Faculty Position - Department of Imaging Sciences

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital•Memphis, TN

18h

About The Position

The Department of Imaging Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is seeking faculty members at the Assistant, Associate, and Full levels. The department is building a community of technology innovators focused on developing and applying novel imaging and quantitative measurement methods to advance biomedical research and improve clinical care. Faculty will establish independent laboratories at St. Jude and receive laboratory space, start-up funds, salary coverage, and ongoing institutional support. The department is recruiting eight new faculty members over the next three years to work across a broad range of imaging areas, including multi-omics; structural and functional microscopy; multimodal and mesoscale imaging; laboratory automation; clinical imaging innovations; tracer and indicator development; sample-preparation innovations; wearables; and behavioral quantification. Quantitative analysis, computational modeling, and AI integration are also of strong interest. Faculty are expected to be collaborative, pursue impactful applications, and help drive widespread adoption of their approaches. Shared resources being established to support technology transfer include cores for advanced design and fabrication, biomedical testing and sample preparation, data analytics, and productization and dissemination. St. Jude’s research environment includes expertise across many biomedical fields, data-science and data-driven discovery programs, and shared facilities for optical and electron microscopy, clinical imaging, sequencing, and spatial omics. The institution describes its environment as collegial, collaborative, and motivating.

Requirements

PhD or MD/PhD degree.
Postdoctoral experience.
Evidence of high-quality, impactful prior contributions to the imaging sciences field, including peer-reviewed publications and/or patents.
Strong commitment to mentoring.
Strong motivation to develop a transformative collaborative research program at St. Jude.
Highly collaborative approach.

Nice To Haves

Research interests in areas such as multi-omics; structural and functional microscopy; multimodal or mesoscale imaging; laboratory automation; clinical imaging; tracer or indicator development; sample-preparation innovations; wearables; behavioral quantification; quantitative analysis; computational modeling; or AI integration.

Responsibilities

Establish an independent laboratory at St. Jude and build a world-class research program.
Develop and apply novel imaging and quantitative measurement methods to advance biomedical research or improve clinical care.
Pursue impactful applications of imaging approaches and drive their widespread adoption.
Develop a transformative, collaborative research program at St. Jude.
Demonstrate a strong commitment to mentoring.