Open Rank Faculty Position

The Department of Biological Chemistry, a basic science department within the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (DGSOM), is seeking applicants with a PhD and/or MD degree (or equivalent) for an open rank, tenure-track/tenured faculty position in any broadly-defined area of biochemistry, molecular, cell, developmental, neuro or cancer biology. Applicants should have an excellent record of creative research accomplishments. The new faculty member will benefit from the stimulating and supportive environment of outstanding colleagues across the UCLA campus and from opportunities for collaborations within and across disciplines. The new faculty member will be expected to develop an innovative research program addressing fundamental biological questions and to contribute to departmental teaching and service.

The deadline for submission of applications is November 9, 2026. Applicants should submit a full curriculum vitae, a description of their research plan (3-page limit excluding references), statement on teaching, and contact information for three references at JPF11308. For those applying at the Assistant Professor level, references will then be contacted with instructions for submitting a letter of reference. Application materials may be circulated to stakeholders outside the search committee for further evaluation.

Finalists will be invited to interview onsite during a symposium scheduled for February 18-19, 2027.

All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct.

The University of California seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning. The position is state-supported with a guaranteed salary base, outstanding fringe benefits, and substantial start-up funds.

The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what's right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read about this important DGSOM program at Medical School | Cultural North Star | UCLA Medical School

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists' current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to Release Information" into UC Recruit as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

Doctorate or medical degree or equivalent

Candidates must have a doctorate or medical degree in biomedical or related scientific fields or equivalent degree.

Position title: Assistant Professor

Please submit three recommendation letters with application.

• 2-3 letters of reference required

Please submit three letters of recommendation with application.

Position title: Associate Professor

Professor

Please submit the names and contact information for three references with application.

• 3 required (contact information only)

Please submit names and contact information for three references with application.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
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