Job Vacancy at University of Houston, Texas, United States

Position: Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Houston College of Medicine

Duties and responsibilities

• Participating in the LCME accreditation activities
• Developing and delivering horizontally and vertically integrated curriculum
• Teaching clinically relevant neuroscience and neuroanatomy
• Serving as a Course Director
• Serving as a mentor to junior faculty, and an academic advisor to medical students
• Supervising student’s scholarly projects
• Participating in the interview and selection process of the College of Medicine (COM) students and faculty
• Holding membership on COM and University committees

Requirements

• A doctoral degree, Ph.D., M.D., DO, or DVM terminal degree. (Ph.D. must be in a neuroscience-related field; M.D. candidates without a Ph.D. must have additional credentials related to advanced scientific training and scholarship in a neuroscience discipline).
• Minimum of 5 years for associate professors, and 8 years for full professors.
• Evidence of scholarly experience and productivity
• Commitment to innovative approaches to education and learning
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity

About the University of Houston

The University of Houston is a four-year state university and one of four distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 524 acres (2.12 km²) in the cities of Pasadena and Houston, Texas, with branch campuses in Pearland and Texas Medical Center. Overall, UHCL has an enrollment of nearly 9,000 students for fall 2018. The U.S. News & World Report ranks the university No. 61 in its 2019 Regional Universities (West) rankings. However, the university serves students in four academic colleges. UHCL offers 97 programs: 46 bachelors, 48 masters, and three doctoral.