Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

The University of Louisville School of Medicine invites nominations and applications for the position of

Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The Department has 19 faculty

with primary appointments and 24 faculty with joint or associate appointments. Current research interests

of the faculty include the regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses, autoimmune disease,

bacterial and viral host-pathogen interactions, transplantation, vaccine development, and cancer

immunology/immunotherapy. Faculty have access to a newly constructed state of the art Biosafety Level

3 facility that houses the Center for Predictive Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Faculty

maintain active interaction with several Centers including: the Center for Predictive Medicine, the

Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, and the Center for Genetics

and Molecular Medicine. The selected candidate will be expected to continue to foster and expand

interdisciplinary collaborations in the integrated research areas of inflammation, cancer, and infectious,

autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases.

The University of Louisville and its School of Medicine are engaged in a vigorous effort to advance

research excellence and productivity, and are mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to become a

"Premier Metropolitan Research University". To support this mission, the School of Medicine is

committed to providing the financial resources necessary to attract a chair with an outstanding record of

achievement and leadership.

Requirements for the position include a doctorate (or equivalent degree) in microbiology, immunology or

related discipline and an outstanding academic record necessary for appointment as professor with tenure.

The selected candidate will demonstrate outstanding skills in leadership and administration and will

transfer a vigorous and focused research program using state of the art approaches with continuous

federal grant support. The selected candidate will articulate a vision for the promotion of Departmental

excellence in research and teaching. The Department's teaching mission is to provide training to students

in the PhD and MS programs (currently 35-40 students), and didactic instruction to medical and dental

students. Further information on the Department and its faculty is available at

Applicants must apply online at highereddecisions.com/uofl/current_vacancies.asp by

submitting a current curriculum vitae documenting research, education and administrative experience, a

cover letter describing their vision for promotion of Departmental excellence in research and teaching,

and the names and contact information of four references.

FOR FULL CONSIDERATION, APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 1, 2012. The process

will remain open until the position is filled.

_The University of Louisville is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Americans with Disabilities_

_Employer, committed to diversity, and in that spirit, seeks applications from a broad variety of_

_candidates._