Chair, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy

LSU Health Shreveport welcomes your application for the Chair, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Chair, an innovative and dynamic member of the LSU Health Shreveport leadership team, reports directly to the Dean, School of Graduate Studies.

The Chair exemplifies exceptional leadership, continues the pursuit of academic excellence, and fosters interdisciplinary management of the department’s nationally and internationally recognized biomedical research programs in key topic areas such as:

• Cardiovascular diseases

• Stroke

• Atherosclerosis

• Cancer research

Our faculty are involved in the education of Medical, Allied Health, and Graduate Students. In our PhD Program in Cellular Biology and Anatomy we currently have 8 students and in our MS Program we currently have 5 students. Our faculty and students use state-of-the-art approaches in:

• cell and molecular biology

• high resolution microscopy

• electrophysiology/patch clamping and

• cellular metabolism studies.

Our faculty continues to embrace innovation, implementing state-of-the-art approaches to fulfill our research and teaching missions here at LSU Health Shreveport. Our researchers use a wide range of approaches to ask and answer their research questions; from metabolic analysis in cells and tissues using the Seahorse™ analyzer, multiphoton microscopy to visualize organ function in real time and, super resolution microscopy and transmission electron microscopy to image subcellular structure. Our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are taught to develop and hone their skills in many of these respective technologies to prepare them for the next step in their own careers in the academic or biotechnology/pharmaceutical fields.

Our educational mission encompasses teaching the “classical” Anatomic Disciplines to Medical, Allied Health, and Graduate Students. Although the human body has not undergone significant change over the past 200-250ka (kiloannums), the methods that we use to convey key information/concepts to our students continues to evolve at an amazingly rapid pace. Didactic lectures are recorded and delivered by podcast; teaching videos streamed via Airplay™ to remote monitors; guest lecturers, who are world-class experts in their respective fields, deliver seminars via live streaming over the Internet.

The mission of the Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy is to provide the best education and training to our Graduate, Medical, and Allied Health students.

The successful candidate must have proven experience as a leader who can inspire faculty and staff to work together to develop future leaders in the specialty. It is essential that the candidate possess strong management skills with an ability to grow revenues and meet budgets. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a broad range of constituents, both internally and externally are vital. In addition, the department chair will oversee, coordinate, and encourage research within the department.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates must have a PhD or MD degree

• A distinguished record of scientific discoveries and innovation

• Outstanding accomplishments in research and teaching

• Qualify for the rank of Professor of Cellular Biology and Anatomy

The search committee is being led by Nicholas E.Goeders, PhD. Professor and Head Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to

https://www.lsuhsc.edu/shv/CareerOpportunities/Home/Detail/4010

Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

LSUHSC – Shreveport is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. LSUHSC-S has a strong commitment to principles of diversity, and in that spirit, actively encourages applications from groups underrepresented in medical education.