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Job title: Postdoctoral Scholar – Teaching Fellow

Company: University of Southern California

Job description: School: Keck School of Medicine

Department: Integrative Anatomical Sciences

Position: Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow

The Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences is searching for a Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow to begin August 1, 2023 or soon thereafter. Teaching responsibilities will involve the medical school’s gross anatomy course with full cadaver dissection and an undergraduate-level anatomy course with cadaver prosections; both courses are team-taught with other departmental faculty and postdoctoral teaching fellows. Teaching utilizes our newly-renovated gross anatomy lab, featuring traditional dissection and extensive computer-based technologies.

While the successful applicant will demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching, the department is also interested in recruiting individuals with a strong commitment to research in some area of the anatomical sciences, ideally evolutionary and functional morphology. There are ample opportunities for collaboration within the department, whose faculty have a strong focus on evolutionary and functional morphology of mammals (Drs. Kristian Carlson, Adam Huttenlocker, Addison Kemp, Kristi Lewton, Craig McGowan, Biren Patel, and Erik Seiffert), as well as with basic sciences and clinical faculty throughout the Keck School of Medicine, the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, and others. Information about the department is at .

This is a 2-year position, potentially renewable for a third year with permission of the department chair. The fellow will receive a salary and benefits commensurate with training and experience.

The annual base salary range for this position is $62,400-$75,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

For questions, please contact Dr. Biren Patel: .

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. degree (ABD applicants will also be considered).
• Prior experience teaching cadaveric human gross anatomy.
• Research interests in some area of the anatomical sciences, ideally evolutionary morphology.

To apply, submit the following:

• Cover letter.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Statement of teaching experience.
• Summary of research/scholarly interests and accomplishments.
• Contact information for 3 professional references including e-mail addresses. Reference letters are not required at this time.

The full application must be submitted electronically online through USC’s Employee Recruitment Services at . In addition to the formal online submission process, applicants should send a copy of their submitted application materials (as a single PDF document) directed to Dr. Biren Patel, USC Postdoctoral Search Committee, at .

Ph.D. MD and or equivalent degree

ABD applicants will also be considered

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the ordinance. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at . Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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Expected salary: $62400 – 75000 per year

Location: USA

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