Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics
Position Overview
Organization: Pharmaceutics
Title: Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics
Position Details
Position Description
The Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington (Seattle campus) invites applications for a full-time, 12-month appointment, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2022.
The Department is internationally renowned for excellence in research and training in the areas of pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, drug transport, and drug delivery. The Department consists of 13 full-time faculty and 15 affiliates, adjunct, and emeritus faculty. Our graduate program includes approximately 20 Ph.D. and 7 MS students. In addition, the diverse community in the department includes around 5 post-doctoral fellows, 15 research scientists, and 10 administrative and fiscal staff. The vibrant research programs in the department are supported by over $12 million in annual research funding.
The School of Pharmacy houses facilities for state-of-the-art mass spectrometry, cell culture, drug formulation, imaging, and protein expression. The Entrepreneurial Center for WE-REACH housed within the department serves the investigators across the University in training and support to translate research innovations into successful product concepts that attract follow-on funding. The Department and the School of Pharmacy, located in the health sciences complex, is adjacent to the University of Washington’s comprehensive medical center affording the ability to conduct studies in healthy volunteers and patients. The health sciences complex also offers cutting-edge facilities for cryo-electron microscopy, confocal, widefield, and live-cell fluorescence microscopy, high throughput compound screening, animal facilities (including a primate center), and bioanalytical instrumentation. Institutions and centers close to or within the University provide a rich research eco-system supportive of pharmaceutical and biomedical research such as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Allen Institute of Brain Sciences, Institute of Translational Health Sciences, and Center on Human Development and Disability. These resources, combined with the highly collaborative culture, contribute to the outstanding research environment of the University of Washington which consistently ranks as one of the premier research universities in the world.
The ideal candidate will be expected to develop extramurally funded research in drug (small or large molecule) or vaccine delivery, nanomedicine, drug transport, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, systems pharmacology, or pharmacometrics. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the professional PharmD program in the area of pharmaceutical sciences, and also, train and mentor graduate and professional PharmD students. All faculty members are expected to provide service to the Department, School, and the University.
Qualifications
- A doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, or a related biomedical and bioengineering field is required.
- Strong track record of research and peer-reviewed publications in their focus area.
Instructions
Applicants should submit the following materials via Interfolio. Inquiries about the position should be addressed to Pharmaceutics Search Committee sopdean@uw.edu.
- Cover letter
- C.V.
- Research Statement
- Research Plan
- Teaching Statement
- 3 Confidential Letters of Recommendation or Evaluation
- Diversity Statement
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.
Benefits Information
A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.
Commitment to Diversity
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Disability Services
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COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and Information
Under University of Washington (UW) Policy, University-compensated personnel must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof thereof, or receive a UW-approved medical or religious exemption. This requirement will be a condition of any offer associated with this recruitment. For more information, please visit https://www.washington.edu/coronavirus/vaccination-requirement/.