Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

The University of Arizona; United States; À distance; USD 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance and disability programs

Paid vacation, sick leave, and hol ida

UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the员工

Retirement plans

Access to UA recreation and cultural活动

Résumé du poste

The University of Arizona's Department of Pharmacology invites applications for an Assistant Professor who will lead a translational program in sensory neurobiology. The position combines human tissue-based target identification with preclinical models to advance pain and itch mechanisms.

The successful candidate will contribute to graduate training in Medical Pharmacology and participate in the Comprehensive Center for Addiction and Pain while building collaborations across the university.

Qualifications

• PhD, MD, or MD/PhD in pharmacology, neuroscience, physiology, or related discipline.
• Postdoctoral training in somatosensory neurobiology with a record of first-author publications.
• Demonstrated expertise in patch clamp electrophysiology of primary afferent neurons, including recordings from human DRG neurons.
• Demonstrated expertise in multiphoton calcium imaging of sensory neurons.
• Active NIH career development award as PI at time of appointment.
• Research program addressing sex differences in pain mechanisms.

Responsabilités

• Seek extramural funding for research by developing and submitting research grant proposals; as PI, partner with faculty to form research teams and implement dissemination of results.
• Develop independent research programs and contribute to graduate and medical education.
• Engage in teaching activities for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Participate in departmental/College committees and professional organizations.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Connaissances

Patch clamp electrophysiology

Multiphoton calcium imaging

Somatosensory neurobiology

NIH career development award as PI

Sex differences in pain mechanisms

Formation

PhD/MD/MD-PhD in pharmacology, neuroscience, physiology, or closely related discipline

Description du poste

The Department of Pharmacology invites applications for a tenure-eligible position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a translational sensory neurobiologist investigating how peripheral sensory neurons initiate and sustain pain and itch, with a research program that works directly in human sensory neurons alongside preclinical models. This recruitment is intended to extend the department’s established strength in pain and analgesic pharmacology by adding capacity for human tissue-based target identification and validation. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the Comprehensive Center for Addiction and Pain, as well as to the training of graduate students in the department’s PhD program in Medical Pharmacology.

• health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• life insurance and disability programs
• paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members
• retirement plans
• access to UA recreation and cultural activities
• and more!

Visa sponsorship is available for this positions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Seek extramural funding for research by developing and submitting research grant proposals to appropriate funding agencies; as Principal Investigator, partner with faculty to form research teams, develop research plans, write funding proposals, and implement and dissemination of results through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and invited lectures.
• Develop independent research programs and contribute to graduate (PhD) and medical (MD) education.
• Engage in teaching activities for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Participate in appropriate departmental and/or College of Medicine committees, and professional organization committees as appropriate.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD, MD, or MD/PhD in pharmacology, neuroscience, physiology, or a closely related discipline.
• Postdoctoral training in somatosensory neurobiology with a record of first-author publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Demonstrated expertise in patch clamp electrophysiology of primary afferent neurons, including recordings from human dorsal root ganglion neurons.
• Demonstrated expertise in multiphoton calcium imaging of sensory neurons.
• An active individual peer-reviewed NIH career development award as principal investigator, held at the time of appointment.
• Demonstrated research program addressing sex differences in pain mechanisms, evidenced by first-author peer-reviewed publications.

Preferred Qualifications

• For Early Career Assistant Professor Rank, current peer reviewed funding (K99, K22 or equivalent).
• Experience integrating pharmacological screening with multiphoton calcium imaging in an ex vivo skin-nerve preparation for comprehensive phenotyping of functionally identified sensory neuron populations.
• Research program spanning both pain and itch modalities. Expertise in neurohormonal signaling as a driver of nociceptor sensitization and pain amplification.
• Experience with voltage-gated sodium channel physiology and pharmacology across multiple pain states, including traumatic nerve injury and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
• Funding aligned with the NIH HEAL Initiative or comparable federal priorities in non-opioid analgesic discovery.
• Experience with rodent models of post-surgical pain.

FLSA: Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.0

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Faculty

Benefits Eligible: Yes – Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: DOE

Compensation Type: salary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE)

Know Worker Rights

Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Documents Needed to Apply: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Cover Letter, and Two Additional Documents

The University of Arizona is a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.