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University of South Carolina School of Medicine · 1 day ago

Chair, Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine is seeking a Chair for the Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology. This role involves providing strategic leadership to enhance the department's research, education, and service missions while fostering an inclusive environment.

Higher Education

Hiring Manager

Susan Herndon, GCDF

Responsibilities

Provide strategic vision and leadership to grow and strengthen the department’s research portfolio including basic, translational, immunologic, microbial, and pathobiology research activity

Develop and implement strategic initiatives to expand the department’s research portfolio and enhance its national prominence

Foster interdisciplinary collaboration across basic science, clinical departments, the NIH COBRE program, and associated centers to accelerate scientific discovery and clinical translation

Provide administrative oversight, including budgeting, strategic planning, program expansion, space allocation, and infrastructure development

Expand partnerships with state, national, and global research networks to expand funded training grants, interdisciplinary research teams, and programmatic growth

Promote translation of basic science insights into clinical impact, disease mechanism understanding, immunotherapy or host-pathogen interaction research, and population health benefit

Mentor and support faculty in securing extramural funding from NIH, NSF, and other federal and private sources

Maintain an active, externally-funded research program

Oversee core research facilities and infrastructure to support departmental research activities

Provide clinical administrative leadership where relevant, build a culture of shared governance, transparency, and research success

Promote excellence in education at every level:

Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) – leadership in curriculum delivery and content in pathology, microbiology, and immunology in medical student training

Graduate Programs (PhD and MS) – oversight and support for student research training, dissertation progression, funding competitiveness, faculty mentorship, and laboratory growth

Oversight of teaching participation and academic engagement in nurse anesthesia (CRNA), counselling and rehabilitation, genetic counseling and physician assistant (PA) graduate-level professional programs

This position will oversee the involvement of the PMI faculty in:

Teaching responsibilities in the undergraduate medical education (M1-M4 curriculum)

PhD program activities within the Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBS) program

Master’s degree programs, including the Applied Biotechnology program

Excellence in teaching and mentorship across all educational levels

Innovative curricula that integrate basic science with clinical applications

Faculty development in teaching and educational scholarship

Provide fiscal oversight and resource management for the department

Recruit, retain, and mentor outstanding faculty, staff, and trainees

Promote faculty advancement through tenure and promotion processes

Represent the department at the School, University, and national leadership forums while advocating for faculty, equity, inclusion, and trainee success

Build partnerships with clinical departments, industry, and community stakeholders

Oversee departmental operations, including space allocation and strategic planning

Provide administrative oversight, including budgeting, strategic planning, program expansion, space allocation, and infrastructure development

Lead departmental development initiatives, including philanthropy, donor engagement, and investment partnership opportunities to support growth in research, training, and innovation

Qualification

Research leadershipEducational leadershipAdministrative leadershipExtramural fundingInterdisciplinary collaborationStrategic planningCurriculum developmentFaculty recruitmentCommunity engagementMentorship

Required

Tenure-track leadership appointment in a basic science department

Strategic leadership to advance the department's mission in research, education, and service

Experience in growing and strengthening a research portfolio including basic, translational, immunologic, microbial, and pathobiology research activity

Ability to develop and implement strategic initiatives to expand the department's research portfolio

Experience fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across basic science and clinical departments

Administrative oversight experience including budgeting, strategic planning, program expansion, space allocation, and infrastructure development

Experience in expanding partnerships with state, national, and global research networks

Ability to promote translation of basic science insights into clinical impact

Mentoring and supporting faculty in securing extramural funding from NIH, NSF, and other sources

Maintaining an active, externally-funded research program

Overseeing core research facilities and infrastructure to support departmental research activities

Providing clinical administrative leadership where relevant

Leadership in curriculum delivery and content in pathology, microbiology, and immunology in medical student training

Oversight and support for student research training, dissertation progression, funding competitiveness, faculty mentorship, and laboratory growth in graduate programs

Oversight of teaching participation and academic engagement in nurse anesthesia, counseling and rehabilitation, genetic counseling, and physician assistant graduate-level professional programs

Fiscal oversight and resource management for the department

Recruiting, retaining, and mentoring outstanding faculty, staff, and trainees

Promoting faculty advancement through tenure and promotion processes

Representing the department at the School, University, and national leadership forums

Building partnerships with clinical departments, industry, and community stakeholders

Overseeing departmental operations including space allocation and strategic planning

Leading departmental development initiatives including philanthropy, donor engagement, and investment partnership opportunities