"HSOM-Open Rank-Medicine-Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology"

Posted: 27-Apr-25

Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Categories: Academic/Faculty, Medical - Research

Internal Number: 25034

Position Number: 311403000.00907.250701

School/College: School of Medicine

Job Description:

The Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is seeking clinician educators in basic mechanisms of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases for Instructor of Medicine (non-tenure earning), Assistant Professor of Medicine (tenure-earning and non-tenure earning), Associate Professor of Medicine (non-tenure earning, tenure-earning, and tenured) and Professor (non-tenure earning, tenure-earning, and tenured) positions. The Division is a top-ranked program with exceptional strengths in a broad array of clinical areas, including RA, SLE, vasculitis, scleroderma, osteoporosis and other diseases. The Division is affiliated with the UAB Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone, and Autoimmunity Center, which draws together multidisciplinary teams. This provides an unusually rich environment for collaborations and development of shared resources. UAB has superb infrastructure for clinical and basic research and particularly strong programs in genetics, outcomes research and basic immunology. The Division is building on these strengths through expanded patient cohorts to foster clinical and translational research.

The Division is seeking to hire three types of positions:

1. Clinician educators (Rheumatologists) with a primary interest in clinical care and teaching who value an academic environment dedicated to improving the understanding and treatment of rheumatic disease.
2. Clinical investigators with interests in the epidemiology, outcomes, and/or testing experimental therapeutics in rheumatic and autoimmune diseases.
3. PhD investigators and physician-scientists interested in fundamental mechanisms of arthritis and autoimmunity in humans and animal models.