Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Exercise Medicine Research
About The Position
Virginia Tech seeks to recruit an innovative researcher in the area of exercise medicine with a focus on the impact of exercise/physical activity on health, including but not limited to exercise immunology related to cancer prevention, cardiometabolic, skeletomuscular and neurocognitive health for a tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor level. The successful candidate should address issues of the health effects of regular exercise during development in childhood and/or throughout the adult lifespan with a focus on the cellular, molecular and organ systems’ effects of exercise. Investigators who focus on mechanistic understanding of the effects of exercise in human subjects and/or laboratory animal models with innovative genetic, biochemical, and/or physiological approaches in addition to strong computational/data analytic skills are encouraged to apply. The person hired for this position will join 44 other faculty led teams at the research institute that currently have an active portfolio of over $240 million in extramural research and training grants and contracts and will join the new FBRI Center for Exercise Medicine Research (CEMR). The position will be located at the FBRI at VTC (https://research.vtc.vt.edu) on the university’s health sciences campus in Roanoke, Virginia. In addition to the original 100,000 square foot research institute that opened in 2010, an adjacent 139,000 square foot additional research building (http://fralinbiomed.info/buildingtour) recently opened in which the new faculty member will have their research program. The new CEMR is immediately adjacent to the research laboratories of the FBRI Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Cancer Research, Addiction Recovery Research Center, Center for Health Behaviors Research, Center for Neurobiology Research as well as Center for Human Neuroscience Research, offering additional opportunities for collaborations that span metabolism, cardiovascular science, cancer and neuroscience research.
Requirements
- Earned doctorate in physiology, immunology, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology exercise science or a related field.
- Postdoctoral experience.
- Demonstrated record of accomplishment of research productivity.
- Strong computational/data analytic skills.
Nice To Haves
- Investigators who focus on mechanistic understanding of the effects of exercise in human subjects and/or laboratory animal models with innovative genetic, biochemical, and/or physiological approaches.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a high-quality, extramurally-funded research program.
- Participate in research mentoring of undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.
- Some teaching in graduate programs.
Benefits
- Endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
