Director, Emory Immunology and Vaccine Institute
Lead the Emory Immunology & Vaccine Institute as a tenured senior faculty member and director.
Best for:Best for established senior immunologists and translational researchers with extensive leadership experience in academic research centers.
Overview
Emory University seeks a visionary scientific leader to serve as the Director of the Emory Immunology & Vaccine Institute (EIVI). Reporting to the EVP for Health Affairs and Chief Scientific Officer, the successful candidate will provide strategic, administrative, and scientific oversight for the institute's research programs, core facilities, and clinical trial infrastructure. This tenured senior faculty appointment involves expanding interdisciplinary team science, mentoring faculty, managing operating budgets, and driving translational research from basic discoveries to clinical trials. The role offers a hybrid work arrangement requiring residency in Georgia.
What you'll do
- Define and execute a long-term strategic vision for the Emory Immunology & Vaccine Institute (EIVI).
- Lead and expand an interdisciplinary team science environment connecting basic scientists, translational investigators, and clinicians.
- Oversee major research domains including T and B cell immunity, innate immunity, viral immune-pathogenesis, and vaccine discovery.
- Direct the administrative and scientific operation of key shared resources such as Immunology, Flow Cytometry, Virology, and Non-Human Primate Cores.
- Provide strategic leadership to clinical research infrastructure like the Hope Clinic for phase I-III clinical trials.
- Recruit, mentor, and support junior and mid-career faculty and principal investigators.
- Manage the EIVI operating budget and cultivate external funding through NIH grants, foundation awards, industry sponsorships, and philanthropy.
Requirements
Degree required: Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D. in Immunology, Virology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, or a closely related biomedical field.
Language: English
Instruction: English
Publications: An established record of impactful peer-reviewed scholarship
- Established record of impactful peer-reviewed scholarship
- Sustained success in securing NIH/RO1, foundation, or equivalent competitive research funding
- Demonstrated success in leading a major academic unit, institute, department, or large-scale research center
- Expertise in immunology, vaccinology, or translational biomedical research
- Eligible for appointment as a full Professor with tenure at the Emory University School of Medicine
- Must maintain residency in the state of Georgia
Funding & terms
How to apply
Submit application materials through the Emory University career portal as required by the hiring institution.
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