Faculty Positions - HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center

The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health. The Wistar Institute is seeking outstanding candidates for faculty positions at the Assistant and Associate Professor level in the Wistar HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center. Areas of particularly high interest include a focus on molecular virology of integrated provirus, AI/bioinformatics approaches to viral escape, studies on sex/co-morbidities or aging as determinants to viral persistence, and immunotherapy. Candidates with research focuses using novel tools and approaches for target identification/validation, pathogenesis, approaches in humanized mice or other novel animal models, in vivo screening systems, CRISPR-Cas/editing, single cell and immune profiling approaches are encouraged to apply.   Applicants who have established strong publication track records and a trajectory toward or established independent research supported by extramural funding are of high priority.  The successful candidates will be expected to pursue extramurally-funded competitive research programs with a primary focus on basic and/or translational studies in the context of HIV Cure and Viral Diseases.   The Wistar Institute is an exceptional institute for advancing a career in research.  It is among the most accomplished U.S. institutes in the area of translational vaccine/biologic research. The Wistar Institute is the nation’s first independent biomedical research Institute with long-standing NCI Cancer Center designation. It has a strong technology transfer focus for biomedical research. The Institute offers a highly competitive start-up package in addition to an outstanding and interactive collaborative research environment. The Institute offers a state-of-the-art vivarium and access to outstanding core facilities in proteomics and metabolomics, genomics, microscopy, high-throughput molecular screening, spatial transcriptomics, medicinal chemistry, bioinformatics, and flow cytometry, humanized mouse models, among others. The Institute’s location adjacent to the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Drexel University, provides for a wonderful work and living environment for vigorous academic and clinical collaborations.  Wistar is a very attractive destination for training opportunities for undergraduate, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Applications will be reviewed as received and will be accepted until the positions are filled. To ensure timely consideration, applications will be reviewed using a rolling format. The application should include: a curriculum vitae, a summary of past and future research interests (no more than 3 pages), and history of accomplishments, talks and research funding support (as applicable). Applications (submitted as a single PDF) should be sent by e-mail to: Maria Colelli, Faculty Search Coordinator, (mcolelli@wistar.org), The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. For more information about The Wistar Institute please visit our website at www.wistar.org.