Chair Professor / Professor of Practice / Professor / Associate Professor
- Employer
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Dec 6, 2020
View more
- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Health & Medicine, Other Health & Medicine, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Computer Sciences & Technology
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Hong Kong Baptist University
Computational Medicine Lab
Chair Professor/Professor of Practice/Professor/Associate
Professor (4 posts) (PR0406/19-20)
Overview
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), ranked 264 globally in the QS
World University Rankings (QSWUR2021) and top 75 in THE Asia
University Rankings (2020), has defined six interdisciplinary
research laboratories to enable academics from different
backgrounds to work together on common sets of problems and to
contribute to the positioning of this dynamic and globally oriented
University as a research-led liberal arts institution of worldwide
significance.
Details of the six interdisciplinary research labs can be found on
the HKBU Research website at:
https://research.hkbu.edu.hk/organisational-structure/interdisciplinary-research-labs
HKBU is the first institution funded by the HKSAR Government to
offer both Chinese medicine and pharmacy in Chinese medicine
programmes in Hong Kong. HKBU is building the Computational
Medicine Laboratory (CML) for health and drug discovery research.
Data-driven medicine research will benefit from computational
approaches and artificial intelligence. For example, in
modern Chinese medicine study, the herbal formula and Chinese
medicine syndrome classification need an “interpretable” model to
demonstrate new biomedical discovery. Focused on the School
of Chinese Medicine in HKBU, the CML aims to utilise computational
approaches to address a broad range of problems related to novel
diagnostics and therapeutics in modern medical research and drug
discovery.
Details of the posts
We are recruiting four first-class scholars who are committed to
contributing to the building of the CML as a sustainable research
hub. As the first computational medicine research hub in the
region, our location in Hong Kong enables us to enjoy and benefit
from the University’s close and long-standing connections with
academic, corporate and public partners in mainland China and the
world.
Expertise in one or more of the following application areas would
be an advantage:
1. Bioinformatics and precision Chinese
medicine
2. Application of cheminformatics in drug
discovery
3. System pharmacology in herbal formula and/or
drug combinations
4. Artificial intelligence in medicine clinical
research
Colleagues recruited will have access to seed money and appropriate
research facilities/support, as well as a generous array of
competitive research funding from Hong Kong’s Research Grants
Council, the Innovation and Technology Commission, and other
external sources.
Interested candidates should have relevant expertise, a proven
research record, and the readiness to contribute to an
interdisciplinary research team. They should be talented,
motivated and committed to the Lab to make it a sustainable
research hub.
The above positions are on tenure-track with initial appointment on
three-year fixed-term contracts. Re-appointments thereafter
will be subject to mutual agreement and availability of
funding. Tenured appointments, if applicable, are expected to
be attained within six years. Rank and salary will be
commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Prospective applicants who wish to discuss the positions are
welcome to contact the Co-chair of the Search Committee: Prof.
Aiping LYU, Dean of School of Chinese Medicine at
aipinglu@hkbu.edu.hk or Prof. Pong Chi YUEN, Associate Dean of
Faculty of Science at pcyuen@hkbu.edu.hk.
Search Committee members include:
Prof. Zhaoxiang BIAN (Chinese Medicine)
Prof. Ken YUNG (Biology)
Prof. Hongjie ZHANG (Chinese Medicine)
Prof. Jiming LIU (Computer Science)
Dr. Shi Ping ZHANG (Chinese Medicine)
Application Procedure:
Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU
e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) and send in samples of
publications, preferably three best ones out of their most recent
publications/works, statements of teaching and research interest
and recent teaching evaluation results. Applicants should
also request two referees to send in confidential letters of
reference, headlined “Computational Medicine Lab” with PR number
quoted to the Personnel Office (Email: recruit@hkbu.edu.hk)
direct. All application materials including publication
samples, scholarly/creative works will not be returned after the
completion of the recruitment exercise unless upon request.
Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection
Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for
the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to
the terms and conditions then applicable at the time of
offer.
Review of applications is on-going and will continue until the
positions are filled.
Hong Kong Baptist University is committed to creating a
diverse environment and is an equal opportunity
employer
Get job alerts
Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert