increasing its diversity and will give individual consideration to qualified applicants for this position with experience in ethnically diverse settings, who possess varied language skills, or who have a record of research issues that support/benefit diverse communities or teaching a diverse student population. The University of South Florida is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Equal Access Institution. For disability accommodations, contact Rochelle Morris at 813-974-8349 within 5 days of an event. According to Florida law, search records, including applications and search committee meetings, are open to the public.