The Department of Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine invites applications for Assistant Professor or Associate Professor on Term in the Traditional Track. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. or equivalent degree and have demonstrated excellent qualifications in research and education. Areas of focus in this search will be chemical biology, computational biology (structural/chemical or systems focused), neuropharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, metabolism, and pharmacology associated with infectious diseases, nucleic acids and glycobiology.
Responsibilities include establishing a vigorous and independently funded research program while supervising and mentoring students with broad backgrounds plus contributing to the graduate and medical school educational missions. We seek individuals with strong records of creative accomplishments, who are also keen to interact productively with colleagues within the Department of Pharmacology, across Yale School of Medicine and at Yale more generally.
Pharmacology at Yale University has a very rich history of pre-eminence in drug discovery, with the first cancer chemotherapy clinical trials having been conducted here. Today, the research in our Department encompasses a wide range of fields, with researchers aiming to both understand and treat human disease, with particular strengths in drug discovery, integrative cell signaling, structural biology, and neuroscience. For more details, see https://medicine.yale.edu/pharm/.
Qualifications
Applicants must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. or equivalent degree and have demonstrated excellent qualifications in research and education.
Application Instructions
Please submit through the following Interfolio website: https://apply.interfolio.com/191230
(i) Letter describing your qualifications
(ii) Curriculum vitae
(iii) Two-page summary of current and proposed research
(iv) Three confidential letters of reference to the Interfolio website
Informal inquiries may be submitted electronically to Professor Mark Lemmon, Chair of Pharmacology (mark.lemmon@yale.edu).
Consideration of applications will begin November 30th, 2026.
Application Process
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.
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