Associate Professor - Microbiology and Immunology

About the role

The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) and Shriners Children’s Texas in Galveston, Texas is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Associate Professor level. Exceptional Assistant Professor candidates with current external funding or a strong trajectory toward funding will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Exceptional investigator with expertise in the immune response to injury, infection, or co-morbidities with an emphasis on trauma.
• Research areas include, but are not limited to:
• Tissue repair and remodeling to include aberrant wound healing and fibrosis
• Inflammasome and other inflammatory mechanisms
• Immune metabolism and regulation of injury resolution
• Immunometabolic perturbations influencing microbial pathogenesis

Requirements

• PhD., M.D. or Doctoral equivalent in any field.
• Scientific research experience.
• Potential exposure to radiation and biohazards.
• May require completion of appropriate vaccinations.
• Regular use of PPE required.

Qualifications

• Strong record of research productivity, publications, and funding.
• Commitment to mentoring trainees and contributing to a collaborative research environment.

Skills

• Bridge basic and translational research.
• Interest in developing therapeutics for burn injuries, musculoskeletal disorders or trauma, and infection.
• Interest in fundamental research relevant to pathophysiology of tissue or bone trauma.

Benefits

• UTMB offers exceptional pre- and post-award support services to foster research growth and professional opportunities for faculty.
• Collaborative opportunities abound across departments studying immunity, host and pathogen interactions, polymicrobial synergy, and host factors such as aging, metabolic disease, trauma, and the microbiome that influence wound resolution and clinical outcomes.
• UTMB provides outstanding core facilities to support research including cell sorting and flow cytometry, optical imaging, next-generation sequencing, single-cell and spatial genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, high-throughput screening, and more.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

UTMB, Galveston Main Campus candidate will be housed within Shriners Children’s Texas Research Center on the UTMB campus.