Open Rank - Assistant/ Associate/ Professor -SOM Kahlert Institute

University of Maryland, Baltimore; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 116,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) invites applications for tenure-track or tenured faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Professorial rank in the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine. Appointees will be affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and housed within the Institute, leveraging state-of-the-art wet lab facilities.

Candidates should have a terminal degree and a strong translational addiction science program.

Qualifications

• We are interested in basic science candidates with a terminal degree (e.g. Ph.D., M.D., Pharm.D.) who have interests in translational addiction science.
• Faculty will work alongside basic and clinical research teams to contribute to the broader goal of advancing the science of addiction medicine.
• Our group has strong basic science expertise in the circuit and behavioral mechanisms of addiction, and we are looking to complement and expand beyond this core strength.
• (1) therapeutic development informed by mechanisms underlying drug exposure and consequences, (2) pain, (3) polysubstance exposure, (4) novel computational approaches including neural encoding and genomics, (5) gestational and developmental exposures in addiction, (6) sleep and circadian systems in addiction, and (7) stem cell-based approaches, including iPSCs and organoids.

Responsibilities

• The appointee ordinarily shall have established an outstanding record of teaching and research, scholarship or creative performance, and, where appropriate to the mission of the institution, a national reputation.
• There shall be continuing evidence of relevant and effective service to the institution, the community, and the profession.

Education

Terminal degree (e.g. Ph.D., M.D., Pharm.D.)

Job description

Job Description

The Kahlert Institute forAddiction Medicine at the University of Maryland School ofMedicine is recruiting several tenure-track or tenured facultymembers at the Assistant, Associate, or Professorial rank.

The candidates’ research program must be aligned with the missionof the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine, which is dedicatedto transforming addiction research, prevention, treatment, andeducation across the State of Maryland and advancing the science ofaddiction medicine more broadly. The Institute is located in thenew HSF III building, which offers state-of-the-art wet labfacilities. This search is targeted toward wet lab researchers, andcandidates' research programs must be able to make use of thesefacilities. The new hires will have an appointment in a basic orclinical department at the University ofMaryland School of Medicine, but will be affiliated withand housed in the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine. Weoffer highly competitive salary and recruitment packages.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore is an R1 research institutionwith a vibrant community of leaders in the fields of addiction andneuroscience research across several departments including Psychiatry ; Neurobiology ; and Pharmacology,Physiology, and Drug Development . The hired faculty will beimmersed in a highly collaborative environment with dynamic andproductive research programs andinitiatives , state-of-the-art equipment, and outstanding core facilities . Opportunities for mentoring and training the next generation ofscientists are available through the Graduate Program in Life Sciences and MSTP program, including the Graduate Programin Neuroscience . Ample professional development resources andsupport for faculty are readily available.

Salary Range

Assistant Professor: $116,000 - $140,000

Associate Professor: $140,000 - $160, 000

Professor: $174,000 - $228,000

UMB is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race,color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteranstatus, age, or any other characteristic protected by law orpolicy.

We encourage applications from a broad range of applicantswith diverse backgrounds and life experiences that may bring newperspectives to biomedical research, including but not limited tolived experiences and perspectives on race, religion, nationalorigin, sex, gender identity of expression, physical or mentaldisability, or socio-economic backgrounds, among others.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for a disability, for anypart of the recruitment process, please contact us athttps://www.umaryland.edu/jobs/ and let us know the nature of yourrequest and your contact information. Please note that onlyinquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will beresponded to from this address.

Responsibilities

The appointee ordinarily shall have established an outstandingrecord of teaching and research, scholarship or creativeperformance, and, where appropriate to the mission of theinstitution, a national reputation. There shall be continuingevidence of relevant and effective service to the institution, thecommunity, and the profession.

Qualifications

We are interested in basic science candidates with a terminaldegree (e.g. Ph.D., M.D., Pharm.D.) who have interests intranslational addiction science. Faculty will work alongside basicand clinical research teams to contribute to the broader goal ofadvancing the science of addiction medicine. Our group has strongbasic science expertise in the circuit and behavioral mechanisms ofaddiction, and we are looking to complement and expand beyond thiscore strength. S pecific areas of interest include (1) therapeuticdevelopment informed by mechanisms underlying drug exposure andconsequences, (2) pain, (3) polysubstance exposure, (4) novelcomputational approaches including neural encoding and genomics,(5) gestational and developmental exposures in addiction, (6) sleepand circadian systems in addiction, and (7) stem cell-basedapproaches, including iPSCs and organoids.

About Us

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is Maryland’s public health, law, and human services university. Six professionalschools and the interdisciplinary Graduate School confer themajority of health care, human services, and law professionaldegrees in Maryland each year.

Our goal is to support the University’s mission of education,research, clinical care, and public service by amplifying UMB’svoice as a thought and action leader, and to enhance goodwill inthe communities and people with whom we engage. UMB is a publicuniversity and constituent institution of the University System ofMaryland. All employees are expected to work primarily physicallywithin the State of Maryland.

UMB is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforceand is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. Allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, age, ancestry or nationalorigin, sex, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation,gender identity or expression, genetic information, physical ormental disability, marital status, protected veteran's status, orany other legally protected classification.

If you anticipate needing a reasonable accommodation for a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), duringany part of the employment process, please submit a UMB Job Applicant Accommodation Request . Youmay also contact [e-mail]. Please note that onlyinquiries concerning an ADA request for reasonable accommodationwill be responded to from this email address.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore prohibits sex discriminationin any education program or activity that it operates. Individualsmay report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. Readthe UMB Notice of Non-Discrimination for moreinformation.

UMB is a public university and constituent institution of theUniversity System of Maryland. All employees are expected to workprimarily physically within the State of Maryland. Regular and contractual employee are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package

About the Team

The University of Maryland School of Medicine (SOM) was charteredin 1807 as the first public medical school in the United States. Itcontinues today as one of the fastest growing, top-tier biomedicalresearch enterprises in the world. SOM is dedicated to providingexcellence in biomedical education, basic and clinical research,quality patient care and service to improve the health of thecitizens of Maryland and beyond.