Research Assistant Professor

The Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at the University of Virginia is seeking an Assistant Professor to fulfill research activities and deliverables for an NIH grant, Mechanisms of Fecal Microbiota Transplant Protection from Recurrent  _C. difficile_  and co-direct the competing renewal of an NIH grant, the Role of Type 2 Immunity in Innate Protection from  _C. difficile_ .

The ideal candidate will be expected to independently conduct research on the host immune response to  _C. difficile_  infection in humans and in mouse models. Essential expertise for the position includes scRNAseq, bulk RNAseq, spectral flow cytometry, mouse models of  _C. difficile_  infection, assays of  _C. difficile_  toxin, a first author publication record in  _C. difficile_ , outstanding abilities in oral and written scientific communication, and ability and motivation to assist graduate students in the research group on their dissertation research.

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