The Department of Pathobiology at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.
The Department of Pathobiology at the University of Guelph invites applications and nominations for a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Animal Disease Bioinformatics. The appointment will be tenure-track at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Tier 2 Chairs are awarded for a five-year term and can be renewed once. For more details, visit the CRC program. This position will form part of a One Health cluster of researchers at the University of Guelph) working in an interdisciplinary manner at the interface of animal, human, and environmental health.
The Department of Pathobiology has recognized strengths in immunology, microbiology, veterinary infectious diseases, and mammalian and comparative pathology. The Department, together with the Animal Health Laboratory, has a new state-of-the-art 13,000 square meter building housing well-equipped modern research and diagnostic laboratories. The College has a large veterinary teaching hospital (Health Sciences Centre), the Animal Cancer Centre and the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. In addition, researchers have access to nearby research stations suitable for conducting studies in a variety of domestic animals and on-campus housing for laboratory animals.
The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of approximately 130,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of about 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across over 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: To Improve Life. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our University community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues.
Exceptional emerging scholars, with the potential to become world leaders in a field related to Animal Disease Bioinformatics, are invited to apply. The successful candidate will have a PhD and post-doctoral training in a discipline related to animal health and disease research. Expertise and experience in applications of big data (including but not limited to transcriptomics, genomics, proteomics, epigenomics and metabolomics) to delineate disease processes in animals, especially those caused by infectious agents, is expected. Holding a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or another health professional degree will be an asset
Eligibility for a Tier 2 Chair requires that applicants are exceptional emerging scholars and have fewer than 10 years from earning their highest degree in their field at the time of nomination. Nonetheless, applicants who are more than 10 years from having earned their highest degree, due to career breaks such as parental or extended sick leave, clinical training, or other circumstances, may have their eligibility assessed through the program’s Tier 2 justification process. For more information please contact Ailsa Kay, Manager, Strategic Research Programs at ailsakay@uoguelph.ca . Please consult the Canada Research Chairs website for full program information, including details on eligibility.
Assessment of applications will begin on December 14, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants should submit the following materials (preferably as a single PDF file): (1) a cover letter; (2) a curriculum vitae; 3) a Quality of Nominee statement (max 1 page) and Description of Proposed Research Program (max 6 pages, not including 100 word Executive Summary) as per CRC guidelines(detailed instructions here); (4) a one page summary of how your proposed research program differs from that of the labs you are or have trained in (5) names and contact information of three references. Applications should be sent to the attention of:
Brandon Lillie
Associate Professor and Chair
Pathobiology
Ontario Veterinary College
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Email: blillie@uoguelph.ca
At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University of Guelph is committed to an Employment Equity Program that includes special measures to address the underrepresentation of individuals from four designated groups (women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, and members of visible minorities/racialized groups) within its allocation of Canada Research Chairs. The university especially seeks and prioritizes applications from qualified applicants from these four groups. We encourage applicants to self-identify within their cover letter in their application and through the confidential Applicant Tracking Questionnaire. To be considered a priority applicant, self-identification data must be provided. Learn more about the University’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan for the CRC Program. Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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