Assistant Professor Tenure Track Position Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Cardiovascular Institute and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Location: Philadelphia

Open Date: Dec 03, 2025

Deadline: Dec 03, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the tenure track. Expertise is required in the specific area of fundamental mechanistic or translational research relevant to pediatric cardiovascular disease, including but not limited to: cardiac development and regeneration, immune or metabolic origins of cardiovascular disease, heritable cardiac diseases such as cardiac…

channelopathies, cardiomyopathies, and aortopathies/vasculopathies, precision- and genetics-based therapeutics, bioengineering approaches and novel technologies for cardiovascular research and therapeutics. Applicants must have an M.D and/or Ph.D or equivalent degree.

Teaching responsibilities may include participating in graduate and/or medical student education; mentoring trainees at multiple career stages; presenting lectures and leading didactic sessions as appropriate.

Clinical responsibilities may include outpatient and inpatient consults and attending duties for qualified clinician-scientists. Clinical responsibilities are not applicable for basic scientist candidates.

Research or scholarship responsibilities may include establishing and maintaining a scientifically impactful independent research program that has relevance to pediatric heart and vascular disease; sustaining significant extramural funding.

Candidates will be members of the newly established CHOP Cardiovascular Institute (CVI). The successful candidate will develop an independent, extramurally supported research program focused on fundamental or translational questions relevant to pediatric heart and vascular biology and disease.

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Assistant Professor Tenure Track Position Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA