KCOM - Assistant/Associate Professor - Microbiology Immunology
- Employer
- A.T. Still University
- Location
- Missouri, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Jan 22, 2025
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Dentistry, Medicine
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
KCOM - Assistant/Associate Professor - Microbiology Immunology
Job Type
Full-time
Description
A.T. Still University (ATSU) is seeking a full-time assistant or associate professor in the Department of Microbiology Immunology at the Kirksville, MO campus. The successful applicant must demonstrate strong potential to develop an independent research program in medical microbiology (preferred, any subdiscipline) or immunology, and become an innovative teacher for graduate and professional students enrolled in the Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Biomedical Sciences & Dental Sciences courses. Faculty will have opportunities to supervise research performed by students in the medical (DO), dental (DMD), and biomedical sciences (MS) programs.
Requirements
Major Job Duties
- Present 20-40 lectures per year to medical, dental, and
biomedical sciences students enrolled in the Medical Microbiology,
Immunology, and Infectious Diseases courses at Kirksville College
of Osteopathic Medicine, and in the Biomedical Sciences &
Dental Sciences course at the Missouri School of Dentistry &
Oral Health.
- Develop and/or revise learning objectives, lecture notes,
slideshows, supplemental media (e.g., videos or podcasts)
and assessment tools for these courses.
- Develop cases and facilitate small group case-based exercises
for department courses.
- Develop and teach wet labs for Medical Microbiology and
Immunology.
- Collaborate with faculty in the basic science and clinical
departments to develop and deliver interdisciplinary educational
content.
- Develop an independent research program in the field of medical
microbiology (preferred), or immunology.
- Show evidence of research productivity by publishing results in
refereed journals and presenting findings at national or
international research conferences.
- Seek extramural research funding within 3 years of
hiring.
- Mentor biomedical, medical, and/or dental students in research
projects.
- Interview applicants for the medical and biomedical sciences
programs.
- Serve on college and university committees as assigned.
- Write COMLEX board questions and/or serve on NBOME item review
committees.
- Other duties as assigned by the Department Chair and/or Dean of
KCOM.
Education/Experience
- A doctorate degree with graduate training in microbiology
(preferred) or immunology is required.
- At least 2 years of postdoctoral training or the
equivalent.
- Evidence of prior research productivity, e.g.,
published manuscripts, conference presentations, and funded
research grants.
- Applicants with prior teaching experience in higher education
will be given preference.
Skills
- Ability to present clear, concise, and engaging lectures to
medical, biomedical, and dental students
- Ability to facilitate and assess student performance in the
small group setting
- Ability to develop innovative teaching, learning, and
assessment tools and techniques
- Ability to effectively utilize the communication and technical
skills required to conduct a competitive and successful research
program
Equipment
- The successful applicant will be proficient in the use of
instrumentation fundamental to their area of research.
- The successful applicant will be proficient in the use of
computers and software essential for delivery of educational
content, e.g., Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and the Canvas
web-based learning management system.
Personal Characteristics/Traits
- The applicant must be willing to work with all students,
faculty, staff, and administration in a collegial and professional
manner.
- The applicant must have excellent communication skills in
lecture (large-audience), small group, and individualized
settings.
- The applicant should be personable, with a positive
attitude.
- The applicant should be organized, detail-oriented, adaptable,
and open to new ideas.
- The applicant should be resilient and tenacious while pursuing
external grants to support their research.
Additional Information
- New faculty are provided seed money to help establish their
research programs.
- The spacious laboratory occupied by the successful applicant
was built in Spring 2024. It includes a separate cell culture room
equipped with CO2 incubator, laminar flow hood, and anaerobic
chamber. Equipment available in the main laboratory include a fume
hood, ultracold freezers, standard refrigerators, high speed and
microcentrifuges, a Nanodrop spectrophotometer, shaking incubator,
PCR machines, gel electrophoresis cells and power supplies, digital
balance, pH meter, micropipetter sets, and other standard molecular
biology instruments.
- Shared equipment available in the department includes an
autoclave; Bioscreen C MBR automated microbiology growth analysis
system; UVP Bio-Imaging System (gel documentation); Genepix 4000B
microarray slide scanner; iCycler iQ5 real-time and standard PCR
machines; a qRT-PCR system; multiplexing luminescence /
fluorescence imaging system; cooling/heating microtube shaker;
additional ultracold and -20°C freezers; liquid nitrogen cryogenic
freezer; walk-in refrigerator and walk-in incubator; UV/visible and
fluorescence spectrophotometers; microplate ELISA readers; gel
electrophoresis (1-D, 2-D, agarose) and immunoblotting rigs with
power supplies; electroporator; sonicator; light field,
fluorescence, and inverted microscopes; vacuum evaporator system;
plate-pouring machine; and water distillation apparatus. A shared
laboratory technician is available to help with dishwashing, media
preparation, and hands-on research. A dedicated sequencing
lab in the department is equipped with an Ion Torrent PGM
system, Ion One Touch 2 system, Eppendorf PCR thermocycler, CBS
Scientific Optimizer PCR workstation P-048-202, Agilent 2100
Bioanalyzer desktop system with both the electrophoresis and flow
cytometry cartridges and chip-prep IKA vortex and accessories,
SterilGard III Advance laminar flow biological safety hood,
Barnstead MicroPure® water purification system, Qubit 3.0
fluorometer, accuSpin™ Micro17 microcentrifuge, and tabletop
freezer. ATSU's Core Facility instruments include an Hitachi
TM3000 scanning electron microscope, Leica DMI6000 B confocal laser
scanning microscope, digital pathology slide scanner, wet lab for
immunohistochemistry, and Bio-Rad S3 fluorescence activated cell
sorter. KCOM promotes faculty research by providing use of the core
facility equipment and consultation services by the core
technologist and core director free-of-charge. Of special note, the
AALAS-accredited animal care facility provides care to small
animals for investigators without per diem charges.
- KCOM's Research Reinvestment policy allows faculty to
supplement their salaries from extramural grants. Salary obtained
from grants is in addition to the faculty member's regular
salary.
ATSU offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverages, among more. If eligible, employee-elected benefits would begin the first of the month following hire date. For more information, please visit: atsu.edu/employment/benefits.
A.T. Still University (ATSU) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or veteran status in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities.
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