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Posted: 25-Jan-25
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Type: Full Time
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Internal Number: IUSM-02142-2025
The IU School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the U.S. and is ranked among the top medical schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The school offers high-quality medical education, leading medical research supported by over $500M in external funding and a wide range of clinical training on its nine campuses across the state. According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the IU School of Medicine ranks No. 13 in 2023 National Institutes of Health funding among all public medical schools in the country.
The newly merged Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology brings together the rapidly evolving and increasingly convergent fields of biochemistry and pharmacology to create new opportunities to advance the tripartite mission of the school through its contributions to research, education, and service. The unified department will be the academic home for a significant number of investigators across several major IU School of Medicine research centers including the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease. Departmental strengths include diabetes/metabolism, cancer biology, neurodegenerative disease, molecular mechanisms of pain, transcriptional regulation, structural biology, and drug discovery. Competitive chair candidates will have internationally recognized research expertise one of more of these areas. The department will play a pivotal role within the School of Medicine through state-of-the-art technologies implemented in three Core Facilities operated by department faculty members: Proteomics, Chemical Genomics, and an electron microscopy Core which includes CryoEM.
IUSM is committed to being an institution that reflects the learners we teach and the patient populations we serve and pursues the values of equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We desire candidates whose work contributes to equitable and inclusive learning and working environments for our learners, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana.
The chair will integrate and build upon the strengths of these two historically distinct departments to capitalize on synergistic research and educational opportunities. This position is ideal for a collaborative and transformational leader who is visionary in developing biomedical research programs that address current and emerging health conditions; adept at bringing people together to foster scientific collaboration; committed to mentorship of faculty and all levels of learners and trainees; and dedicated to excellence in all mission areas. Doctorate or Terminal degree is required. Minimum qualifications include an MD, PhD, MD/PhD or equivalent, and eligible for tenure based on academic credentials. The individual selected for this position will have a strong track-record of extramurally funded research and be a principled leader with exceptional communication, interpersonal and change management skills.
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