Description
McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and within the lands protected by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement.
The Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine within the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, invites applications for a junior faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) category, for a 3-year period.
As the successful candidate, you will contribute to the Department's collegial and collaborative intellectual community as well as university-wide inclusive excellence goals and priorities. You will contribute to educational programs through teaching at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine’s Anatomy and Physiology Program and other Faculty of Health Sciences educational programs as required. Specifically, the successful candidate will be expected to teach medical foundations (MF) at the Niagara Regional Campus (NRC) as well as assist with Physician Assistant (PA) training on the Hamilton main campus.
As part of the application package, candidates should submit:
-a CV and teaching portfolio (providing evidence of their teaching excellence through summarizing their teaching interests, philosophy and relevant teaching experience)
-A 2-page statement outlining their research experience and/or intended research direction; candidates are invited to describe the impact that any career interruptions may have had on research, academic, and/or scholarly productivity, if applicable
-A statement on any contributions made or planned in relation to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion or inclusive excellence in teaching, research, or service within higher education, community-based or other professional settings.
-Please also include the names of at least three referees; letters of reference are not required and will not be reviewed at the application stage; the Department will request letters of recommendation from referees at later stages of the search process.
-Applicants are invited to apply online with all documents submitted to the McMaster University careers site, https://hr.mcmaster.ca/careers/current-opportunities/ Applicants will be accepted until the position has been filled.
* Please note that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted*
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. To comply with the Government of Canada's reporting requirements, the University must gather information about applicants' status as either Permanent Residents of Canada or Canadian citizens. Applicants need not identify their country of origin or current citizenship; however, all applications must include one of the following statements:
-Yes, I am a citizen or permanent resident of Canada
-No, I am not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada
Why McMaster?
McMaster University is home to some of the best minds and laboratories in the country. McMaster has a well-deserved reputation as a centre of discovery and innovation and is consistently ranked among Canada's top research-intensive universities. The Faculty of Health Sciences is unique as the only Canadian University that combines, in one Faculty, schools of medicine, nursing, rehabilitation sciences, midwifery programs, Bachelor of Health Sciences, physician assistant and postgraduate health sciences education. This is a specific initiative to train medical team members in a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to developing effective and efficient health care.
The Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine represents a unique integration of basic biomedical science and clinical medicine affiliated with the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program (HRLMP). Several of our Faculty hold prestigious research chairs and funding awards; it is an exciting and eventful period in medical research and education, and many in the Department are contributing to significant breakthroughs in their specific areas. Many of our Faculty are educators in the Bachelor of Health Sciences and Undergraduate Medicine program and our Postgraduate Training Programs in Laboratory Medicine are considered among the best in Canada. The successful applicant will join over 140 full-time/part-time faculty.
For more information on the Anatomy Division, visit https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/anatomy/.
Requirements
The successful applicant will hold a Ph.D. and/or MD. Two or more years of postdoctoral (or equivalent) teaching experience in human anatomy, including prior gross dissection experience, is preferred. The ideal candidate will have experience in research or other scholarly activities related to educational evaluation and innovation or, comparative and functional anatomy.
