Associate Professor/Professor - Tenure Stream

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology and the Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center invite applications for a full-time tenure-stream faculty position at the Associate Professor or Professor level. We seek a leader who will advance mechanistic understanding of hearing or translate research into diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss.

Candidates should hold a PhD in neuroscience or related fields and establish a vigorous independent program.

Qualifications

• PhD in neuroscience, molecular biology, bioengineering, genetics, epidemiology, data science, or closely related field.
• Demonstrated leadership in a vigorous independent research program.
• Strong record in hearing research or related disorders and their translation to clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a vigorous independent research program in hearing and related disorders.
• Develop collaborations with basic scientists and clinicians to advance translational goals.
• Contribute to education and training through NIH-funded programs and graduate education.

Skills

Leadership

Independent research

Hearing research expertise

Education

PhD in neuroscience, molecular/cell biology/biochemistry, cognitive and neural systems, computational science, communication science, bioengineering, genetics, epidemiology, and data science

Job description

Associate Professor/Professor- Tenure Stream

Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology

The Department of Otolaryngology and the Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center (PHRC) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are recruiting a leader in hearing research for a full-time, tenure-stream faculty position at the Associate Professor or Professor level. We welcome candidates who advance our mechanistic understanding of hearing, and/or who work on the understanding, diagnosis, or treatment of hearing loss and related disorders. Exceptional Assistant Professor candidates with a clearly emerging leadership profile will also be considered. Faculty rank will be based on qualifications and experience.

The successful candidatewill holda PhD in any of the fields of neuroscience, molecular/cell biology/biochemistry, cognitive and neural systems, computational science, communication science, bioengineering, genetics, epidemiology, and data science. We are seeking an exceptional scientist with an established vigorous independent research program focused on hearing, hearing loss, or related disorders.

We offer a very generous start-up package, plus the opportunity to help shape the newly established Pittsburgh Hearing Institute. The Institute brings basic scientists, clinician-scientists, and clinical care together in one location, co-locating neurotology, audiology, vestibular medicine, and basic/translational hearing research, so that research and patient care can directly inform one another rather than operate separately. Our hearing research community is further supported by certificate graduate programs and NIH-funded training grants https://phrc.pitt.edu/education-training dedicated to the training of the next generation of hearing and vestibular scientists in basic and translational research.

The faculty position is within the vibrant and highly interactive basic, translational and clinical neuroscience research community of the University of Pittsburgh, including the Department of Neurobiology https://www.neurobio.pitt.edu/, the UPMC Vision Institute http://www.upmc.com/services/eye, the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh http://www.cnup.pitt.edu/, the Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative disorders http://www.pind.pitt.edu and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center http://www.upmc.com/about/facts/pages/default.aspx. Successful candidates will join an active auditory research community with diverse colleagues across the University of Pittsburgh and the adjacent Carnegie Mellon University whose research spans human clinical and behavioral research, auditory cognitive neuroscience, and systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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