We Are Hiring
Sung Wan Kim Endowed Chair in Drug and Gene Delivery
The University of Utah College of Pharmacy seeks excellent applicants for the Sung Wan Kim Chair in Drug and Gene Delivery in the Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics at the Associate Professor or Full Professor levels.
The Sung Wan Kim Chair in Drug and Gene Delivery is supported by an endowment honoring Dr. Sung Wan Kim, a pioneer in drug delivery and biomaterials research who was Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering until his untimely passing in 2020. Dr. Kim’s intent for the endowment was to support a leader in drug and gene delivery and related areas. Eligible candidates will have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree, with a sustained record of peer reviewed funding, distinguished international reputation, and a substantial research and publication record in any of the following fields – drug and gene delivery, nanomedicine, gene therapy, molecular imaging and theranostics, biomedical engineering, immunology, cell biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or related fields. Opportunities exist for successful candidates to align research areas with campus-wide initiatives such as data science and artificial intelligence, immunology, inflammation and infectious diseases, diabetes and metabolism, neuroscience, genomic medicine, chemical biology, and cancer. The Department and the University of Utah offer unparalleled opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations and actively encourage translational research with clinicians and scientists in the Health Sciences Center and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Candidates must also be committed to teaching excellence in subjects relevant to both graduate (PhD) and professional (PharmD) programs in the College of Pharmacy.
Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are complete. For fullest consideration interested applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, along with their research and teaching statements and a cover letter listing names and contact information for at least three references online by December 1, 2024 at: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/168641
Inquiries may be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee, Jindřich Kopeček, D.Sc., Distinguished Professor of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at jindrich.kopecek@utah.edu.
Assistant Professor
The Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy seeks excellent applicants for a Tenure Track assistant professor faculty position.
Potential areas of research interests include, but are not limited to, gene and drug delivery, microbiome engineering, tumor-based infection, immunotherapy, neurotherapeutics, cell therapy, theranostics, and interfaces of modern pharmaceutics, biomedical research and data science. Preferably we seek candidates aligned with pillars of excellence in the University of Utah and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. These include initiatives in neuroscience, cancer, diabetes and metabolism, immunology, inflammation, infectious diseases and innovative bioengineering and 3D printing technologies, as well as data science and artificial intelligence. Translational alliances with the University’s Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI), the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, and/or the Health Sciences Bioinformatics cluster are other possibilities.
The successful candidate must possess a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline with postdoctoral experience, a strong record of publications and the ability to develop and sustain an independent, extramurally funded research program. The candidates with extramural funding including K99/R00 or those who have received competitive funding scores from funding institutions are strongly encouraged to apply. The candidate’s innovative research programs will promote basic and translational research in areas such as therapeutics design and engineering and investigations on the mechanistic understanding of biological barriers for successful therapies. Candidates are expected to teach in the professional PharmD program of the College of Pharmacy and the PhD graduate program of Molecular Pharmaceutics.
The Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics is home to three internationally recognized centers, the Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, Center for Cell Sheet Tissue Engineering, and the Utah Center for Nanomedicine. It has a strong tie with the Department of Biomedical Engineering with several joint faculty as well as adjunct faculty whose research interests span both departments. The College of Pharmacy is ranked #7 for receiving National Institutes of Health funding among the colleges of pharmacy in the US.
Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are complete. For fullest consideration, materials should be received by December 1, 2024. Applicants should provide: 1) a cover letter listing names and contact information for at least three references, 2) complete curriculum vitae, 3) statement of research goals and 4) statement of teaching philosophy.
Applications must be submitted on-line at: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/168640
Inquiries may be directed to the Chair, Search Committee: Taslim Al-Hilal, Associate Professor of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering at taslim.al-hilal@pharm.utah.edu