University Professor (m/f/d) Salary grade W2 for the Research of environment-related Mechanisms of Action on Health (Exposom-Research)

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg is a young medical faculty with two main research areas "Environmental Health Sciences" (EHS) and "Medical Information Sciences" (MIS) as well as clinical profile centers in Vascular Medicine, Tumor Medicine and Allergology. Thus, it focuses on an aspiring and future-oriented, internationally attractive and interdisciplinary scientific profile. The undergraduate training pursues a modern, competence-oriented approach with the first model medical programme in Bavaria to secure healthcare in the future. Augsburg University Hospital offers almost all medical specialities for the approximately two million inhabitants of the administrative district of Swabia. As the only maximum provider of health care, the university hospital treats a large number of patients with an exceptionally broad spectrum of diseases in the outpatient and inpatient sector. This enables the establishment of structured patient registers and environment-focused care research with the development of disease-specific early warning systems. 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 the Research of environment-related Mechanisms of
Action on Health (Exposom-Research)

The appointment is as a tenured public servant. The professorship is associated with the further development of the research focus EHS at the Faculty of Medicine. An integration into the Center for Climate Resilience at the University of Augsburg is aspired. The applicant (m/f/d) should excel in the systematic investigation of mechanisms of action between multi-exposures and observed endogenous biological processes and responses, especially in the field of non-communicable, environmentally related diseases. Special attention will be given to diseases that are increasing in the context of climate change, such as cardiovascular diseases, lower and upper respiratory diseases like rhinitis and asthma, and type I allergies in general. Expertise in bioinformatics/biostatistics and/or exposure studies is an advantage. The University of Augsburg would like to attract an outstanding and internationally visible personality with leadership skills who can represent the field of exposome research in research-based teaching and who has an independent scientific profile and excellent research achievements in the advertised field. Candidates should have successfully raised external funding for research projects and should have experience in contributing service at the department and university levels. The ability and willingness to work interdisciplinarily in research networks as well as the ability to acquire competitive third-party funding, also in the context of group applications, is a prerequisite. Special commitment and broad experience in modern competence-based teaching are required; proof of a didactic qualification is desirable. Recruitment requirements for the professorship are a completed relevant university degree related to environment and health, public health or life sciences. In addition, pedagogical aptitude, proven teaching experience in the advertised subject area, 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:
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. Please have the usual documents ready (curriculum vitae, description of your own professional and scientific career, list of publications, description of third-party funding, transcripts, doctoral certificate, if applicable, specialist certificate, habilitation certificate, appointment certificates, list of academic courses). Please draft a research and teaching concept with a specific reference to existing structures and focal points at the Augsburg site, addressing in particular your integration into the research focus EHS. For the application, please use exclusively our appointment portal at the address: https://berufungsportal.med.uni-augsburg.de/ Application deadline is June 30^th, 2023. 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.