• The faculty researcher will be responsible for independent and collaborative development, implementation, and analysis of scientific research in the discovery of regulatory and health modifiers in relation to fatty acid metabolism, especially in connection with exercise, metabolic physiology, and nutrition. Duties will include hypothesis development, literature review, development of experimental plans, collection of data, supervising of undergraduate research students and graduate research students, performing and overseeing data collection procedures, performing and supervising experimental procedures, review of data for quality control, and performing and supervision of data entry/data analysis and interpretation. Specific research skills required include the ability to perform mitochondrial isolation and respirometry experiments using Oroboros instrumentation, lipid extractions, lipidomic analysis, breeding and experimental design for genetic mouse models for metabolic studies, conduct mouse dietary studies and metabolic assessments, western blotting, RT-PCR, genotyping PCR, and histology including collection of tissues, tissue processing/sectioning, staining/immunohistology, imaging, and analysis.
• The faculty researcher will also be responsible for the creative works that involve the development and generation of independent and collaborative presentations, publications, and grants. The researcher will work towards independence through the development of research tools, building a record of success and independence, and heavy emphasis will be placed on grant writing to achieve independent funding.

• Contribute to and enhance the departmental educational mission with responsibility for directing the Medical Histology course in the Brody School of Medicine. The responsibility will also include teaching students enrolled in the medicine program at the Brody School of Medicine. Specifically, the candidate will be responsible for the overall management of the course, which includes syllabus development, scheduling, quiz/test management, etc. In addition, the candidate will contribute to the teaching of aspects of medical histology via didactic lectures and flipped classroom approaches.

In order to be considered for this position, applicants must complete a candidate profile online via the PeopleAdmin system and submit any requested documents. Additionally, applicants that possess the preferred education and experience must also possess the minimum education/experience, if applicable.