Description

FACULTY POSITION

Medical Laboratory Sciences Program
Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is seeking applications for a twelve-month, open-rank, open-tenure faculty position in the Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Program, housed within the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences (CDS) in the School of Health Professions (SHP).

This full-time faculty position focuses primarily on teaching, with required contributions to scholarship and service consistent with departmental, school, and university expectations.

Primary Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching didactic and laboratory courses in the areas of Clinical Chemistry and Instrumentation/Automation at both the bachelor's (BS) and master's (MS) levels.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Contributing to program curriculum development and accreditation activities.
• Advising and mentoring students.
• Engaging in scholarly activities appropriate to a tenure-earning faculty role.
• Participating in departmental, school, and university service.
• Teaching other program or departmental courses as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; doctoral degree strongly preferred.
• National certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Board Certification in Clinical Pathology.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior teaching experience in an accredited Medical Laboratory Science program.
• Experience teaching or practicing within Clinical Chemistry and/or laboratory instrumentation.
• Evidence of scholarly engagement or interest in research.

About CDS

The Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, housed in the UAB School of Health Professions (SHP), is one of the most programmatically diverse departments at UAB. It is home to 8 programs from the undergraduate through the doctoral level. The programs offer a variety of education opportunities in clinical and research fields. Several of its programs are the only ones of their kind in Alabama. For additional information about the CDS department, please visit https://uab.edu/cds.

About SHP

The School of Health Professions is home to nearly 30 programs and more than 40 offerings at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. As one of the six schools comprising the renowned UAB Academic Health Center, our students are exposed to vast resources, state-of-the art facilities, and progressive research during their academic and clinical education. Learn more at https://uab.edu/shp.

About UAB

Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with more than $780 million in annual research expenditures and an economic impact on the state exceeding $12.1 billion a year. UAB is Alabama’s single largest employer, with some 28,000 employees, and was named Forbes’ No. 1 Large Employer in the United States in 2021. UAB enrollment surpassed 21,000 for the sixth consecutive year in fall 2023. The university offers more than 180 degree programs in nine schools and one college. The four pillars of UAB’s mission are education, research, innovation and economic development, community engagement, and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu.

UAB has outstanding core facilities in molecular sciences (EM, MS, X-Ray, and more), engineering, nanosciences, preclinical and clinical imaging, informatics, and translational and clinical research. Selected candidates will have access to the Central Alabama High Field NMR Facility in the Department of Chemistry, the UAB Cyclotron Facility in the Heersink School of Medicine, which produces radiopharmaceuticals and radioisotopes for medical imaging and other studies, and a state-of-the-art small animal PET/CT imaging facility for translational research. 

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran’s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB’s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

A pre-employment background investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment.

Please visit the link provided below to apply:
https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/27886

For inquiries about the position or responsibilities, please contact Brianna Miller at [email protected]