Academic Joint Departments - Open Rank/ Open Tenure - Clinical Genetics/Genomic Medicine Faculty
About The Position
The UAB Department of Genetics and the Dean of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine are recruiting a physician scientist in Genomic Medicine. The successful candidate will have a strong record of high-impact scholarship and the ability to lead and sustain grant-supported clinical and/or laboratory research programs in genomic medicine. Clinical effort involving patients in genomic medicine-related clinics is desired. Faculty rank will be Associate Professor or Professor, depending on the candidate’s experience and external grant funding. The faculty member may participate in UAB research, training, and clinical implementation programs in genomic medicine, with opportunities to build additional research and training programs and potentially co-lead existing programs based on their expertise, experience, and interests. The role will also interface with the Associate Dean for Genomic Medicine and the UAB Precision Medicine Institute to support incorporating genomics and genetics into clinical medicine. Relevant UAB programs include eMERGE, IGNITE, PGSN, the Regional Genomic Medicine eConsult Network, the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network, the All of Us Research Program, the Center for Precision Animal Modeling, the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative, and the Genomic Medicine Postdoctoral Training Program. HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology faculty are collaborators on several programs, and there may be opportunities for future program development with HudsonAlpha. UAB offers related undergraduate and graduate programs, including genetics, genomics and bioinformatics training, genetic counselor training, and a genetics residency. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with more than $715 million in annual research funding. UAB Medicine is a public academic medical center and health system whose centerpiece is UAB Hospital, the teaching hospital for the Heersink School of Medicine. Applications will be evaluated as received and accepted until the position is filled.
Requirements
- MD, DO, PhD, or MD/PhD degree(s).
- Evidence of ability to sustain a federally funded laboratory and/or clinical research program.
- Strong record of high-impact scholarship.
- Ability to lead grant-supported clinical and/or laboratory research programs in genomic medicine.
Nice To Haves
- Board certification by ABMGG is strongly encouraged for MD or MD/PhD candidates.
- Clinical effort involving patients in genomic medicine-related clinics is desired.
Responsibilities
- Lead and sustain grant-supported clinical and/or laboratory research programs in genomic medicine.
- Participate in UAB research, training, and clinical implementation programs in genomic medicine.
- Build additional research and training programs and potentially co-lead existing programs, based on expertise, experience, and interest.
- Interface with the Associate Dean for Genomic Medicine and the UAB Precision Medicine Institute to help incorporate genomics and genetics into clinical medicine.
- Clinical effort involving patients in genomic medicine-related clinics is desired.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
