Tenure-Track Assistant Professor positions in the Center for Stem Cell & Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM) Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC)
Posted by Samantha Brugmann, on 2 August 2024
Location: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, Ohio USA
Closing Date: 1 December 2024
CuSTOM is a multi-disciplinary center of excellence, integrating developmental and stem cell biologists, clinicians, bioengineers, and entrepreneurs with the common goal of accelerating discovery and facilitating bench-to-bedside translation. CuSTOM is a highly interactive collaborative community of over 30 faculty from different divisions at CCHMC, investigating various organ systems and biomedical challenges. Faculty in CuSTOM benefit from a unique environment and resources to study human development, disease and regenerative medicine, using pluripotent stem cells and organoid platforms.
CCHMC is a leader in organoid biology and one of the top ranked pediatric research centers with a highly integrated basic and translational research enterprise, with 1.4 million square feet of research space. Subsidized state-of-the-art core facilities including a human pluripotent stem cell facility, streamline infrastructure for patient iPSCs, CRISPR genome editing, high-throughput single cell genomics, biomedical informatics, a Nikon Center of Excellence and the CuSTOM Accelerator lab dedicated to clinical translation and commercial partnerships.
We invite applications from innovative collaborative investigators with PhD, MD, or MD/PhD degrees focusing on basic or translational research in human development or disease using stem cells or organoid models. Investigators using single cell analysis, live imaging or quantitative computational approaches will benefit from ongoing institutional investment in these areas.
Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, 2–3-page research plan, and contact information for three references to CuSTOM@cchmc.org by December 1st, 2024.
Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employers committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
Closing Date: 1 December 2024
Scientific fields: Stem cells, Tissue engineering and organoids
Model systems: Organoid, Human, Cell culture
Duration: Permanent
Minimum qualifications: PhD, MD/PhD, MD