The Department of Physiology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor. The position is a continuing, 100 percent, twelve-month, tenure-track appointment. Appointment will include research space and competitive start-up funds.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching in the Medical School curriculum as well as in the undergraduate/graduate programs of the Department. Progress in rank will require demonstration of productivity in research, teaching, and service. Exact distribution of duties/responsibilities will be annually negotiated and finalized between the Department Chair and the faculty member, based on external research funding and programmatic curriculum needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Research: Conduct research, prepare and submit grant proposals, prepare and publish papers, attend scientific meetings, and present talks and posters? guide the research programs of graduate students and supervise other laboratory personnel.

Teaching: Prepare and deliver lectures in courses offered by the Department of Physiology in the graduate and undergraduate curriculums? serve as a facilitator and/or resource faculty in the medical school curriculum? participate in the education of graduate students by membership on thesis and dissertation committees.

Service: Engage in service activities beneficial to the division, department, school, university, and scientific community, as appropriate to academic rank.

Candidates must be sensitive to the needs of underrepresented populations. Demonstrate, by actions, commitment to the mission and behavioral standards of the School of Medicine. Provide excellent service to both internal and external customers through collaboration and partnerships, compassion and respect, integrity and accountability, diversity and inclusion, as well as continuous learning and improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicants must have (1) a Ph.D. in physiology or related biomedical science field? (2) minimum of two years postdoctoral or equivalent experience? and (3) evidence of high-quality research. The applicant's specific area of research must be competitive for external funding.

Application procedure: Applications must be submitted online at https://jobs.siu.edu.  The applicant must submit (1) a cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) a brief statement of research plans, (4) a statement of teaching accomplishments, philosophy, and interests, and (5) contact information for three references.  For documents (3) and (4), select document category “other” when uploading.  References will be sent an email to upload a letter of reference.  Please advise your referees that the email request will come from noreply@hiretouch.com.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preference will be given to those whose area of research complements our departmental strengths in reproduction, neuroscience, development, and endocrinology.