Academic Clinical Microbiologist and Director, Open Rank
Company: Rutgers University
Location: Newark
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Posting Summary The Department of Pathology, Immunology, and
Laboratory Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School invites
applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor, or Professor level in the Section of
Microbiology in the Division of Clinical Pathology. The section is
responsible for the performance of microbiology pathology
laboratory services at University Hospital—the school’s 519-bed
tertiary care core teaching hospital. The primary responsibility of
the medical microbiologist is the technical and scientific
oversight of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at University
Hospital as well as point-of-care and rapid infectious disease
diagnostic tests located within other areas of the hospital. This
individual will provide leadership for staff, will plan, organize,
and direct the activities of the laboratory with the assistance of
managers, supervisors, and senior technologists, and will serve as
a subject matter expert and consultant, closely collaborating with
physicians and other health care providers. The director will
participate in training pathology residents, infectious disease
fellows, and medical students. The Director will have
responsibility for providing clinical microbiology direction to the
University Hospital clinical microbiology laboratory, including
laboratory oversight, test validation, and maintenance of College
of American Pathologists accreditation of the section; experience
in a CAP -accredited laboratory is desirable. Molecular
microbiology knowledge is also desirable. A strong academic
orientation is favorable, including evidence of scholarly
achievement and proposals or current funding for translational
research projects.
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