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Miami, FL
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Assistant Professor – Research (tenure earning)
Department of Surgery – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Job Description
Job Description
The incumbent will ideally have research experience in pancreatic cancer. The Assistant Professor will manage research projects related to target the organ specific interpay of genetic, epigenetic, and microenvironmental factors in metastatic tumors. The Assistant Professor may lecture or conduct demonstrations and teach across UM schools. The Assistant Professor will partner and collaborate with other faculty in the Department of Sugery, Cancer Center members, and perhaps other departments throughout UM, to advance research, knowledge, training, and education.
Key Areas of Responsibility
· Reporting to the Division Director and/or Dpt Chair, the incumbent will conduct, collaborate and manage scientific research and investigations
· Participates in the management of the daily operations of his/her research laboratory
· Conduct regular lab or research team meetings
· Supervise, mentor and manage postdoctoral fellows as well as graduate students engaged in collaborative research projects
· Explore and develop appropriate research collaborations both within the Department, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and outside of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine departments and schools
· Collect and analyze data
· Write and submit scientific papers and abstracts, as well as submit grant proposals
· Presents ongoing work and findings to colleagues and at academic/research conferences
· Participates in the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Junior Development Program
Qualifications
Faculty members in the Department of Public Health Sciences will need to meet the following requirements:
Requirements (essential)
· Ph.D. in biological and biomedical science and/or equivalent area
· Demonstrated knowledge and application of scientific techniques
· Some experience in running a lab, funded research projects, and/or supervising post-docs
· Strong written and oral communication skills
· Ability to work with diverse constituency
· Computer literacy
· Completion of successful academic and research work that has resulted in authorship and/or co-authorship of papers in peer reviewed journals while serving as a faculty, and/or as a scientist.
· Demonstrates ability to develop collaborative research projects in a manner consistent with the mentor’s research plan and contribute towards the making of scientific advances in the field of work.
· Demonstrates ability to teach in the laboratory setting and/or through presentations of papers and/or seminars.
· Successful track of research projects/funds and contribution to grant applications that are collaborative in nature and/or demonstrated ability to write competitive grants independently.
· Demonstrates desire to move towards scientific independence through submission of grant applications, development of independent research projects, or, collaborate with scientists other than the primary mentor with whom the scientist works.
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Job Status:
Full time
Employee Type:
Faculty
The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.
The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.
The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.
The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.
With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.
The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.
Worksite address
miami, FL, 33222, US
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