AssistantAssociateProfessor Arthritis Clinical Immunology - Rheumatology Faculty Clinical Investigator
AssistantAssociateProfessor Arthritis Clinical Immunology - Rheumatology Faculty Clinical Investigator
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Position Overview and Responsibilities
The OMRF Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program and Rheumatology Center of Excellence are recruiting two physicianinvestigator faculty members with clinical care and research interests in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. These investigators will be expected to develop vibrant clinical research programs in areas such as clinical trials cohort studies health equity outcomes research or other patientoriented investigations and will join our multidisciplinary Rheumatology clinical care and research teams. With a robust clinical research infrastructure including longitudinal cohorts a cadre of talented clinical coordinators and research nurses diverse clinical research informatics and a CAPcertified biorepository we invite qualified candidates to apply for this clinical investigative position focusing on lupus Sjogrens rheumatoid arthritis and/or UCTD. We are recruiting at the Assistant Associate or Full Professor level and candidates at all levels are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will:
- Provide optimal comprehensive compassionate and sciencedriven Rheumatology patient care.
- Receive a generous multiyear startup package with significant sustained salary and research support.
- Collaborate with basic scientists involved in Rheumatology patientoriented translational research.
Applicants will contribute and enjoy access to:
- Vibrant patient cohorts with associated patient care and clinical trials infrastructure.
- Extensive autoimmune disease and control biospecimen collections.
- Outstanding OMRF and ACI Clinical and Research Core facilities.
Additionally Rheumatology investigators have access to multiple outstanding OMRF core facilities and stateoftheart clinical facilities. Arthritis and Clinical Immunology investigators also benefit from several superb departmentbased core facilities including a CAPCLIA certified clinical immunology laboratory (autoantibody testing) a CAPcertified biorepository sample procurement and processing human phenotyping clinical research flow cytometry and imaging. Pilot programs are available through the Oklahoma Shared Clinical & Translational Resources Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence and Oklahoma Rheumatic Disease Research Cores Center as well as funding streams through the Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology.
Our clinicians provide outpatient care only with no inpatient admission or consulting requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Medical degree (MD DO or MDPhD) and in good clinical standing.
- Licensed to practice in the U.S. (and able to obtain an Oklahoma license).
- Boardcertified or boardeligible in Rheumatology or related field.
- Demonstrated success or strong interest in and commitment to launching a collaborative or independent clinical research program in Rheumatology.
- Strong initiative commitment to lifelong learning and ability to work effectively in a teamoriented environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Clinical trial experience as a site principal investigator (PI) or coinvestigator ideally in Rheumatology or obtaining support for clinical research activities and/or career development.
- Immunology exposure and training.
- Proven experience in writing clinical research protocols and coauthoring manuscripts.
- Preference will be given to candidates with a history of extramural funding (especially NIH) investigatorinitiated clinical trial experience cohort experience and/or first or senior author publications.
Special Instructions
When submitting your application please upload your CV as prompted. Under the Document Upload section select Cover Letter from the dropdown menu and upload your cover letter accordingly. The review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.
For preliminary and confidential inquiries please contact Judith James M.D. Ph.D. through OMRFs talent acquisition team: Jennifer Allenwood Human Resources Specialist and Joel Solis Human Resources Associate at
OMRF Overview
Founded in 1946 the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) is an independent notforprofit biomedical research institute adjacent to the campus of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC). OMRF investigators benefit from close clinical and scientific interactions with OUHSC faculty and participate in the universitys clinical training and graduate programs. OMRF investigators have internationally recognized expertise in Autoimmunity Immunology Genetics Genomics Aging Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer. OMRF follows an innovative crossdisciplinary approach to medical research and ranks among the nations leaders in patents per scientist. OMRF has been voted one of the Top Workplaces since the inception of the award. This achievement has been accomplished thanks to OMRF individuals who share a unified understanding that our excellence can only be fully realized with a collective commitment to our mission . . . so that more may live longer healthier lives. Successful candidates will demonstrate commitment to this mission. Additionally OMRF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Among our many Research Centers we have Centers of Excellence and specialized clinics focused on Rheumatic Diseases (including lupus rheumatoid arthritis undifferentiated connective tissue disease ANA healthy individuals and Sjogrens syndrome) as well as Multiple Sclerosis. We follow over 4000 patients and conduct extensive clinical translational and mechanistic research using patient samples from these programs. OMRF holds significant collaborative funding from NIAID NIGMS NIAMS and other agencies. For more information about the Oklahoma Rheumatic Disease Research Core Center and OMRF Patient Studies please visit the following sites: ORDCC and Patient Studies.
OMRF Benefits
We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits to fulltime employees including medical dental and vision insurance minimum 8 company retirement contribution vacation and sick leave and paid holidays. All employees have access to our onsite caf free onsite fitness center with access to personal trainer free parking and much more! Relocation assistance available for those located 50 miles outside of Oklahoma City metro. Learn more about our benefits here.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
