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 in the Patient Research Center at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. The successful candidate will lead a strong, extramurally funded clinical research program in cardiovascular and/or cardiometabolic science, with some time devoted to patient care through Carilion Clinic. The role also includes research mentoring of graduate and medical students and fellows. A translational laboratory-based research program may also be part of the candidate’s work. The position is based at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute on 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 faculty member will also hold a tenured or tenure-track appointment in an appropriate Virginia Tech department. The successful candidate will join a collaborative community of scientists and clinicians focused on cardiovascular and cardiometabolic research, including approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders such as arrhythmogenesis, heart failure, ischemia, obesity, and diabetes. The institute offers research infrastructure including laboratory, core-facility, and office space; human-subject research-dedicated 3.0T MRIs; high-field MR-guided PET for animal cardiology research; MR-guided focused ultrasound; optically pumped magnetometers; 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. The position will remain open until filled. The successful candidate must complete a criminal conviction check.
Requirements
- Earned M.D. degree.
- Active medical license.
- Active research program funded through federal agencies and/or industry for patient-based clinical research.
- Use innovative contemporary approaches to study human cardiovascular and/or cardiometabolic function in health and disease, including clinical research trials.
- Criminal conviction check.
Nice To Haves
- Ph.D. degree.
- Appropriate postdoctoral residency-fellowship training.
- A translational laboratory-based research program.
- Research complementary to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Center for Vascular and Heart Research and Center for Exercise Medicine Research, with potential to contribute to major collaborative program funding.
Responsibilities
- Lead a strong, extramurally funded, leading-edge clinical research program in cardiovascular and/or cardiometabolic science.
- Devote some time to patient care with Carilion Clinic.
- Mentor graduate and medical students and fellows in research.
- Develop research using contemporary approaches to study human cardiovascular and/or cardiometabolic function in health and disease, including clinical research trials.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
