Associate/Full Professor, Endowed Chair (Tenured) (Pharmacology & Toxicology)

The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona Health Sciences in Tucson invites applicants for a tenured faculty position in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Applicants with an established research program on neurotherapeutics and longevity diseases are encouraged to submit CV and Research Plan with their Application to be considered.

An endowed chair with a highly competitive startup package is available for this recruitment. The incumbent will join a college currently ranked 4th nationally in NIH funding and a department with current research strength in pharmacology, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaceutics, including drug discovery efforts for Alzheimer’s and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases. The Arizona Center for Drug Discovery and the new Coit Center for Longevity and Neurotherapeutics have been established in the College of Pharmacy.

The overall mission of the new Longevity Center is to accelerate understanding of aging, longevity and/or neuronal health as well as foster efforts to develop new opportunities for prevention and drug discovery in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson, ALS, and others. Excellent opportunities exist for collaborations with researchers at other parts of the University of Arizona campus, Center for Innovation in Brain Science, the Neuroscience Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, the Bio5 Institute, Arizona Cancer Center, and Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Maintain independent research
  programs. Maintain strong, extramural funded programs.
• The candidate will be expected to
  produce strong peer-reviewed publications, gain competitive federal
  grants, and play a key role in national leadership in an area related to
  the pharmacology of aging and neurodegenerative disease.
• Contribute to undergraduate,
  graduate (PhD, M.S.) and professional (PharmD) education.
• Actively participate in
  divisional/departmental program metrics for academic achievement.
• Lead or contribute to “team
  science” based interdisciplinary research grants/projects.
• The successful candidate should
  have a strong track record of scholarly productivity and demonstrated
  ability to secure independent, peer-reviewed funding such as NIH
  grants.

• PhD, PharmD or MD degree.
• Demonstrated ability to secure
  independent, peer-reviewed funding such as NIH R01.

• Record of productivity and innovation in academic accomplishments as evidenced by publications and successful peer-reviewed funding.
• Established expertise and national leadership in longevity research.