"Adj - Credit Instructor - Department of Neuroscience and Anatomy"

The Department of Neuroscience and Anatomy's faculty are dedicated to two goals: 1. advancing basic and translational scientific knowledge; 2. creating an environment where trainees will acquire skills and insights to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Our diverse educational mission includes foundational teaching for students in the schools of medicine and dentistry, as well as individualized training for students seeking M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, and postdoctoral scholars advancing in their careers. Our faculty are renowned scholars who conduct impactful research across the broad spectrum of neuroscience, from brain structure to cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying CNS disease. They collaborate with colleagues throughout VCU and across the globe. Extensive publishing experience and advisory service to granting agencies and prominent scientific organizations guarantees a professional network to support trainees through all career stages.

We are actively recruiting an adjunct faculty who will be expected to teach in the laboratory portion of a cadaver-based, first year Anatomy course for medical students. The course runs during the spring 2026 semester (Jan - May, 2026) and involves 22 laboratories which are each 3 hours in length. Other responsibilities include the set-up and proctoring of 3 exams during the semester, and monitoring an on-line message board for student questions.

This position requires a traditionally trained gross anatomist with experience in teaching gross anatomy to both graduate and medical students. The successful candidate must have either a PhD (or equivalent) or MA (or equivalent) with experience in teaching in the gross anatomy laboratory setting, using cadavers to teach anatomical concepts and relationships.