Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-Track) – Cancer Research

The Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology at LSU Health Shreveport invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level. We seek a scientist with a Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D., postdoctoral training, and a strong record of research productivity, including current or emerging R01- or K99/R00-level funding, to develop an innovative and independently funded research program in cancer biology. Although the search is open at all ranks, the primary emphasis is on recruiting an outstanding assistant professor-level investigator. The Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology is a central driver of research growth at LSU Health Shreveport, with expanding faculty programs and strong institutional investment in biomedical research. The department leads the institution in extramural funding and supports a highly collaborative environment spanning cardiovascular disease, metabolism, and inflammation. We are particularly interested in candidates building research programs that intersect with institutional strengths in cancer biology, including cardio-oncology, cancer metabolism, immuno-oncology, and cancer-associated cardiovascular or inflammatory mechanisms. LSU Health Shreveport provides a collaborative academic medical center environment with strong infrastructure and institutional support for research development and faculty success. Faculty benefit from collaborative opportunities through major center-level programs, including the NIH-funded CoBRE Center for Redox Biology and Cardiovascular Disease and the NSF EPSCoR CREST Center for Post-Transcriptional Regulation. These programs provide access to shared core facilities supporting molecular signaling, analytical redox biology, genotyping, animal phenotyping, metabolomics, and iPSC-based model systems, enabling a wide range of mechanistic and translational research. Additional collaborative opportunities are available through the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, which supports cancer-focused research through pilot funding, shared resources, and access to clinical collaborations. Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, funding statement, teaching statement, and contact information for three references to:

A. Wayne Orr, Ph.D.
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
LSU Health Shreveport
wayne.orr@lsuhs.edu
ShvFacultyRecruitment@lsuhs.edu

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.