Assistant Professor - Internal Medicine (Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine)

Department: SOM KC Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Job Description Summary: The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine is recruiting an Assistant Professor with expertise in the respiratory field and acute/chronic lung injury.

Job Description

Job Duties Outlined:

• Conduct respiratory basic/translational research, acute/chronic lung injury, as Principal/Co-Investigator.
• Train and educate students, residents, fellows, and faculty in a research setting.
• Obtain extramural/internal grant funding to support laboratory/research team.
• Mentoring and evaluating students, fellows, and faculty, as well as participating in weekly lectures and discussion groups.
• Representation of the University at national and international conferences, through scholarly contributions, such as lectures and poster presentations, and presentation of research results through publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals.
• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

Education: PhD, MD or equivalent.

Work Experience: 3 years of experience in basic/translational research in respiratory field.

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience: 5 years of experience in basic/translational research in respiratory field. Extramural grant funding. Leading a laboratory in basic/translational research.

Required Documents

Cover Letter, CV/Resume

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.

Application Instructions:

To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Kansas-City-Metro-Area/Assistant-Professor---Internal-Medicine--Pulmonary-Critical-Care-Sleep-Medicine-_JR006424 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR006424. Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.

About KU Medical Center:

The University of Kansas Medical Centers mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.

Benefits:

KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html