Stanford University
Scientific Director, Center for Pediatric IBD and Celiac Disease
The role involves leading a high impact independent research program focused on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and/or celiac disease, developing the scientific vision and strategy for the Stanford Medicine Children's Health Center for IBD & Celiac Disease, and serving as Scientific Director. The candidate will engage in interdisciplinary research, obtain substantial extramural grant funding, and contribute to mentorship and teaching within pediatric gastroenterology.
Key Responsibilities
- • Lead a high impact independent research program with strong relevance to IBD and/or celiac disease
- • Develop the scientific vision and strategy for the Center with the Director
- • Obtain substantial extramural grant funding
- • Engage in interdisciplinary research
- • Grow the impact and footprint of pediatric IBD and celiac disease research at Stanford University
- • Serve as a member of the Pediatric, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division with responsibilities for research and teaching in the fields of IBD and/or celiac disease
- • Collaborate with the clinical arm of the Center including pediatric gastroenterologists, physician scientists, allied health professionals, and data analysts
Required
- • Ph.D., MD./Ph.D., or MD degree
- • Established an innovative, high quality, independently funded research program
- • Strong record of mentorship and teaching
- • Evidence of high-level performance as a researcher
- • Experience with scientific programmatic leadership or evidence of leadership skills
- • Ability to obtain substantial extramural grant funding
- • Engagement in interdisciplinary research
Preferred
- • Board certified physician-scientist candidates have opportunities for clinical service activities
- • Joint or courtesy appointment in a secondary department may be considered for appropriately qualified candidates
Benefits & Perks
- • Intramural research seed grant and post-doctoral fellow award program
- • Multiple scientific faculty recruitments
- • Laboratory space
- • Comprehensive patient biobank and data repository
- • Opportunities to collaborate with interdisciplinary institutes and investigators
- • Wide-range of benefits including housing assistance (contact hiring department for details)
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Industry: Healthcare Technology
Company Size: 500-1,000 employees
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
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The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University seeks a visionary, and collaborative scientist or physician-scientist (Ph.D., MD./Ph.D., or MD) immunologist to join the faculty as Associate or Full Professor in the University Tenure Line, University Medical Line, or Non-Tenure (Research) Line and serve as Scientific Director of the Stanford Medicine Children's Health (SMCH) Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) & Celiac Disease. The successful applicant will lead a high impact independent research program with strong relevance to IBD and/or celiac disease and develop the scientific vision and strategy for the Center with the Director. Successful candidates appointed as full professor will be eligible to hold an endowed professorship. Joint or courtesy appointment in a secondary department may be considered for appropriately qualified candidates.
• The predominant criterion for appointment in the University Tenure Line is a major commitment to research and teaching.
• The major criteria for appointment for faculty in the University Medical Line shall be excellence in the overall mix of clinical care, clinical teaching, scholarly activity that advances clinical medicine, and institutional service appropriate to the programmatic need the individual is expected to fulfill.
• The major criterion for appointment for faculty in the Non-tenure Line (Research) is evidence of high-level performance as a researcher for whose special knowledge a programmatic need exists.
Faculty rank and line will be determined by the qualifications and experience of the candidate.
The successful candidate will have established an innovative, high quality, independently funded research program and have a strong record of mentorship and teaching. Experience with scientific programmatic leadership or evidence of leadership skills are desired. A successful candidate will be expected to obtain substantial extramural grant funding, engage in interdisciplinary research, and grow the impact and footprint of pediatric IBD and celiac disease research at Stanford University. Opportunities for clinical service activities are available for board certified physician-scientist candidates.
The Center for Pediatric IBD and Celiac Disease aims to integrate state-of-the-art clinical care with leading edge research to elevate health and vibrancy of children with IBD and celiac disease. The Center is supported by a transformative philanthropic gift to enable an intramural research seed grant and post-doctoral fellow award program, multiple scientific faculty recruitments, laboratory space, and a comprehensive patient biobank and data repository. Center programs and resources support world-class investigators to point their scientific lenses towards IBD and celiac disease. The successful applicant will collaborate with the clinical arm of the Center which includes pediatric gastroenterologists, physician scientists, allied health professionals, and data analysts who providing world class clinical care to a large population of children with IBD and celiac disease.
Stanford University is one of the world's leading biomedical research universities. Our culture and investment in collaboration is evidenced by many interdisciplinary institutes that span school boundaries to foster new ideas and innovative research including CheM-H (Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health), Stanford Bio-X intersecting bioscience with engineering, computer science, and other fields), and The Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education (Spectrum), and the Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, which houses the Center for Human Microbiome Studies. Opportunities exist to collaborate with Stanford investigators at the forefront of innovation immunology, microbiology, epithelial and stem cell biology, computational biology, and data science.
The successful candidate will serve as a member of the Pediatric, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division with responsibilities for research and teaching in the fields of IBD and/or celiac disease.
S/he will join a nationally recognized group of clinicians and scientists who work within multidisciplinary gastroenterology, nutrition, hepatology and liver transplantation programs. The Pediatric Gastroenterology Program at SMCH has grown dramatically over the past ten years and is currently ranked in the top 11 programs nationally by U.S. News.
Applications will be reviewed and accepted until the position is filled.
Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University's research, teaching and clinical missions.
The university's central functions of research and education depend on freedom of thought, and expression. The Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Stanford University value faculty who will help foster an open and respectful academic environment for colleagues, students, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and perspectives. Candidates may choose to include as part of their research and teaching statements a brief discussion about how their work and experience will
further these values.
How to apply:
Submit a CV and a brief letter with an optional discussion of how your work and experience fosters additional dimensions to the university's mission and values.
The expected base pay range for this position is:
UTL or NTLR candidate with MD or PhD degree:
Associate Professor: $218k - $242k
Professor: $261k - $321k
UML candidate (with substantial clinical time):
Associate Professor: $284k - $302k
Professor: $339k - $369k
This pay range reflects base pay, which is based on faculty rank and years in rank. It does not include all
components of the School of Medicine's faculty compensation program or pay from participation in departmental incentive compensation programs. For more information about compensation and our wide-range of benefits, including housing assistance, please contact the hiring department.
Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including equivalent years in rank, training, and field or discipline; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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