TU Dresden, Germany has an opening for a full professorship in bioinformatics with a focus on medical applications and statistics. Deadline is 10 Oct 2008. For details please contact Prof. Dr. Evelin Schröck.


Technische Universität Dresden

Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus

Institut für Klinische Genetik

Prof. Dr. med. Evelin Schröck

Tel.:          0351-458 5136 (Sekr. Frau R. Großmann)

Fax:          0351-458 6337

Email:       evelin [dot] schrock [at] tu-dresden [dot] de

Website:   http://tu-dresden.de/med/kge




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The Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universität Dresden invites applications for a full W3-Professorship position for Medical Biometrics and Statistics. The successful candidate will be appointed as Head of the Institute of Medical Informatics and Biometrics. The appointee will be expected to demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities. She/He will be responsible for establishing an original research programme and for teaching medical and postgraduate students.
Selection criteria include excellent research results and relevant scientific publications as well as a successful track record in securing independent funding. Particular emphasis should be placed on the key area of bioinformatics in close collaboration with existing biomedical and translational research efforts on campus. Candidates are required to demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching. An active contribution to the restructuring of the Public Health Program will be expected. She/He will collaborate closely with the Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCC), the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials (KKS) and the Computing Center (MRZ). Applicants must hold a MD and/or PhD, habilitation or equivalent qualification based on a university degree in bioinformatics, medicine or a closely related field and should provide evidence of their teaching skills (employment requirements are described in paragraph 40 Sächsisches Hochschulgesetz, 1999). The Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Technische Universitat Dresden wishes to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and strongly encourages qualified female candidates to apply.
Priority will be given to physically disabled persons with equivalent qualifications. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificates, a full publication list, a short research proposal, a description of past and present externally funded research projects and a list of educational activities before October loth, 2008 , to the Deakn der Medizinischen Fakultät Carl gustav Carus der Technischen Universität Dresden, Herrn Prof. Dr. med. H. Reichmann, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden.