Details
Posted: 21-Apr-22
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Type: Full Time
Required Education: Doctorate
Salary: $104,100 - $182,112
Categories:
Academic / Research
Research Positions
Sector:
College / University
Internal Number: P05397UF
The College of Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at Oregon State University invites applications for a full time (1.0 FTE; 9 month) tenure-track Professor opportunity.
The Environmental and Molecular Toxicology program is addressing some of the most serious challenges affecting our society from pollution and environmental disasters to environmental health effects and treatments. The department has existing strengths in environmental chemistry, exposome characterization, molecular toxicology, systems toxicology, cancer, chemoprevention, risk assessment, and outreach. Our mission is to educate students from diverse backgrounds in the toxicological and environmental chemistry sciences and to conduct research on the fate of chemicals and effects and risks in humans and other organisms. We are particularly interested in leaders with a record of accomplishment in creating or leading transdisciplinary research programs as the successful candidate will also direct the existing National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) supported P30 Core Center at OSU and augment a core group of highly interactive and productive scientists working at the interface between molecular biology and chemistry in the general field of environmental health sciences.
The Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC) supports a range of regional activities focused on translational environmental health science research. Although anchored in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, the Center draws on numerous Oregon State University and partnering institutional resources. The Department also supports and integrates many other activities that benefit the center including collaborative research both within the department and with Centers of research excellence at OSU, including the Superfund Research Program, the Linus Pauling Institute, the Center for Quantitative Life Sciences as well as other academic units across the region. Environmental health is a signature research area at OSU, with significant NIEHS and other federal agencies. Faculty associated with the EHSC have home departments in the College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Science, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Engineering and Public Health and Human Sciences.
65% – Research:
Maintain an externally funded research program in the area of environmental health sciences. Conduct scholarship and creative activity, including but not limited to generating intellectual work whose significance is validated by peers and which is communicated. The scholarly outcomes for this position include, but are not limited to: development of sponsored research proposals and contracts; research activity; publication of technical reports, award of patents, journal articles, and conference proceedings; and presentations at technical meetings and conferences. As part of this research effort the successful candidate is expected to lead multidisciplinary research programs such as the NIH supported Environmental Health Sciences Center.
15% – Teaching/Advising:
Develop and teach an undergraduate/graduate course in the application of environmental health sciences and contribute to the department’s other instructional programs. Collaborate with professional colleagues to develop and implement curricula that integrate knowledge and information from toxicology, environmental chemistry, epidemiology, and related disciplines, in the analysis of risks to human health and the environment.
10% – Service:
Serve on committees that address molecular and environmental toxicology issues at the state, national and international level; serve on departmental, college and university committees; serve as manuscript and grant reviewer for scientific journals, societies and funding agencies; serve on professional society committees and panels; serve as liaison with Federal funding and regulatory agencies; assist with departmental, college and university fund raising and development activities.
10% – Supervision:
Supervise professional faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate assistants, and undergraduate, student employees.
Minimum Qualifications:
Must have earned a Ph.D., M.D., M.D.-Ph.D., DVM, or equivalent terminal degree in Molecular or Cellular Biology, Immunology, Systems Biology/Toxicology or related disciplines.
Demonstrated research experience in environmental health sciences.
Demonstrated experience in maintaining an externally funded research program.
A strong track record of scholarly activity, as demonstrated through publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Demonstrated commitment to mentoring and career development of trainees.
Demonstrated commitment to working collaboratively and as part of interdisciplinary teams.
Demonstrated experience teaching at the graduate student level.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.
Prior administrative and leadership experience in a complex environment including budget and financial management processes, and personnel management.
An understanding of the importance of, knowledge of current scholarship about initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion among faculty, staff, students, and others.
