University Professor (m/f/d) Salary grade W2 For Experimental Uro-oncology Universität Augsburg

On December 1, 2016, the University of Augsburg founded a Faculty of Medicine that pursues an internationally attractive and interdisciplinary scientific profile with the two main research areas "Medical Information Sciences" (MIS) and "Environmental Health Sciences" (EHS) and the clinical profile centers Vascular Medicine, Tumor Medicine and Allergology. Since winter term 2019/2020, it offers the first model study program in Bavaria.

Augsburg University Hospital offers almost all medical specialties for the approximately two million inhabitants of the administrative district of Swabia.
The Clinic for Urology covers the entire spectrum of urological services with a focus on uro-oncology, including surgical treatment and systemic therapy.
The Comprehensive Cancer Center Augsburg (CCCA) is part of the CCC WERA Alliance of the Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Würzburg, Erlangen, Regensburg, and Augsburg. This alliance has the status of a Top Oncology Center of the Deutsche Krebshilfe and is part of the WERA site of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT). The Augsburg site is also part of the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BZKF).

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg is seeking to make the following appointment at the earliest possible starting date.

University Professor (m/f/d)
Salary grade W2
For Experimental Uro-oncology

The appointment is as a tenured public servant.

The professorship involves establishing and managing the Laboratory for Experimental Uro-Oncology at the Department of Urology. Applicants are therefore expected to have an independent scientific profile combined with a high level of expertise in the field of experimental research on solid tumors, with a focus on translatability into uro-oncology. The establishment of this new research area at the Medical Faculty of Augsburg offers the successful candidate unique opportunities to further develop their own research profile. Methodological focus should be in the field of proteogenomics and/or immuno-oncology. Experience in the application of preclinical models for predicting therapeutic response or resistance (e.g., research on organoids) and in the field of liquid biopsy is an advantage. The application should demonstrate how the candidate's work ties in with the existing research priorities of the Institute for Theoretical Medicine (ITM) and/or one or both of the faculty's overarching research priorities, MIS and EHS. Experience in development situations and in leading your own research team is an advantage.

The University of Augsburg is seeking to recruit a distinguished, visible research personality with leadership and networking skills who has a proven track record of excellent research achievements in the advertised field and excellent networking skills in national and international committees, professional associations, and study groups in the field. Important selection criteria include the ability and willingness to work in an interdisciplinary manner in research networks, high-level publications, and the ability to attract competitive third-party funding. Participation in the acquisition of collaborative research projects is an advantage. Due to the position holder's involvement in medical education, a particular commitment and broad experience in modern competence-based teaching, including the use of blended learning formats, are desirable and should be reflected in a specific teaching concept. Proof of a teaching qualification is desirable.

Recruitment requirements for the professorship are a completed degree in human medicine or natural sciences and several years of work as a scientist. In addition, pedagogical aptitude, proven teaching experience, special aptitude for scientific work, which is usually demonstrated by a doctorate, as well as the habilitation or proof of equivalent scientifically relevant achievements in the advertised subject area which may also have been achieved in the context of a junior professorship or outside academia, are required. Leadership of a junior research group is considered an equivalent academic achievement under the conditions specified in Art. 98 Para 10 Sentence 5 BayHIG.

Appointment as a public servant can only take place so long as one is not over 52 years of age. Otherwise, employment is possible within the framework of an employment contract under private law.

The University of Augsburg aims to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages female academics to apply. For further questions regarding equal opportunity, please contact the faculty’s representative for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts at: https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/organisation/vertretung/frauenbeauftragte/

The position is suitable for severely disabled persons. Severely disabled applicants will be given preference in the case of otherwise equal suitability, qualifications, and professional performance.

For this purpose, please have the usual documents ready (curriculum vitae, description of your own professional and scientific career and, resulting from this, a teaching and research concept for the development of the advertised professorship in the context of Augsburg's research profile, list of publications, description of third-party funding, certificates, doctoral certificate, if applicable, specialist certificate, habilitation certificate, appointment certificates, list of academic courses).

For the application, please use exclusively our appointment portal at the address: https://berufungsportal.med.uni-augsburg.de/.

Application deadline is
For general questions regarding the application, please contact the Dean Prof. Dr. Martina Kadmon (berufung@med.uni-augsburg.de).

Please note that the authoritative version of this advertisement is the German one.