Associate / Full Professor – Keenan Chair in Fibrosis

Job Field

: Clinical 

Department

: Faculty of Medicine 

Campus

: St. George (downtown Toronto) 

Job Posting

: Mar 17, 2020 

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St. Michael’s Hospital – Unity Health Toronto and the University of Toronto  are seeking applications for the Keenan Chair in Fibrosis Research. This new Chair will establish a program of fibrosis research in any organ system and will either currently hold, or be eligible to hold, a full-time clinical or status-only appointment at the University of Toronto at the rank of Associate or Professor. The term of the appointment is five-years,  renewable once for additional five-year terms upon successful review and contingent upon additional funding.  Effective start date is July 1, 2020, or as mutually agreed upon.

The successful applicant will be an internationally recognized PhD- or clinician-scientist with an established basic/translational research program focused on fibrosis research in any organ system. The Chair will allow for a strict limitation of non-research activities so that the majority of the successful candidate’s time can be dedicated to carrying out their research program at the highest level of achievement and productivity.

The chair holder will join more than 50 world-class researchers at the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science in Toronto, Ontario. The Keenan Centre is home to basic science and translational research at St. Michael’s Hospital, and its researchers target common and high burden illnesses and strive to make discoveries that will improve patients’ lives.

The successful applicant will hold a PhD or an MD and additional advanced research training and either hold or meet the criteria at the rank of associate or full professor at the University of Toronto. Applications will also be considered from clinician-scientists holding a MD degree. These applicants must be eligible for licensure in the province of Ontario by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Applications will be evaluated by a senior panel of University of Toronto and St. Michael’s faculty in regard to the applicant’s research excellence, record of scholarly activity (including grants, peer-reviewed publications, patents, supervision of graduate students and fellows), national/international reputation, impact of their research, expectation for ongoing academic achievement, and contributions to the field. The endowed chairship will fund research support, including salary and benefits for the successful candidate.

Applications will be accepted until May 29, 2020.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae (Web CV or Common CV), a 2-page outline of your academic program (including research productivity, training activities and academic prominence) and a 1 to 2-page description of how you would use the endowment. Names and contact information of three referees must also be submitted.

Submissions to the Selection Committee must be sent electronically to:
– Dr. Tom Schweizer at Tom.Schweizer@unityhealth.to, Director (Interim) of the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, and copied to Olivia Lavery at Olivia.Lavery@untityhealth.to
For more information about this specific opportunity and/or if you are unsure of your eligibility, please contact Dr. Schweizer (Tom.Schweizer@unityhealth.to).

The St. Michael’s Hospital research enterprise strives to achieve equality and fairness within our community. Unity Health recognizes that scholars have varying career paths and that career interruptions due to personal circumstances can be part of an excellent academic record. Search committee members have been instructed to give careful consideration to, and be sensitive to the impact of, career interruptions in their assessments.

Unity Health Toronto and the University of Toronto are strongly committed to diversity within their community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aborignal People of North America,  persons with disabilities,LGBTQ  persons and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.