The Visible Heart® Laboratory, within the Institute for Engineering in Medicine, Medical School at the University of Minnesota, seeks one outstanding scientist-educator with excellent leadership qualities to serve as an Assistant professor. Our labâ™s translational research areas include: medical device development and testing, multi-modal cardiac imaging, pathophysiology, and novel heart/organ preservation methodologies.
This individual is expected to be strongly committed to interprofessional, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research in this intensively hands-on, active-learning, research environment.
The Position: The Assistant Professor will hold a faculty appointment in the Department of Surgery (Medical school). This is an Academic Track faculty position.
Duties/Responsibilities: The Assistant Professor is responsible for working closely with other faculty within the VHL.
The position includes, but is not limited to, the following: ⢠Mentor trainees including graduate and undergraduate students. ⢠Continue to offer programs that help students to gain entrepreneurial mindsets, solve complex problems, and launch new ventures. ⢠Develop new research opportunities that relate to the VHL core mission. ⢠Develop outreach strategies related to program communications, development, partnerships, and fundraising. ⢠Identify and pursue new sponsored research opportunities from industry, government, and foundations. ⢠Foster existing collaboration with Stratasys and enhance outreach education and training opportunities pertaining to 3D printing ⢠Administrative leadership duties pertaining to 3D printing and mixed reality reaching
Leadership Transition: The current director, Dr. Paul Iaizzo, will continue to recruit and hire the next Visible Heart® Laboratories director. When that position is in place, he will assume the title of Senior Advisor to the VHL. Dr. Iaizzo will continue as principal investigator for the long-standing Medtronic-VHL research contract with the new director serving as a co-principal investigator. Dr. Iaizzo will also continue to mentor and advise graduate and undergraduate students. After the transition period (the length of which is to be determined) comes to an end, the director will assume the role of principal investigator for the Medtronic-VHL research contract.
The University of Minnesota values and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. For this position, we welcome and encourage applications from a diverse community and particularly from persons in groups that are underrepresented in medicine and engineering. We further welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to the Universityâ™s commitment to diversity and excellence
Qualifications: Required Qualifications: ⢠A PhD degree in Engineering ⢠Proven teaching experience ⢠Expertise in human physiology, anatomy, or biomedical or mechanical engineering field. ⢠Experience in medical device development ⢠Experience in 3D printing and virtual reality training ⢠Experience in tissue biomechanics ⢠Experience in mentoring students ⢠Ability to communicate and collaborate with engineering and clinical faculty, academic administrators, and with partners from industry. Preferred Qualifications: ⢠A refereed journal publication record, proven teaching experience, and recognition for research ⢠Knowledge and experience with hands-on, active-learning, cardiovascular research environment ⢠Experience with large animal preclinical research
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