Faculty Position Clinical Research in Cardiovascular Science - Virginia Tech
About The Position
Virginia Tech seeks an innovative clinician-scientist for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the associate or full professor level at the Patient Research Center (PRC), Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (FBRI). The faculty member will also hold a tenured or tenure-track appointment in an appropriate Virginia Tech department, potentially including the School of Medicine. The position is based at Virginia Tech’s Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, Virginia, adjacent to the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Carilion Clinic, and Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The primary responsibility is to lead a strong, extramurally funded, leading-edge clinical research program in cardiovascular and/or cardiometabolic science. The role also includes some patient care in partnership with Carilion Clinic and research mentoring of graduate and medical students and fellows. The successful candidate will join FBRI’s community of research teams and contribute to collaborative research focused on cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health and disease, including arrhythmogenesis, heart failure, ischemia, obesity, and diabetes. Research complementary to FBRI’s Center for Vascular and Heart Research and Center for Exercise Medicine Research, and likely to strengthen collaborative program funding, is encouraged. FBRI offers more than 300,000 square feet of laboratory, core-facility, and office space. Research infrastructure includes human-subject-dedicated 3.0T MRIs, high-field MR-guided PET for animal cardiology research, MR-guided focused ultrasound, optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG), cellular and molecular imaging facilities, transcriptomics and genomics analysis, human whole-room calorimeters, DEXA, exercise facilities, a metabolic kitchen, and a molecular diagnostics laboratory. Applicants should submit a full curriculum vitae and a statement of research accomplishments and plans to posting #538367. A criminal conviction check is required.
Requirements
- Earned M.D. degree.
- Active medical license.
- Active research program funded through federal agencies and/or industry for patient-based clinical research.
- Research using innovative contemporary approaches to study human cardiovascular and/or cardiometabolic function in health and disease, including clinical research trials.
- Tenured or tenure-track faculty appointment at the associate or full professor level.
Nice To Haves
- Ph.D. degree.
- Appropriate postdoctoral residency-fellowship training.
- A translational laboratory-based research program.
- Research complementary to FBRI’s Center for Vascular and Heart Research and Center for Exercise Medicine Research and likely to contribute strengths to major collaborative program funding.
Responsibilities
- Lead an extramurally funded, leading-edge clinical research program in cardiovascular and/or cardiometabolic science.
- Devote some time to patient care with clinical partner Carilion Clinic.
- Mentor graduate and medical students and fellows in research.
- Contribute to collaborative research and program-funding initiatives at FBRI.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
