UTHealth Houston

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, a leading academic health center, invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), tenure-track research faculty position (Assistant/Associate/Professor) in the Department of Pediatrics Research Center. The selected candidate will contribute to the department's mission to educate health science professionals, discover and translate advances in the biomedical and social sciences, and model the best practices in clinical care and public health through research, teaching, clinical service, administration activities, and other services. The position is highly competitive in terms of salary, start-up funds, and laboratory space.

Position Key Accountabilities:

Your responsibilities will include maintaining, developing, and sustaining research programs with extramural funding, including microscopy, genomics, proteomics, histopathology cores, and vivarium's; playing an integral role in new program initiatives; and contributing to the department's and the school's teaching missions.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D., MD or MD/Ph.D., or equivalent degrees.
• Expertise in intrinsic defects causing birth defects using mouse and/or zebrafish models. These research interests complement those already established in the department including craniofacial malformations, craniosynostosis, kidney, and cardiovascular malformations and disorders resulting from abnormal cartilage and bone growth and will allow for collaborations.
• Record of research accomplishments and have extramural grants including but not limited to NIH K99/R00.
  
  

Qualified applicants must demonstrate a commitment to excellence, discovery, and service, have the potential to be outstanding in their field of expertise, and share an interest in fulfilling the common goals of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.