Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator track, in the Division of Genomic Diagnostics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

About the role

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track. Expertise is required in the specific area of functional analysis of genomic variants, with the goal of decreasing uncertainty in clinical diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Teaching responsibilities may include teaching of fellows, residents, medical, and graduate students.
• Clinical responsibilities may include the development and implementation of tools for diagnostic and translational medicine, establishing or improving standards for interpreting data, and appropriate quantitative interpretation of data in clinical lab settings.
• Help facilitate expanding analyses and diagnostic interpretation for new diseases, genomic regions, and new technologies.
• Work closely with the clinical genomic diagnostic to integrate variant functional data into diagnostics.
• Familiarity with ACMG guidelines and clinical databases, such as ClinVar, is critical.
• Research or scholarship responsibilities may include molecular assessment of DNA variants, the establishment of high-throughput functional characterization systems, and translational medicine.
• The establishment of collaborative work in genomic diagnostics and computational biology is highly desirable.
• Experience with designing high-throughput functional assays is required.
• Focus research interests on solving uncertainty in pediatric genetic disease to improve genomic diagnostics.

Requirements

Applicants must have an M.D. and/or Ph.D degree.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have expertise in the specific area of functional analysis of genomic variants, with the goal of decreasing uncertainty in clinical diagnostics. They should also have experience with designing high-throughput functional assays and familiarity with ACMG guidelines and clinical databases, such as ClinVar.

Skills

Strong skills in molecular assessment of DNA variants, the establishment of high-throughput functional characterization systems, and translational medicine are essential. The candidate should also be able to facilitate expanding analyses and diagnostic interpretation for new diseases, genomic regions, and new technologies.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.