Vice Chair of Research Affairs and Section Chief of Comparative Medicine Department of Pathology

Section Chief, Comparative Medicine and Vice Chair of Research Affairs - Academic Faculty

The Department of Pathology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is seeking a dynamic, innovative and energetic leader to become the Head of the Section of Comparative Medicine and Vice Chair of Research Affairs for the department. Candidates must have a record of excellence in research and experience with nonhuman primate models.

A successful Section Head of Comparative Medicine will develop strategies to continue advancing and growing Comparative Medicine's research programs, further leverage collaborations with research faculty and leaders across WFUSM Departments and Centers, promote an atmosphere where team-science is valued and augmented by skills and resources across a large and diverse research enterprise, and support career development of faculty and fellows in the section.

As Vice Chair, this individual must demonstrate the ability to effectively steward department and section resources, exhibit an entrepreneurial spirit, and partner with the Department Chair to elevate academics during a time of great change.

The Comparative Medicine section has a growing multidisciplinary team of thirteen PhD, DVM, and DVM/DACVP scientists who are uniquely skilled in translational research using nonhuman primates. Areas of research strength include aging, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, behavioral neurobiology, radiation effects, cancer, and pediatric/developmental programming.

Comparative Medicine faculty serve as the center for nonhuman primate model expertise and provide research services to other investigators. The Section is also home to two NIH-funded national resource nonhuman primate (NHP) colonies with a total population of approximately 500 NHPs.

• Terminal degree (i.e., DVM, PhD, DO, Pharm
  
  D, MD)
• Experience in nonhuman primate models
• Academic stature as an established principal investigator
• Current rank of Associate Professor or higher
• Record of extramural grant funding and scholarly productivity
• An outstanding track record of academic accomplishment in administrative, scholarly, and educational endeavors
• Ability to build purposeful research programs to recruit and develop research faculty
• Established excellence in mentoring and experience teaching and mentoring graduate students/postdoctoral fellows
• Transparent and a collaborative management style
• Business skills including budgeting and resource management
• Track record of careful stewardship of institutional resources, decisiveness and ability to make difficult decisions
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering an academic and clinical culture that advances health equity and promotes a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment for all.

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