Assistant or Associate or full Professor (EXPIRED)

The Philosophy Department at Wayne State University wishes to draw attention to a hiring initiative in connection with our university’s just-opened Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio). One of the hiring themes is “Urban Health Equity,” and we encourage bioethicists and other philosophers to apply.

Built onto an iconic Albert Kahn-designed structure dating to 1927, the $93 million, 200,000 square foot IBio building combines modern and classic architecture, and has cutting-edge scientific facilities.

Up to 30 faculty may be hired under this initiative over the next five years. Please see below for a position description, list of areas of concentration, and how to apply. The targeted research areas are highly interdisciplinary and require teams that leverage a broad range of expertise. The Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) seeks to play a major part in this initiative through primary and/or secondary appointments in any of its nineteen departments in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and natural sciences, a list of which may be found at clas.wayne.edu.  Please send inquiries and applications to [email protected] as well as to [email protected].

Position Description

Wayne State University (WSU) is recruiting 30 faculty (Open rank) for research and development programs in Integrative Biosciences. This initiative leverages a new 200,000 sq. ft. Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio) opening in 2015 that will house coordinated, multidisciplinary research teams and programmatic initiatives involving translational thrusts focused on pathophysiologies and accumulated stressors affecting health in evolving urban environments.

Phase 1 occupation of IBio includes a clinical research center as well as the WSU NIEHS-supported Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors and established research teams at WSU in behavioral health, biomaterials and molecular imaging, diabetes and obesity.

Phase 1 recruitment (6-8 faculty) focuses on five primary areas: Brain Behavioral Health; Bio-Systems Engineering; Interface of Genes, Ethnicity, Environment and Health; Metabolic Diseases (Diabetes and Obesity); and Urban Health Equity. Each theme includes basic discovery-driven research as well as translational, community and implementation sciences cutting across departments, programs, centers and colleges.

Faculty recruits (tenured, tenure-track or research-track) will integrate with, and be appointed in, department(s) and colleges or schools consistent with their area of training, expertise, and shared interests. Tenure-track and tenure appointments are expected to engage in all aspects of our academic mission including research, education and service.

Candidates must have a PhD, MD, PharmD and/or related degree(s) in disciplines aligning with the focus areas and possess a demonstrated track record of and/or potential for exceptional science, creative discovery and/or knowledge translation and application. We would be pleased to receive applications from groups of faculty from one or several institutions who may wish to work together. Qualified candidates should submit (pdf) their curriculum vitae and a brief narrative describing their research and how it relates to the IBio initiative (http://www.IBio.wayne.edu) to Dr. Lanier at [email protected]. Candidate packages will be reviewed by a search committee chaired by the University’s Vice President for Research, Stephen M. Lanier, Ph.D. Competitive recruitment packages are available with salary and rank based on qualifications. Review of Phase 1 applications will begin immediately with applications accepted until November 15, 2015.

Founded in 1868, Wayne State University is a nationally recognized comprehensive, urban research university with a strong tradition of support for the principles of equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action. Diversity among our faculty, students and staff is a major source of our intellectual vitality and innovative spirit. Wayne State University strives to be a place where a broad spectrum of perspectives informs all major university functions, and people from varied walks of life can reach their full potential. Our commitment to the core values of diversity and inclusion is essential to the fulfillment of our mission as a model urban research institution.

Wayne State University offers more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 28,000 students. Its main campus in Midtown Detroit comprises 100 buildings over 200 acres including the School of Medicine, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the College of Nursing. Wayne State University is one of the three universities in Michigan with the Carnegie classification of institutions with “very high research activity.” WSU is home to the Perinatology Research Branch of the National Institutes of Health and the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. The IBio initiative also includes programmatic expertise and opportunities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Social Work and the School of Business Administration as well as additional schools, colleges, centers, and institutes.

The City of Detroit, with its storied history in innovation, is at an exciting point in its history with rapidly expanding development activities and true rebirth. Its vibrant downtown and cultural center envelop the WSU campus. With its large presence in the downtown area and its activities related to economic development, research and education, WSU plays a key role in the rapidly accelerating forward growth of the city. With immediate proximity to Canada and its location in the middle of the Great Lakes region along with professional sports, opera and symphony, Detroit and the metropolitan area (~5 million population) provide a rich culture with exceptional recreational and entertainment activities.