Vice Chair of Research for Basic & Translational Sciences

About the role

The Department of Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is seeking a Vice Chair of Research, Basic & Translational Science to provide strategic leadership for its discovery research enterprise.

This individual will guide the development and execution of a department-wide vision that advances high-impact basic and translational science, strengthens national competitiveness, and accelerates the translation of scientific discoveries into clinical innovation.

In close partnership with the Vice Chair of Research for Clinical and Implementation Sciences, this role will ensure alignment across the full research continuum—from bench to bedside to population health—while identifying emerging scientific opportunities and driving strategic investments in faculty, infrastructure, and technology.

The Vice Chair will play a central role in expanding externally funded research, enhancing laboratory and core infrastructure, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in partnership with leadership across the School of Medicine.

Responsibilities

• Guide the development and execution of a department-wide vision that advances high-impact basic and translational science, strengthens national competitiveness, and accelerates the translation of scientific discoveries into clinical innovation.
• Ensure alignment across the full research continuum—from bench to bedside to population health—while identifying emerging scientific opportunities and driving strategic investments in faculty, infrastructure, and technology.
• Expand externally funded research, enhance laboratory and core infrastructure, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration in partnership with leadership across the School of Medicine.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain top-tier investigators while shaping faculty development pathways and overseeing an equitable research compensation strategy that incentivizes productivity and innovation.
• Build and support highly successful teams, promoting inclusive excellence, support team science, and represent the Department in institutional governance.

Requirements

• MD, PhD, or equivalent Associate of Full Professor Rank
• Experience in Basic and Translational Sciences

Qualifications

• Track record of external funding, national recognition, and a credible publication record
• Track record of building highly successful teams
• Ability to promote inclusive excellence, support team science, and represent the Department in institutional governance

Skills

• Strategic leadership
• Research management
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Interdisciplinary expertise

Benefits

Compensation: Boston University School of Medicine offers a competitive salary commensurate with academic training and practice experience. Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (BUCASM) offers a competitive salary commensurate with academic training and practice experience.

Benefits: Our staff receive a highly competitive salary and generous benefits that include paid vacation, sick time, parental leave and CME expenses. Faculty members and their dependents qualify for greatly reduced tuition at Boston University, ranked among the top 50 universities in the US.

Pay

Salary Range: $220,000 - $450,000

Schedule

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