Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology- Assistant/Associate Professor, Tenure Track

Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology- Assistant/Associate Professor, Tenure Track  - 240000012N 

Description

 

The Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology (PHAST) in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions available immediately to conduct research in the areas of substance use disorders, neurotoxicology, or pharmacology of neurodegenerative diseases. 

May supervise students and/or lab personnel.

With its strong nucleus of Faculty devoted to neuropharmacology research, the PHAST Department at UTHSC has continuously increased its level of extramural funding within the last decade. The Department is located in the state-of-the-art UTHSC Translational Science Research Building 
(http://www.uthsc.edu/pharmacology), which also houses researchers from the Departments of Physiology, and of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics.

The candidates will join a very strong core of PHAST scientists devoted to investigating varied aspects of substance use disorders, neurotoxicology, and neurodegenerative disease, including: genetics and genomics bases of alcohol/nicotine/opioid use disorders; mitochondrial stress contribution to FASD; alcohol-induced disruption of fetal brain circulation and developmental consequences; neurocircuitry and neurotransmission involved in compulsive drug-seeking; neurobiological and neuropeptide transmission in the extended amygdala underlying escalated drug self-administration and its relation to stress-susceptibility; subcellular mechanisms underlying alcohol-caffeine, alcohol-lipid, and alcohol-neurosteroid cerebrovascular effects; ionic mechanisms underlying brain hypoperfusion induced by inhalants; cellular and molecular bases of neurodegenerative conditions, including AD, Parkinson's, vascular dementias, and retinal neurodegeneration. Strong, collaborative research opportunities exist with the UTHSC Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and the UTHSC inter-departmental Neuroscience Institute, both under new leadership, as well as the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee, the University of Memphis, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 

The UTHSC College of Medicine offers a generous start up package, and the Institution includes several core facilities, such as the Lab Animal Care Unit, the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, the Molecular Resource Center, the Flow Cytometry and Flow Sorting core, the Molecular Bioinformatics Core, the Proteomics and Metabolomics Core, the Imaging Core, which houses a super-resolution microscopy unit, the Research Histology Core, a new Structural Biology core with access to several outside core facilities and national labs, and free access to the ISAAC-NG high-performance computing clusters at the University of Tennessee. Furthermore, the PHAST Department sustains common facilities in laser confocal microscopy, laser capture microscopy, high-resolution fluorescence microscopy, and high-throughput robotic electrophysiology. 

Basic Qualifications: 

P.h.D of equivalent degree 

Departmental Preferences: 

AII applicants should have relevant postdoctoral experience, and a strong record of research productivity, optimal record of publications, and other academic accomplishments. Strong preference will be given to applicants demonstrating an ability to secure funding for their research program (e.g., NIH K99/R00 or equivalent for Assistant Professor candidates; NIH RO1 or equivalent for Associate Professor candidates). Candidates employing innovative methodologies in their research program are especially encouraged to apply, e.g., microfluidics and organoids, in vivo (e.g., miniscopes) or high-resolution imaging, AFM, computational neuroscience, large-scale neuronal ensemble electrophysiological recording, novel viral and genetic strategies for targeting and manipulating cells of the nervous system. 

 

Qualifications

 

For benefits information, please visit https://www.uthsc.edu/hr/benefits/documents/benefits-preview-packet.pdf

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

 

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA/V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT’s doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

 

Job
  Faculty 
Primary Location
  US-Tennessee-Memphis 
Organization
  Pharmacology 
Campus/Institute  Memphis 
Schedule
  Full-time 
Job Posting
  May 24, 2024, 4:48:01 PM