Vice Chair of Research Affairs and Section Chief of Comparative Medicine Department of Pathology

About the role

The Department of Pathology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and energetic leader to become the Vice Chair of Research Affairs and Section Chief of Comparative Medicine for the department.

Responsibilities

• Drive the department’s (and in parallel the section’s) research mission, setting strategic priorities and promoting innovative basic, translational, and clinical research.
• Initiate and enhance pioneering programmatic translational research.
• Oversee research operations, budget, infrastructure, and compliance with funding agency requirements and institutional policies.
• Support faculty in securing research funding, foster collaborative grant applications, and monitor progress toward funding goals.
• Partner with the Vice Chair for Faculty Development and other members of the department’s executive team to provide guidance for junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and trainees in building successful research programs and career advancement.
• Promote partnerships between the department and other departments and institutes to promote interdisciplinary research.
• Lead initiatives to ensure the integrity, quality, reproducibility, and impact of departmental research outputs.
• Ensure adherence to institutional animal care and use policies, IACUC guidelines, and external regulatory requirements.
• Establish metrics for research productivity and assess departmental progress in achieving research objectives.
• Represent the department’s research enterprise at institutional meetings, external collaborations, and scientific conferences.
• Recruit, train, and evaluate relevant staff; foster professional development and continuing education.

Requirements

A terminal degree (i.e., DVM, PhD, DO, PharmD, MD), experience in nonhuman primate models, academic stature as an established principal investigator, current rank of Associate Professor or higher, record of extramural grant funding and scholarly productivity, an outstanding track record of academic accomplishment in administrative, scholarly, and educational endeavors, the ability to create and articulate an inspiring vision for the section, the ability to build purposeful research programs to recruit and develop research faculty, an entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry, established excellence in mentoring and experience teaching and mentoring graduate students/postdoctoral fellows, transparent and a collaborative management style, business skills including budgeting and resource management, track record of careful stewardship of institutional resources, decisiveness and ability to make difficult decisions, the ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, and manage performance, demonstrated commitment to fostering an academic and clinical culture that advances health equity and a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment for all.

Qualifications

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Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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