Job title : Clinical Scientist AC05/AC06
Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg
Deadline : November 03, 2024
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Brief Description
- Research Professor in The Faculty of Health Sciences (fixed-term, 5 years, renewable based on performance) – AC05/AC06.
- The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, seeks to appoint a Research Professor/Senior Clinician Scientist. The focus of the researcher can be in any of the following fields:
- Cardiology with special focus on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention.
- Endocrinology with a special focus on Obesity and Diabetes.
- Immunology, with a focus on cellular immunity in relation to infectious diseases or more broadly.
- Lung disease: including focus on childhood and/or adult acute or chronic respiratory diseases.
- Oncology, preferably with a focus on nexus of Cancer and Infectious Diseases.
- Maternal and Child Health including focus on addressing stillbirths and premature labour.
- Infectious Diseases: including focus on antimicrobial resistance and hospital acquired infections; emerging infections and pandemic threats.
- In addition, applicants who are involved in research, excluding HIV and TB, on other health-care priorities in South Africa will be considered (.
- The focus of the Position is to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching (undergraduate and post-graduate level).
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
In the consideration of applications for the professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant’s ability to document a high level of original scientific work at an international level within their field of expertise.
The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:
- Research in the field of expertise, including publication/academic dissemination.
- Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of PhD and Masters of Medicine students and other researchers, including Joint staff employed by the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH).
- Teaching of under-graduate and post-graduate students (maximum of 15% effort).
- Academic assessments
- The position is open to internal and external applicants.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Applicants must hold a specialist degree in their relevant field of study. A sub-specialty qualification will be preferable.
- A PhD although not essential, will be given appropriate weight.
- Applicants must be at the level of or meet the requirements to be appointed at least at the level of associate professor based on Faculty Staffing and Promotion criteria
- South African based applicants should be registered by the Health Professional Council of South Africa. Non-South Africans will be considered, although will be exempt from patient service.
- Applicants should be eligible for appointment at the level of a Full Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (or on track to be promoted within a three-year period).
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