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The three basic science departments at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School seek outstanding candidates for tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor to fill multiple new faculty positions. The Department of Pharmacology welcomes candidates with expertise in research areas that will augment existing strengths in the department, including candidates employing cutting-edge computational approaches. Trained in a variety of disciplines, department faculty conduct research in cell signaling and growth control, gene expression, 'omics approaches to cancer and age-related disease, host-pathogen interactions, the genetic basis of disease, metabolic and liver disease, ion channel pharmacology, cancer and translational pharmacology, therapeutic target development, and drug discovery.

The research laboratories and office space for these faculty positions will be housed within medical school research facilities on the Piscataway (Busch) campus of RBHS and Rutgers. Successful candidates will be provided with a competitive start up package, laboratory space, access to high-performance computing clusters and other core resources, and will be expected to develop and maintain a strong, externally funded research program and participate in collaborative projects with other Departments and Institutes at Rutgers. Major duties and responsibilities include developing a robust, externally funded research program to conduct studies in fields related to human health, development and disease, and to support the educational goals and activities of Rutgers University through teaching and service, including participation in the teaching of professional, graduate and undergraduate students, and mentorship of trainees. The successful candidates will gradually assume teaching responsibilities commensurate with the teaching load of other tenure-track faculty in the departments.

Research programs utilizing interdisciplinary and translational approaches that develop interactions with the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery , Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, or Neurology, the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, the Rutgers Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and other clinical departments within RBHS are encouraged.

Requires a Ph.D., M.D., M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent graduate degree, postdoctoral experience, a demonstrated record of significant research achievement, the potential to make substantial contributions as an independent investigator, a commitment to teaching medical and graduate students, and mentorship of trainees. An outstanding publication record, consistent with the candidate's training and experience is required.

Junior candidates with independent funding or grants under review are preferred. Mid-level candidates are expected to have a successful history of funding.

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