Professor/Associate/Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (MED)

The mission of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is to support the readiness of America's Warfighter and the health and well-being of the military community by educating and developing uniformed health professionals, scientists, and leaders; by conducting cutting-edge, military-relevant research, and by providing operational support to units around the world. 

The Department of Medicine (MED), F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, invites highly qualified candidates to apply for the position of Assistant, Associate or full Professor (tenure eligible track). The Department of Medicine is responsible for fostering and assessing the skills, knowledge, and professionalism of students necessary for success in graduate medical education and military medical practice; maintains an academic environment strongly supporting productive basic science and clinical research endeavors; fosters academic excellence through effective faculty development programs, periodic faculty review, and strong support for academic advancement; demonstrates, through a skilled faculty, the role model of a compassionate teacher as well as an innovative, ethical scientist; fosters academic excellence in professional training throughout military graduate medical education; and provides public presentations supporting graduate and continuing medical education on internal medicine and related topics. 

Duties: The incumbent will serve as an Assistant, Associate or full Professor in the Department of Medicine (MED), and as such, will be responsible for teaching, research, and administrative assignments. 

In coordination with other faculty members of the department, assists in planning and development of curriculum for the department. Supervises groups of medical students, interns, residents and postdoctoral and graduate assistants at the tutorial level in the laboratory. Responsible for teaching research techniques, use of appropriate instruments and equipment, and statistical and analytical procedures. Prepares materials for presentation, provides daily supervision and reviews student performance. Serves as advisor to pre-doctoral and post-doctoral assistants in guiding their training programs. Prepares and presents lectures in the areas of Immunology, microbiology, and/or genomics to the student body. 

Actively participates in daily research work at pre-clinical level and is responsible for data review and analysis from Individuals within his/her area of responsibility. Participates in investigational research and developmental projects, directs experimental activities, evaluates data, draws conclusions, and publishes results. Reviews and critiques research and developmental areas, and develops, monitors, and evaluates contractual research and development arrangements. Serve as research advisor to graduate or medical students in field of expertise, assists in planning programs, setting objectives, evaluating progress, etc. Writes and edits for publications, tests, articles, monograms and other materials for use in the source of study and for research purposes 

Responsible for ascertaining the availability of logistics support. Serves on major standing committees, and may be required to prepare staff reports. Represents the University at professional gatherings, delivers lectures, and participates in meetings and panel discussions at other institutions. Maintains professional contacts with other medical schools and professional organizations throughout the country to locate and exchange information of mutual interest. 

Qualification Requirements: The incumbent must bring to this position a minimum of a PhD in Immunology, Microbiology, Genetics or a closely related field, plus substantial experience in the microbiome and medical school teaching, educational administration, personnel management, and research and development. The incumbent must also possess experience and expertise as reflected by a significant number of scientific publications in critically reviewed scientific journals as appropriate to their research, and active membership in scholarly societies appropriate to the Department of Medicine. The successful candidate must be academically qualified for a faculty appointment at the Assistant, Associate or full Professor level in accordance with SOM and USUHS academic policies. 

The following knowledge and/or experiences are highly desirable: experience with medical applications of electronic data processing. 

Nominees for this position shall be required to successfully complete a security background investigation. Failure to meet the background investigation requirements will result in the withdrawal of the position offer or removal from the position. 

Relocation expenses i.e., PCS or relocation incentives as described in 5 U.S.C 5733 may be authorized in accordance with applicable travel regulations, command policy and available command funding. 

Recruitment Incentive may be authorized. 

U.S. Citizenship is required. 

Instruction to Candidates: To receive consideration, applicants must specify in their cover letter the academic rank for which they are applying or all three academic ranks. Along with the cover letter, applicants should submit via email: a curriculum vitae, reprints of four recent publications, a statement detailing academic and research interests, and the names of six individuals who can be contacted to provide references to: 

Search Committee Admin 

Department of Medicine 

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 

4301 Jones Bridge Road 

Bethesda, MD 20814-4799 

mary.broome@usuhs.edu 

USUHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to racial, cultural, and ethnic diversity.