Open Rank
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Job Info

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Department:

Medicine-Hematology - 411490

Posting Open Date:

09/07/2023

Open Until Filled:

Yes

Position Type:

Permanent Faculty

Working Title:

Open Rank

Appointment Type:

Open Rank

Vacancy ID:

FAC0004674

Full-time/Part-time:

Full-Time Permanent

Hours per week:

40

FTE:

1

Position Location:

North Carolina, US

Proposed Start Date:

01/03/2025

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Position Summary:

Hematology Faculty Position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is seeking to recruit a faculty member to join the growing Myeloma Research Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is an Open Rank faculty position. Career track and rank will be dependent upon experience and credentials. While there is no particular area of research involving myeloma biology that is required, successful candidates will have a proven track record of performing clinical/translational research in patients with multiple myeloma, amyloidosis and/or lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. An additional area of interest would be outcomes research in patients with multiple myeloma. Responsibilities will include patient care, clinical/ translational research, participation in multi-disciplinary conferences and teaching.

As this is an open rank posting, the candidate hired into this position could be hired into a fixed term, variable track or tenure track faculty appointment at any academic rank.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

MD/DO or equivalent and board certified or board eligible in Hematology and/or Oncology.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:

Preferred skills for this position include effective interprofessional collaboration and teamwork, and excellent clinical communication skills relevant to serious illness care. Candidates should have experience in clinical trials and have a translational research interest in studies that seeks to improve the outcome of patients with lymphoma. This could include clinical trials research, biomarker studies that predict or provide a prognosis of response to therapy or interest in clinical/translational research focusing on lymphoma genomics or immunotherapy. The successful candidate for this open rank faculty position in the Division of Hematology will have clinical expertise and research experience. Qualified candidates will possess broad medical knowledge and demonstrate excellence in medical practice.

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities:

Not Applicable.

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