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Radiology Assistant Professor- Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville
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Position Number: 6058393
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Medicine - Radiology

Radiology Assistant Professor- Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN, United States

Job Identification: 1585
Job Category: Faculty
Posting Date: 03/06/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN, 37920, US (On-site)

Job Description
This role will be a non-tenure track position focused on theranostic research. This position will be developing and extending our radiochemistry research and production efforts to support not only our research and clinical trials needs in the hospital but to also provide collaborative support to ORNL and UTH as work in radionuclides in this region develops. This position will play a critical role in developing and maintaining those regional radiochemistry partnerships and collaborations.

Responsibilities
This position is expected to secondarily supervise undergraduate and graduate students that may rotate through our lab spaces.

The position will be 90% research, 5% teaching, and 5% service/outreach. Where teaching is focused on undergraduate and graduate education as well as providing our radiology residents with radiochemistry education and hands on experiences. The 5% outreach and service is focused on developing cross campus collaborations with our partners at UTK and ORNL. It is expected that this position achieve extramural funding as part of annual evaluations with a heavy focus on collaborative initiatives.

Qualifications

PhD in chemistry with a focus on organometallic chemistry and methodologies.
Willing to obtain radiochemistry certifications and undergo specialized human radiochemistry production training.

Departmental Preferences:

With the future focus being on novel metal chelation with proteins and small molecules, a PhD in chemistry with a focus on organometallic chemistry is needed.
The successful candidate will have a wide range of experience in clinical production processes and regulations from SOP development to management of batch records and quality control records.
The candidate should have knowledge of automated synthesis systems as well as protein radiolabeling experience. Experience with USP 823 quality control standards is a must as well as skills with analytical HPLC and GC instrumentation for determining safety of manufactured products.

For benefits information, please visit https://www.uthsc.edu/hr/benefits/documents/benefits-preview-packet.pdf

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

UT GSM is ideally located in beautiful East Tennessee, at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, affording metropolitan conveniences coupled with rural charm.

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