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Required Qualifications

 Ph.D. or M.D. and at least three years of postdoctoral experience.  Established research in the area of tick-borne diseases.

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates that demonstrate the ability to obtain extramural funding are preferred.

Responsibilities & Requirements

 The successful candidate will establish a vigorous extramural research program in the area of tick-borne diseases, participate in the Department's educational mission of graduate and medical school teaching, and perform university and departmental service.

The Department (http://www.mgm.stonybrook.edu/index.shtml) and the adjacent Center for Infectious Diseases (http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cid/) provide a highly interactive scientific community.  The Department and School of Medicine have been at the forefront of research on tick-borne diseases, including pivotal contributions toward discovery and characterization of the Lyme disease agent.  The position offers competitive startup support and salary, quality research space, and a dynamic intellectual environment.  Stony Brook University maintains state-of-the-art core facilities that deliver support in a number of areas including microscopy and animal imaging, flow cytometry and cell sorting, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, animal maintenance, and BSL3 containment.  The recently completed Laboratory for Comparative Medicine includes an insectarium and provides facilities for animal BSL3 studies.

Special Notes

This is a tenure track position.  FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.  Internal and external search to occur simultaneously.  Anticipated Start Date: Summer 2019.

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The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure

To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by January 31, 2019. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Those interested in this position should submit a State Employment Application, cover letter, CV, three-page research statement, and the names and addresses of three references as a compiled PDF to mgm_facultyposition@stonybrook.edu (on line submission required). Competitive applicants will be asked to have letters of recommendation sent to the search committee at a later date.  Please also fill out an online Applicant Information Survey.  Do not submit this survey to the department.

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Faculty Search Committee - Tick Borne Diseases
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
130 Life Sciences Building
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5222
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Campus Description

Long Island’s premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine represents Stony Brook University’s entire medical enterprise and integrates all of Stony Brook’s health-related initiatives: education, research and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, the six Health Sciences schools — Dental Medicine, Health Technology and Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare — as well as the major centers and institutes, programs and more than 50 community-based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. With 603 beds, Stony Brook University Hospital serves as Suffolk County’s only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma Center. Stony Brook Children’s, with more than 180 pediatric specialists in 30 specialties, offers the most advanced pediatric specialty care in the region.

Official Job Title: Assistant Professor
REF#: F-9962-18-11
Campus: Health Sciences Center
Department: Molecular Genetics and Microbiology - Center for Infectious Diseases
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Posting Start Date: 11/07/2018
Posting End Date: 02/28/2019

Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 02/28/2019, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university office of institutional diversity and equity at (631)632-6280.

Job Category: Health Science and Medical Center Faculty
Posting Date: 11/07/2018