Assistant or Associate Professor - Anatomy

Touro University California invites applications for a full-time, 12-month (non-tenure track), benefits-eligible, Assistant or Associate Professor in the Department of Foundational Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, located on the Mare Island (Vallejo, CA) campus.

The Department of Foundational Biomedical Sciences includes four full-time anatomy faculty members and up to four predoctoral anatomy fellows. Anatomy faculty have active research programs in functional, clinical, and evolutionary morphology, biomechanics, and medical education.

TUC is committed to serving the community of learners we teach and the patient populations we serve. We especially welcome applications who are invested in community building, learner-centered instruction, and innovative teaching and learning that inform academic excellence. We desire candidates who are dedicated to our mission as well as those whose work contributes to fair and welcoming learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals to apply who are interested in joining us in our mission to advance opportunities in medicine and transform health and wellbeing for all.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong interest in medical education and training and have experience teaching dissection-based human gross anatomy. Teaching responsibilities will be centered on team-taught gross anatomy for the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and for the Master of Science in Medical Health Science (MSMHS) program in the COM, as well as helping to advance the educational mission of the Department and interdisciplinary educational initiatives in the COM and mentoring students in research including master's and DO students. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain a productive research program and actively seek intramural and extramural funding to support their research activities. The successful applicant is also expected to engage in service and leadership to the Department of Foundational Biomedical Sciences, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University, and the broader scientific and professional community.

Essential responsibilities of the position:

• Create and deliver engaging instructional content in human gross anatomy for the COM curriculum.
• Develop effective instructional tools, demonstrations and/or guided presentations.
• Incorporate evidence-based and innovative instructional methods to teaching and learning.
• Facilitate small and large group discussion.
• Design formative and summative assessments to evaluate student performance using a variety of methods.
• Serve as a module or course director as appropriate.
• Mentor and advise students to support their academic and professional development.
• Guide and supervise medical and master's students in research and scholarship.
• Participate in course development and planning of the curriculum.
• Promote an appropriate atmosphere for student education and be responsive to student needs.
• Engage in scholarly activity and research in the basic sciences, clinical sciences, or medical education.
• Participate in and contribute to essential service functions at the level of the department, college, and university.

• Ph.D in anatomy or a related discipline is required. The successful applicant must have defended their Ph.D. prior to the start date of the position.
• Preference may be given to candidates with substantial experience teaching cadaver dissection anatomy to medical students or to students in other health professions and/or research experience that complements the strengths of the anatomy team or Department of Foundational Biomedical Sciences.
• Additional experience in teaching clinically relevant embryology, imaging, and/or incorporating technology to augment learning is preferred but not required.

Core Competencies 

• Strong knowledge base in specialty area(s)
• A demonstrated ability and desire to teach
• Evidence of research productivity/promise
• Ability to work collaboratively
• Strong interpersonal skills and the enthusiasm and motivation to contribute to the growth and development of the Foundational Biomedical Sciences Department.