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Professor/Chair in Advanced Pharmacotherapy

University College Cork - Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine (secondary affiliation to School of Pharmacy)

Location: Cork - Ireland
Salary: €123,223 to €163,981 or £107,518.35 to £143,081.79 (converted salary*)
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 16th December 2022
Closes: 16th March 2023

This post is being recruited as part of UCC Futures- Future Medicines

UCC Futures - Future Medicines combines a multidisciplinary team of renowned world leading scientists, engineers and clinician investigators at University College Cork and affiliated hospitals to deliver high-impact, transformational, next generation medicines and medical technologies.

It leverages the expertise and infrastructure across multiple Schools in UCC’s College of Medicine & Health, in addition to UCC Research Centres and Institutes including APC Microbiome Ireland and our flagship Tyndall National Institute.   This unique translational environment will become a magnet for small & medium enterprise and multi-national corporation investment in the region particularly across the biopharma, healthcare and medtech sectors. 

UCC Futures - Future Medicines is creating step-change advancements in earlier detection, faster prognosis and targeted treatments to reduce the global health burden and improve quality-of-life for patients with chronic conditions, such as cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, and inflammatory diseases. 

UCC wishes to appoint a Chair and Professor in Advanced Pharmacotherapy (Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine with a secondary affiliation to School of Pharmacy). The post-holder will provide academic leadership in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at UCC. The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of scholarly achievement and research leadership and will lead the continued growth and development of collaborative, funded research programmes in Pharmacology in a translational research environment. This includes the process of discovery of mechanisms of action of next generation medicines in an environment of predictive diagnosis and the development of precision therapeutics agents in a collaborative setting. The post-holder will make a substantial contribution to the continuous development and delivery of UCC’s Masters and PhD programmes in Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Through excellent leadership, the post-holder will continuously develop a world-class collaborative and high-impact postgraduate research programme in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, training future leaders, positioning UCC as an international leader in advanced pharmacotherapy.

Applications are particularly welcome from candidates with expertise in translational pharmacology or those with interests in one or more of the following thematic areas in Future medicines: 

  • Predictive diagnostics
  • Precision therapeutics.
  • Next generation pharmacotherapy.

Informal queries about this post can be made in confidence to: Professor David Kerins, Professor of Therapeutics d.kerins@ucc.ie

Appointment may be made on the Professor Salary Scale: €129,708 - €163,981 (Scale B) / €123,223 - €158,354 (Scale A)

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal

Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to mailto:uccfuturesrecruitment@ucc.ie, quoting the job-title.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Thursday, 16th March 2023.

No late applications will be accepted.

University College Cork is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage you to reach out to us directly should you require assistance or reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

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