Assistant Professor or Associate Professor- Neurobiology (2 Openings)
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor- Neurobiology (2 Openings)
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Job Description
The Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center seeks outstanding researchers to fill two tenure-track positions at the level of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. We seek candidates to complement and extend departmental and campus-wide research in neural circuits of mental health neurodegeneration/Alzheimers Disease and related areas. Research incorporating state-of-the-art in vivo approaches to study neural circuits is encouraged including optogenetics chemogenetics electrophysiology and imaging.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will receive a competitive start-up package and ample laboratory include maintaining a vigorous externally funded research program providing exemplary mentorship and contributing to the teaching mission of the department.Successful candidates will have outstanding opportunitiesto develop collaborations within the department and with members of the UTHSC Neuroscience Institute.
Applications should include a cover letter detailed curriculum vitae (CV) research statement detailing planned independent research program and description of previous research experience and contact details for three references.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
Applicants must have a PhD MD or equivalentdegree and excellent oral and written communication skills. Candidates at the assistant professor level are expected to demonstrate strong potential for establishing a rigorous independent and federally-fundedresearch program. Appointment as an Associate Professor requires demonstrated sustained extramuralgrant support and research and scholarship that are consistent with an appointment to that rank at aresearch-intensive university.
Departmental Preferences:
Neurobiology / Neuroscience / incorporating state-of-the-art in vivo approaches to study neural circuits is encouraged including optogenetics chemogenetics electrophysiology and imaging.
Applications received by December 5 2025 will be given full consideration.
Questions about the position or application procedures may be addressed to.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide public academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911 the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated collaborative and education research scientific discovery clinical care and public more than 4600 people on its faculty staff and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups and with more than 3200 students across the state UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
Part of the University of Tennessee System the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UTs doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy Nursing Graduate Health Sciences and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major regional clinical health science locations in Memphis Knoxville Chattanooga and Nashville as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the states largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.
Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene a revitalized Downtown the Midtown Arts District many scenic neighborhoods an active medical district and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.
Memphis boasts attractions including Elvis Presleys Graceland the Memphis Grizzlies historic Beale Street the National Civil Rights Museum the second-largest urban county park in the United States and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
