Faculty Position Cardiovascular Research Virginia Tech Patient Research Center
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Job Location:
Roanoke, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
Virginia Tech (VT) seeks to recruit an innovative researcher to its new Patient Research Center (PRC) at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (FBRI - for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the associate or full professor level. The PRC initiative has received substantial funding support to launch this major exciting new program.
The successful candidate will preferably have both earned Ph.D. degree and an additional advanced degree such as M.D. Pharm. D. or D.V.M. and as well as have an active extramurally funded research program that includes a human patient based clinical research component while it may also include a more basic laboratory-based research component. Applications from investigators using innovative contemporary approaches to study human cardiovascular function in health and disease with inclusion of clinical research trials in their program are welcomed. The faculty member will join 44 other faculty led teams at the FBRI including 10 cardiovascular research teams. The primary responsibility for the position is to lead a strong extramurally funded leading-edge research program in cardiovascular science and will include some graduate teaching and mentoring of reserch projects of graduate medical and undergraduate students.
The position will be located at the FBRI on Virginia Techs health sciences and technology campus in Roanoke Virginia immediately adjacent to the VTC School of Medicine and the Carilion Clinic and Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. There will be considerable opportunities to collaborate with our clinical addition to the position at the FBRI the faculty member will also have a tenured or tenure-track (as appropriate) appointment in a VT department from among multiple colleges.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic and growing community of scholars including scientists physicians and physician-scientists focused on next generation approaches to cardiovascular research directed at having dramatic impacts on understanding prevention diagnoses and treatment of disorders that impact cardiac function. Candidate whose research is complementary to that of FBRI faculty in the reserch institutes Center for Vascular and Heart Research ( and who are likely to add strengths in areas to contribute to major collaborative program funding are welcome to apply.
Research infrastructure at the FBRI currently includes over 300000 square feet of lab core facilities and office space ( Facilities at the research institute include multiple human subject research-dedicated 3.0T MRIs high field MR guided PET and MR-guided focused ultrasound for animal research optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG) multiple cellular/molecular imaging facilities including transcriptomics and genomics analysis in addition to two human whole room calorimeters DEXA facility and metabolic kitchen.
Required Qualifications
The successful candidate will preferably have both earned Ph.D. degree and an additional advanced degree such as M.D. Pharm. D. or D.V.M. and as well as have an active extramurally funded research program that includes a human patient based clinical research component while it may also include a more basic laboratory-based research component.
Preferred Qualifications
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
Commensurate with experience
Hours per week
40
Review Date
1/20/2026
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
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Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Spss
- Data Collection
- DNA Isolation
- Stata
- Biochemistry
- Qualitative Research Interviewing
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Molecular Biology
- Research Laboratory Experience
- Western Blot
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