Associate Professor of Biology

Salary range: The posted UC salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary range for this position is $90,500 - $240,400. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf), which provides eligibility for additional compensation.

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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Brain Tumor Biology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

The UCLA Neuroscience Theme and the Department of Neurosurgery in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invite applications for a tenured faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor level. We are particularly interested in candidates studying mechanistic and translational models of brain tumors. The position will be associated with the NCI-designated UCLA Brain Tumor Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE), the UCLA Neuroscience Theme, and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA. The successful candidate is expected to lead an NIH-funded basic science or translational research program of high caliber and will participate in the training of graduate students, medical students, neurosurgery residents, and post-doctoral fellows. UCLA offers competitive salaries in a highly collaborative environment, with state-of-the-art facilities.

Qualifications:
Applications are welcomed from those with doctoral degrees (PhD, MD, or equivalent). Applicants are expected to have a strong extramurally funded brain tumor research program.

We are seeking candidates with the potential for being outstanding in the above noted requirements, in research and teaching, and in having a clear commitment to enhancing the diversity of the faculty, staff, and trainees.

The posted UC salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary range for this position is $90,500 - $240,400. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf), which provides eligibility for additional compensation.

Interested applicants must submit their application materials online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08462

Required Documents:
Curriculum Vitae
Research Statement (max four pages with literature references)
EDI Statement (past activities with measurable impact on increasing diversity and future plans)

UC Regents Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct
All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html.

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The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

Division: https://medschool.ucla.edu/neuroscience

Department: https://www.uclahealth.org/departments/neurosurgery

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Doctoral degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent)

References will only be requested for candidates under serious consideration.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08462

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