Assistant Professor of Pharmacy - req# 34530

The University of New Mexico's Clinical and Translational ScienceCenter (SW CACTI) seeks a faculty member to join the Mentored CareerDevelopment (K12) Scholar Program at the Assistant Professor level on either atenure- or flex-track beginning in the fall of 2025. Individuals engaged in alltypes of clinical and translational research – from molecular to community andpopulation level investigations – relevant to the College of Pharmacy areencouraged to apply. The successful Scholar candidate will have 75% of theireffort committed to their research and 25% committed to other duties.Candidates with Pharm D, Ph.D., or equivalent degrees, who have motivation andinterest to become independently funded in clinical and translational research,are encouraged to apply.

The goal of the K12 Scholar Program is to enhance the careerdevelopment and training of junior faculty in clinical and translationalresearch, emphasizing multidisciplinary, team-based approaches with theoverarching goal of promoting clinical and translational investigation thatwill improve health and prevent disease. Candidates will be expected toaggressively pursue extramural funding while in the program. The Program willtrain and foster the career development of junior faculty to become the nextgeneration of researchers who will perform clinical and translationalinvestigation in multidisciplinary, collaborative research settings.

The Scholar will be known as a Clinical and Translational ScienceCenter Scholar. The program will include an educational component tailored tothe individual scholar in order to strengthen competencies in the design,conduct, and analysis of clinical and translational research. This opportunitywill use the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Program Award (K12)mechanism. Awards will be made for up to five years. The earliest anticipatedstart date is Fall 2025.

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center aims to advancehealth sciences in the most important priority health issues of our New Mexicocommunities. The successful candidate will be able to become a faculty memberin the College of Pharmacy. This position is subject to criminal recordsscreening in accordance with New Mexico law.

Minimum Qualifications (per NIHGuidelines):

• The position is open to health professionals with degrees that includePharm D, PhD, or equivalent.

• Applicants must have the ability to obtain the appropriate licensure inthe State of New Mexico, if appropriate.
• Candidates for this Scholar Program must be an existing or prospectiveearly career faculty member, with a terminal degree in their chosen field.
• A minimum of 2 years of post-terminal degree research experience (i.e.post-doc, fellowship, etc.) is required.
• Applicants may not simultaneously have another PHS mentored careerdevelopment award (e.g., K07, K08, K22, K23) that duplicates any of theprovisions of the K component. Former or current PDs/PIs on any NIH researchproject grant (this does not include NIH Small Grants (R03), Exploratory/Developmental (R21) or SBIR, STTR (R43, R44 grants)) or equivalent non-PHS peerreviewed research grants that are over $100,000 direct costs per year, orproject leaders on sub-projects of program project (P01) or center grants (P50)are NOT eligible to participate as scholars.
• Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed PharmD
• Quality, appropriateness and amount of previous training, experienceand education
• Quality, clarity, significance and innovation of the Scientific Plan
• Number and Quality of authored publications
• Likelihood of receiving external funding in 3 years
• Commitment to a career in clinical translational research
• Mentoring experience and commitment
• A demonstrated commitment to cultivate an understanding of the rich andvaried cultures of New Mexico and to the success of the university's mission toserve local and global communities

Only applications submitted throughthe official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this jobadvertisement on a 3rd party site, pleasevisit UNMJobs to submit an application.

1. Please submit a cover letter including your current affiliation or position, a short description of your reasons for applying to the K12 program, the title of your proposed research, and a declaration that you do not have a pending application/submission for any other PHS mentored career development award (e.g., K01, K07, K08, K22, K23). If selected for an interview you will be required to submit a full research plan for a proposed K12 research project to be presented during the interview process 2. Attach a curriculum vitae 3. Attach a research plan for a clinical and translational research project to include Specific Aims and Research Strategy (up to 3 pages but no more than 6). 4. Include in your list of references 3 individuals; 1 or more of which have current or past NIH support who can speak to your commitment to a clinical and translational research career. 5. Attach up to 3 of your recent publications that best support your research plan. Please note that your application will NOT be considered complete until all of the following are received:

• Complete application that includes all of the associated documents loaded (cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of references, recent publications)

• Research plan for a clinical and translational research project

Questions related to this posting may be directed to Jennifer Sanchez, HSC Office of Research, jasanchez@salud.unm.edu or Denise Ayala, College of Pharmacy, DRAyala@salud.unm.edu

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