Assistant/Associate Professors

The Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases (GCD) at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) invites applications for tenure-track positions at the level of assistant professor. Exceptional associate professor candidates will also be considered. GCD is a major new initiative in the basic sciences in the HSPH Division of Biological Sciences. Through integrative programs in biology and genetics, the GCD group seeks to generate basic research insights related to complex human diseases. Current areas of research include nutrient sensing, protein translation and degradation, nuclear hormone receptor signaling, secretion and vesicular transport, oxidative and genotoxic stress response, DNA repair of oxidative damage, tumor metabolism, and regulation of carbohydrate, lipid, and energy homeostasis. Successful applicants will hold a PhD and/or MD degree and will have a record of outstanding productivity in an area that complements the existing research and training goals of the department. The candidate should possess the ability to work collaboratively with other scientists and the scholarly qualities required to mentor doctoral students in the graduate program in the Division of Biological Sciences. Generous start-up packages and state-of-the-art research facilities will be available. GCD has particular interest in recruiting individuals with research interests in the following areas:

• Aging in model organisms, including mice
• Organelle biology and dysfunction, particularly mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum
• Control of protein synthesis, folding, and degradation
• Mechanisms of signal processing and integration, especially in the context of energy and nutrient sensing, fluxes and homeostasis
• Tumor metabolism
• Inflammatory and stress responses with emphasis on chronic metabolic or degenerative diseases
• Integrated physiology and genetics of complex diseases using cellular or mouse models; for example, neurological degeneration with metabolic dysfunction as an underlying feature

Please send a letter of application, including a statement of current and future research interests, curriculum vitae, sample publications, and the names of three references to the following address. Applicants should ask their three references to write independently to this address.

Chair, GCD Search, c/o Julie Gound
jgound@hsph.harvard.edu
Department of Genetics & Complex Diseases
655 Huntington Avenue, Building II, 107
Boston, MA 02115

Harvard University is committed to increasing the number of women and minorities in its faculty, and encourages applications from such candidates.