Professor -Division of Abdominal Transplantation

Tenure faculty (regardless of rank) - persons with the titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor who serve on appointments totaling 50% or more service to the university and who are eligible for tenure or who have obtained tenure.

Duties and responsibilities are assigned in accordance with the workload guidelines laid out in the pattern of administration of each faculty members tenure initiation unit (TIU) and, as appropriate, regional campus;

obligations will include research, service and / or teaching or clinical practice. These faculty will have earned doctorate or other terminal degree in the relevant field of study or possession of equivalent experience.

Job Description

• The Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation at the Ohio State University currently has an opportunity for tenure-track faculty at the full professor level with research interests related to transplant immunology;
• responsible for contributing to a cohesive transplant immunology program, collaborating with other leaders in immunology to develop an integrated enterprise immunology presence;
• serves as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on sponsored research grants and on original research projects; conceptualizes, plans, designs, implements and conducts research studies in the area of transplant immunology;
• develops and writes grant proposals to seek and obtain funding to support research program; secures and maintains NIH R01 or equivalent funding;
• writes and publishes research in high quality peer reviewed, scientific journals; attends and makes presentations of research at national and international scientific conferences;
• develops national and international scholarly reputation; instructs and mentors early stage investigators, junior scientists, doctoral and postdoctoral students, medical students, residents and fellow trainees;

participates in division, department, college and university committees and initiatives.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Minimum education requirements are PhD or MD. Considerable post-doctoral experience in basic research and transplant immunology required;
• considerable experience in immune activation and immune tolerance required; proven ability to write scientific reports and publish in scientific, peer-reviewed journals preferred;

understanding of key components of grant writing and obtaining funding in support of research required; experience with administration of funded research required.

Requires successful completion of a background check. Selected candidate may be requested to complete a pre-employment physical including a drug screen.