Faculty Position, Department of Infectious Diseases Division of HIV and Translational Medicine

The Division of HIV and Translational Medicine within the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital seeks a Faculty Member (Assistant or Associate) with clinical and research interest in the field of Translational Medicine (vaccine and drug development targeting pediatric infectious diseases) and HIV Medicine (clinical care drug development cure research).

The candidate will be responsible for designing and/or executing a portfolio of institutionally and externally funded (such as NIH funded consortium and pharmaceutical industry sponsored) research studies and contribute to the growth of the Infectious Disease Translational Trials Center. She/He/They will share HIV Program clinical care responsibilities alongside other Division of HIV and Translational Medicine faculty. Opportunities to seek affiliate appointments for clinical care research or teaching such as with University of Tennessee Health Science Center the local health department and St. Jude Graduate School can be explored.

More about the program and the institution: Since its inception in 1962 St. Jude has been moved by the pursuit of audacious goals such as eradicating pediatric cancer defining its genomic landscape and longitudinal monitoring of over 4000 childhood cancer survivors. As weve grown so have our goals and weve been a trailblazer in pursuing prevention and treatment of HIV in children and youth since the 1980s. Today we continue to forge brave new paths in this work and its our aim to do nothing less than bring an end to the HIV epidemic. We care for patients living with HIV from birth through age 24 in a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic with an on-site specialty pharmacy.
We have a longstanding successful track record of leveraging community partnerships as we promote health and research literacy and engage children and youth in clinical care and research. Among other things we lead a coalition of 25 community partners that share a common goal of optimizing HIV prevention and treatment.

For many years our HIV clinical program was co-located with the Translational Trials Unit (TTU) established with the goal of taking St. Jude discoveries relevant to infectious diseases through early-stage vaccine and drug development. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic our TTU was able to quickly pivot to conducting large-scale community-based vaccine studies and we have now established a center for clinical research education and studies adjacent to campus known as the Translational Trials Center (TTC). We are strategically planning for the growth of the TTC to increase translational research opportunities targeting participation of members of the community (healthy volunteers). The projected growth of this center and expanding research portfolio presents a strategic career growth opportunity for an early/mid-career clinical researcher to be a part of this innovative center expansion. The TTC with St. Jude resources such as the GMP facility will support the Department of Infectious Diseases early-stage vaccine and drug development needs as well as allow strategic collaborations with other external groups with a shared research focus.

Applicants should have a strong record of providing clinical care to children and youth and continued interest in doing so demonstrated interest in clinical research and commitment to mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Candidates must possess:

• An MD/DO or MD/PhD with Pediatrics or Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Training.

• Evidence of potential or achievement in securing extramural research funding

• Commitment to mentoring and fostering an inclusive training environment

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Interested applicants should submit the following materials through the online application portal:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• Statement of interest in this position including their current and future clinical and clinical research interests and HIV and Translational Medicine experience that they already have.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

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