Associate Professor/Professor- Tenure Stream

University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Pittsburgh Department of Otolaryngology and Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center (PHRC) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-stream faculty position at Associate Professor or Professor level. We seek leaders in hearing research advancing mechanistic understanding or diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss.

Qualified candidates hold a PhD in neuroscience, molecular biology, biochemistry, data science, or related fields and exhibit an established independent research

Qualifications

• PhD in one of the listed fields is required.
• Established, vigorous independent research program in hearing or related disorders preferred.
• Candidates with leadership credentials and strong translational potential are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and advance an independently funded hearing research program.
• Collaborate across neuroscience, clinical, and translational teams within Pitt.
• Contribute to the Pittsburgh Hearing Institute and mentor trainees and junior faculty.

Skills

Leadership in research

Independent research program

Hearing research

Education

PhD in Neuroscience

PhD in Molecular Biology

PhD in Biochemistry

PhD in Data Science

Job description

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 candidate will hold a 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).

The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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