Faculty Position Cardiovascular Research Virginia Tech Patient Research Center

e successful candidate will preferably have both earned Ph.D.
degree and an additional advanced degree such as M.D., Pharm. D. or
D.V.M. and as well as have an active extramurally funded research
program that includes a human patient based clinical research
component while it may also include a more basic laboratory-based
research component. Applications from investigators using
innovative contemporary approaches to study human cardiovascular
function in health and disease with inclusion of clinical research
trials in their program are welcomed. The faculty member will join
44 other faculty led teams at the FBRI, including 10 cardiovascular
research teams. The primary responsibility for the position is to
lead a strong extramurally funded leading-edge research program in
cardiovascular science and will include some graduate teaching and
mentoring of reserch projects of graduate, medical and
undergraduate students.

The position will be located at the FBRI on Virginia Tech’s health
sciences and technology campus in Roanoke, Virginia, immediately
adjacent to the VTC School of Medicine and the Carilion Clinic and
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. There will be considerable
opportunities to collaborate with our clinical partners. In
addition to the position at the FBRI, the faculty member will also
have a tenured or tenure-track (as appropriate) appointment in a VT
department from among multiple colleges.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic and growing community
of scholars including scientists, physicians and
physician-scientists focused on next generation approaches to
cardiovascular research directed at having dramatic impacts on
understanding, prevention, diagnoses, and treatment of disorders
that impact cardiac function. Candidate whose research is
complementary to that of FBRI faculty in the reserch institute’s
Center for Vascular and Heart Research (
https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/research-centers/center-for-heart.html
) and who are likely to add strengths in areas to contribute to
major collaborative program funding are welcome to apply.

Research infrastructure at the FBRI currently includes over 300,000
square feet of lab, core facilities and office space ( http://fralinbiomed.info/buildingtour
). Facilities at the research institute include multiple human
subject research-dedicated 3.0T MRIs, high field MR guided PET and
MR-guided focused ultrasound for animal research, optically pumped
magnetometers (OPM-MEG) multiple cellular/molecular imaging
facilities including transcriptomics and genomics analysis in
addition to two human whole room calorimeters, DEXA facility and
metabolic kitchen.

Required Qualifications

The successful candidate will preferably have both earned Ph.D.
degree and an additional advanced degree such as M.D., Pharm. D. or
D.V.M. and as well as have an active extramurally funded research
program that includes a human patient based clinical research
component while it may also include a more basic laboratory-based
research component.

Preferred Qualifications

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Commensurate with experience

Hours per week

40+

Review Date

1/20/2026

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal
conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

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veterinary medicine college,
Graduate School , and
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in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous
Extension offices and
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