Tenure Track Faculty Positions - Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute Faculty

Requisition #: A-140793-4

Status: Full Time

Type: Faculty

School: Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department/Program: W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Location City: Baltimore

Location State: MD

Location Zip Code: 21205

Closing Date: Open until filled

To apply: apply.interfolio.com/140793

General Description

The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) and the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health invites applications for two full-time, tenure track faculty positions. Candidates that use ‘omics' technologies and systems biology approaches in their studies of the pathogen, the host, or vector are encouraged to apply, as well as those that incorporate field studies in their research.

The JHMRI is embedded within the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Over 50 faculty are engaged in the broad range of research on infectious diseases and its impact on public health. Excellent collaboration opportunities exist within the Department and throughout the top ranked Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health, Engineering, Medicine, and Arts and Sciences. Faculty will have access to functional research space and state-of-the-art core facilities, as well as newly constructed ABSL2/3 research space. Faculty work with a cadre of outstanding trainees, including undergraduate and graduate students attending a variety of departmental-based and interdisciplinary graduate programs. Please visit https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/molecular-microbiology-and-immunology.

Qualifications

We are seeking to hire at either Assistant/Associate/Full Professor level. The individuals must hold a doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, MD, DVM), documented post-doctoral, or equivalent, research training, including publications in any of the above areas, as well as a desire to advance public health, and a passion for contributing to the educational mission of the JHMRI and the department. Successful candidates are expected to develop an extramurally funded internationally recognized research program and contribute to the excellent teaching and training mission of the institution. The candidates must demonstrate collegiality and collaborative team spirit along with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

Application Instructions

Reviewing of applications will begin on March 15, 2024 and continue until May 1, 2024. Applications must be submitted using Interfolio http://apply.interfolio.com/140793 and include: Cover letter addressed to Dr. George Dimopoulos, Chair of Faculty Search Committee, Curriculum Vitae, a 2 page statement outlining research, a half page statement of teaching interests, and names and contact information of three references. In addition, applications should include a statement of demonstrated commitment to the principles of inclusion, diversity, anti-racism, and equity (IDARE) in scholarship, teaching, policy, and practice, and ways to continue to foster and promote these principles as a member of the Bloomberg School faculty.

The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.

Pre-Employment Information

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.