Research Assistant Professor

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve.

We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve.

We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources.

We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Position Summary

The Division Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine is recruiting for a Research Assistant Professor on the fixed term track. The duties are two-fold.

First, the successful applicant is expected to conduct independent original research focused on mucus biology in health and disease, including studies of both the respiratory and reproductive tracts. The expectation is that the successful applicant will generate independent external grant funding and supervise graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in research activities. Second, the applicant's duties will also include bioinformatics analyses and integration of large data, including analyses and integration of spatial transcriptomics and proteomics datasets.

In this context, the successful applicant will be responsible for directing an Imaging Processing/Bioinformatics Integration Program. The program will serve as the basis for core components of multi-PI grants and will also serve as a recharge component of the UNC Respiratory Specimens Collection and Analysis Core.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

PhD and 3 years postdoctoral experience

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Proficiency in Python computing language, image processing, and automation. Knowledge of pulmonary biology and applications of image processing and analyses to pulmonary biologic fluids, e.g., mucus. Experience with in vivo image acquisition and analysis in both animal models and human subjects.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.

Special Instructions

URL for Division:Home - Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine (unc.edu)

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