Faculty Position in Infectious Diseases - Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinical Research

University of Pennsylvania; United (PA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks an Assistant Professor in the non-tenure clinician educator track with expertise in Transplant Infectious Diseases.

The role combines teaching fellows/residents/students, inpatient and outpatient clinical duties, and a productive research program focused on infections in transplant patients, with ample collaboration opportunities across the university.

Qualifications

• MD or MD/PhD required, board-certified or board-eligible in Infectious Diseases.
• Expertise in Transplant Infectious Diseases.
• Appointee to the non-tenure clinician educator track.

Responsibilities

• Teaching Infectious Diseases fellows, residents and medical students, and mentoring clinical research trainees.
• Inpatient weeks at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and outpatient sessions at Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.
• Designing and implementing observational/interventional studies in transplant infections; scholarship required in clinician-educator track.
• Develop a research focus to expand the division's transplant infectious diseases program with cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Skills

Infectious Diseases expertise

Teaching

Clinical research

Education

MD

MD/PhD

Job description

Faculty Position in Infectious Diseases - Transplant InfectiousDiseases Clinical Research

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Open Date: Aug 25, 2026
Deadline: Aug 25, 2028 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

The Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track. Expertise is required in the specific area of Transplant Infectious Diseases. Applicants must have an M.D or M.D./Ph.D. degree. Applicants should be board-certified or board-eligible in Infectious Diseases.

Responsibilities

Teaching responsibilities may include teaching Infectious Diseases fellows, residents and medical students as well as mentoring of masters level clinical research trainees, and course instruction.

Clinical responsibilities may include inpatient weeks at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania as well as outpatient sessions at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.

Research or scholarship responsibilities may include designing and implementing observational and interventional studies focused on the identification, treatment, and prevention of infections in the transplant patient population. Scholarship is required in the clinician-educator track.

The major focus of this position is to further develop the Infectious Diseases Division's research program focused on Transplant Infectious Diseases. Development of a research focus on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infections in this population will build on an extensive clinical program in Transplant Infectious Diseases and be highly complementary to the research activities of investigators in other disciplines. Numerous opportunities to collaborate with current research faculty exist.

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