Research Instructor, Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Profe

The Department of Physiology at the Brody School of Medicine (BSOM), East Carolina University (ECU), invites applications for open rank full-time, 12-month faculty positions, including at the rank of Research Instructor, Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Professor (fixed-term, non-tenure track), and Assistant/Associate/Professor (tenure-track). Rank and track will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

• Research instructor (fixed-term) – Teaching 5% (training technicians, undergraduate and graduate students, and junior research associates), service 5% (serve on student advisory committees as needed), research 90% (includes performing literature reviews; developing studies; experimental design; performing experiments; collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data; writing abstracts and manuscripts; presenting data at regional, national or international conferences; and writing grant proposals).
• Research Assistant Professor (fixed-term) – Teaching 2-5% (training technicians and/or students), Service 5% (serve on student advisory committees as needed), and Research 90-93% (develop and establish an independent research program at ECU, disseminate research results through publications and presentations in national and international venues, secure extramural funding for their research program).
• Research Associate Professor (fixed-term) – Teaching 5% (training technicians and/or mentor/advise trainees and/or students), Service 5% (serve on department level committees), and Research 90% (develop and establish an independent research program at ECU, disseminate research results through publications and presentations in national and international venues, secure extramural funding for their research program).
• Research Professor (fixed-term) – Teaching 5-10% (training technicians and/or mentor/advise students and postdoctoral fellows), Service 5-10% (serve on department level and/or school level committees), and Research 80-90% (develop and establish an independent research program at ECU, disseminate research results through publications and presentations in national and international venues, secure extramural funding for their research program).
• Assistant Professor (tenure-track) – Teaching 5% (teaching graduate course work and mentoring/advising students), service 5% (serve in departmental committees), research 90% (develop and establish an independent research program at ECU, disseminate research results through publications and presentations in national and international venues, secure extramural funding for their research program).
• Associate Professor (tenure-track) – Teaching 20% (teach and/or be course director for graduate and medical courses, mentor/advise students), service 10% (serve in departmental and school committees), research 70% (establish their research program at ECU, disseminate research results through publications and presentations in national and international venues, secure extramural funding for their research program).
• Professor (tenure-track) – Teaching 35% (teach and/or be course director for graduate and medical courses, mentor/advise students), service 20% (serve in departmental, school, and university committees), research 45% (establish their research program at ECU, disseminate research results through publications and presentations in national and international venues, secure extramural funding for their research program).

State-of-the-art research facilities support research within the department and emphasize areas such as cardiovascular science, neuroscience, and cell physiology. Faculty members are engaged in both foundational and translational research and mentor/train medical, graduate, and professional students. Faculty within the Physiology Department collaborate extensively with colleagues across ECU and with external academic institutions, government entities, and industry partners. The department has a strong track record of interdisciplinary research and a consistent history of securing extramural funding.

Research instructors will join dynamic labs with distinguished and established…