Assistant/Associate Professor 
Gene Therapy Program 
LSU Health Sciences Center 

The Gene Therapy Program at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans, LA invites applications for a tenure track Faculty position at the level of Associate Professor or Assistant Professor. Applicants must hold a PhD and/or an MD degree. The position would suit an individual with interest in gene delivery and/or vaccination for modulation or prophylaxis of infectious or neoplastic disease, areas of current strength within the Program. We are particularly interested in candidates who have demonstrated translational research capacity and intramural funding is available to support developmental and ongoing translational studies. Current external funding held by Program members exceeds $23 million, mostly from the National Institutes of Health, and includes Federal and State P01 awards. The Program was founded in 2000 and is partnered with Tulane University Health Sciences Center and LSU-Shreveport in the State-funded Louisiana Gene Therapy Research Consortium (LGTRC).   The Program and is located in the new Clinical Sciences Research Building at LSUHSC in space adjacent to the Stanley Scott Cancer Center. The Program currently has seven faculty members, several adjunct faculty, funds three state of the art core facilities in morphology & imaging, microarray & bio-informatics and vector development, and oversees a BSL-3 facility.   State of the art immunology and proteomics cores have also been developed at LSUHSC. Through the LGTRC, we will have direct access to wet lab space in the New Orleans BioInnovation Center and a Good Manufacturing Practice Facility currently under construction that will facilitate the development of clinical trials arising from Program research.

Applicants should send an email including CV to Dr Alistair Ramsay, Program Director care of: slaure@lsuhsc.edu LSUHSC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.