Associate Professor or Professor - Human Translational Infectious Disease and Immunology
Core
Lead an independent, externally funded research program in human translational infectious disease or immunology using human populations, clinical cohorts, and biospecimens to define mechanisms of infection and immunity and accelerate vaccine/therapeutic development.
Role type
Senior IC principal investigator (translational immunology)
Builds
Production research programs, clinical studies, and translational outputs (vaccines, diagnostics, biomarkers)
Domain
Biomedical research, infectious disease, immunology
Required skills
grant writing, team leadership, clinical cohort management, mechanistic discovery, translational research design, mentoring, publication, cross-disciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
multi-investigator grant leadership, clinical-translational program experience, public health application translation, industry/government partnerships
Technologies
spatial profiling, single-cell transcriptomics, flow cytometry, genomics, virology, advanced imaging, quantitative PCR, proteomics
Responsibilities
Establish and grow an independent research program, sustain extramural funding, develop research connecting human cohorts with mechanistic studies, build collaborations across clinical and basic science units, publish influential scholarship, recruit and mentor research staff and trainees, contribute to graduate/professional education, participate in institute service
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
