Faculty Positions

Position Title / Rank: Neuroscience, Tenure Track

Department: Biomedical Science

College: Ontario Veterinary College

Deadline: January 30, 2017

Position Description:

The Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), University of Guelph is seeking applications to fill a tenure-track faculty position in Neuroscience at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Applicants must have a PhD degree and must have a minimum of 2 years of postdoctoral experience. Preference will be given to applicants with a background in toxicological effects on nervous system function, however, outstanding researchers in any field of neuroscience will be considered. Applicants with an established record of success in research, teaching, including graduate or undergraduate student supervision, and evidence of effective communication and leadership skills are encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate will work in a collaborative atmosphere among faculty with a research focus in neuroscience, to provide research and teaching to the newly established Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. Teaching obligations will be to deliver both Neuroscience and Toxicology lectures to undergraduate and graduate students. Establishment of an independent research program consistent with the research goals of the Department and College is expected. They will independently acquire sufficient funds to support training of graduate students at the MSc and PhD level.

The Department of Biomedical Sciences is responsible for delivering professional and specialist undergraduate education, and research training, in four main interdisciplinary fields: Reproductive Biology and Development, the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease (with particular emphasis on Cardiovascular disease and Cancer), Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuroscience. In addition to courses in the DVM and BSc programs, the Department offers graduate course-based Masters, and thesis-based MSc and PhD programs in each of the departmental discipline fields.

Guelph is a vibrant community of approximately 118,000 people, located in Southern Ontario, 100 kilometers west of Toronto. For more comprehensive information about the city please refer to the city's web site at www.guelph.ca.

The University of Guelph has consistently been ranked one of the top comprehensive universities in Canada. It has been named Canada’s top comprehensive research institution in the annual Top 50 Research Universities ranking. A comprehensive university is one with a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Additional collaborative research opportunities are available at three medical schools in the region (University of Toronto, McMaster University, and the University of Western Ontario). In 2016, the Ontario Veterinary College was ranked number one in Canada and eighth worldwide, according to a global ranking of veterinary schools. Quacquarelli Symonds ranks universities by subject based on three different components: academic reputation, employer reputation and research citations per paper.

The deadline for applications will be March 17, 2017. Interested parties should contact Dr. Tarek Saleh, Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 email in confidence to: tsaleh@uoguelph.ca and provide a letter of application, current curriculum vitae and arrange for 3 letters of reference to be sent under separate cover.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Only successful applicants will be contacted for short-listing.

The University of Guelph acknowledge the Attawandaron people on whose traditional territory the University of Guelph resides and offer our respect to our Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Métis neighbours as we strive to strengthen our relationships with them.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

The University recognizes that applicants may have had obligations outside of work that have negatively impacted their record of achievements (e.g., parental, elder care, and/or medical). You are not required to disclose these obligations in the hiring process. If you choose to do so, the University will ensure that these obligations do not negatively impact the assessment of your qualifications for the position.

The University of Guelph resides on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron people and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and we offer our respect to our Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Métis neighbours as we strive to strengthen our relationships with them.

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion (https://uoguel.ph/ox2p9) is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution.

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