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Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Pediatrics

Faculty Careers

The Department of Pediatrics offers a vibrant, diverse workplace where each faculty member has opportunities to make meaningful contributions to medical education, research and clinical care as part of their own career goals and in fulfilling the institution’s core mission. With access to a large and diverse patient population, physician and scientist educators at IU School of Medicine are integral to preparing the next generation of healers and transforming health in Indiana and throughout the world.

Take a look at current openings available within the department of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine.

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Leadership Positions

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Pediatrics

Indiana University School of Medicine is announcing the search for a Vice Chair for Pediatric Education within the Department of Pediatrics. The Vice Chair for Pediatric Education position is an extraordinary opportunity for a visionary leader who will lead our efforts to promote excellence in teaching and educational scholarship within the Department of Pediatrics. This position centers on the academic mission of education/teaching, including leadership and guidance in supporting and directing educational programs and promoting and mentoring faculty whose focus is education.

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Postdoctoral Fellowships

A postdoctoral fellow position is available in the Felton lab for highly motivated and talented applicants who are interested in diabetes immunology research. Dr. Felton’s research focuses on understanding mechanisms of immune tolerance in type 1 diabetes in order to develop effective therapeutic interventions. We are specifically interested in interactions between immune cells and the islet microenvironment, the role B lymphocytes in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis, and identifying early biomarkers of disease using relevant in vitro and ex vivo models of mouse and human type 1 diabetes. This research makes extensive use of cell and molecular biology techniques and includes small animal (mouse) handling and dosing.

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The Asthma and Allergic Diseases Research Group has an immediate opening available for a highly motivated individual interested in development of dendritic cells and initiation of allergy early in life. Experimental approaches span molecular analysis of gene expression, cell signaling, mutant mouse models of allergic disease, and use of patient samples. Experience with mouse models of allergic disease, flow cytometry, molecular biology, dendritic cell culture, or high pressure liquid chromatography is preferred. Candidates with first author publications and good spoken and written English will be given priority. The candidate will be part of a multi-lab program with strengths in cytokine and inflammatory cell biology, airway physiology, and models of disease with access to appropriate patient samples for analysis.

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The Gene and Cell Therapy Program at Indiana University’s Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research is seeking to hire a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow with extensive training in one of the following areas: molecular biology, virology, immunology, and gene therapy. Projects include adeno-associated viral (AAV) gene transfer for the treatment of hemophilia or muscular dystrophy, cell therapies, and regulatory T cell engineering, immunology of gene therapy vectors, and tolerance-inducing drug therapies. Candidates should have a track record in life science research. The postdoctoral fellow will be asked to present their findings locally and at national meetings and are expected to generate manuscripts for publication in high-quality scientific journals.

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The Kua Lab focuses to understand mechanisms underlying Developmental Origin of Health and Adult Diseases, focusing on the following disease/organ system context: 1) Mechanisms contributing to islet dysfunction in offspring exposed to maternal obesity. 2) Mechanisms by which maternal obesity programs hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell function in offspring exposed to maternal obesity. 3) Human samples to predict onset of gestational diabetes during early gestation. The candidate will be primarily working within a collaborative environment in an NIH-funded diabetes center, and the Wells Center for Pediatric Research. There will be numerous collaborative projects.

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The Spaeth group, located at the Indiana University School of Medicine (Department of Pediatrics: https://jspaeth4.wixsite.com/spaethlab), is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the involvement of transcriptional coregulators in the development of endocrine cells and postnatal beta cells. Utilizing transgenic mouse models, the successful candidate will explore the molecular impact of specific coregulators on gene expression mechanisms through techniques such as RNA sequencing, ATAC sequencing, single-cell RNA sequencing, Cut&Run sequencing, and subsequent bioinformatics analyses. Notable recent publications from the lab include articles in Diabetes, Islets, and the Journal of Molecular Endocrinology.

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A postdoctoral fellow position (all levels) is immediately available in Dr. Tran’s lab for highly motivated and talented applicants who are interested in understanding the mechanisms of blood disorders and developing therapeutic approaches for such diseases. The successful candidate will perform research in the NIH-funded project aiming to understand the mechanism of Fanconi Anemia and develop gene therapy using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. This project will closely collaborate with Dr. Reuben Kapur, director of the Wells Center for Pediatric Research. 

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NIH supported Postdoctoral Fellow positions are available in Dr. Lei Yang’s Laboratory at the Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine. IU School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the United State. Salary compensation is at NIH scale. The successful candidate will also have access to the generous IU retirement benefit package. We are interested in exploring the novel functional dimensions of human long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in regulating human cardiovascular development, metabolism, function and disease. These new lncRNA functions include the broad interactions of lncRNAs with various proteins, lipids and microRNAs etc. Research platforms in the laboratory include human embryonic stem (ES) cells, patient-derived induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, mouse genetic models, and animal models of cardiomyopathy, heart failure and vascular disease. During past years, the lab has published in Nature Cell Biology, Developmental Cell, Development, Genome Biology, Nature Communications, Nature, etc.

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Tenure Track Faculty

The Pulmonary, Asthma and Allergy Group in the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis is accepting applications for tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank. We seek outstanding scientists complementing are group areas of interest in asthma and food allergy. Candidates conducting cutting-edge immunology research are encouraged to apply. Areas of specific interest include lung microbiome, cell function in allergic inflammation (including eosinophils, basophils, mast cells), and Lung development/ remodeling/epithelial function. Successful applicants are expected to have or obtain external grant support and participate in teaching and committees.

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The Pediatric Cardiac Developmental Biology Research group in the Herman B Wells Center at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis is accepting applications for tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank. Scientific focus should be on Cardiac development, congenital heart disease and/or IPS related cardiac models of differentiation/ cell regeneration. 

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The Department of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine is seeking an Assistant/Associate/Professor of Pediatrics with primary responsibilities in the Division of Children Health Services Research (CHSR). This position is ideal for a highly motivated clinician/researcher with a track record of research excellence. The expectation is to apply for funding to augment research support and gain a track record of successful applications. These are Full-Time Tenure-Track positions, both clinicians and non-clinicians are encouraged to apply.

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Research Track Faculty

The Katzenellenbogen laboratory is looking for an Assistant Research Professor to join our group. The overall goal of this research program is to understand how high-risk human papillomavirus infections dysregulate normal cellular pathways and programs to drive cancer development and progression. This position will include direct laboratory research, oversight of long-term research projects, and participation in scientific writing of manuscripts and grant proposals.

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The Assistant Research Professor will design, execute and manage research projects investigating the molecular mechanisms of muscular dystrophy and developing genome editing therapies for cardiovascular diseases in a foundational (basic) biological/health science research laboratory in the Department of Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research.

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The Katzenellenbogen laboratory is looking for an Assistant Research Professor to join our group. The overall goal of this research program is to understand how high-risk human papillomavirus infections dysregulate normal cellular pathways and programs to drive cancer development and progression. This position will include direct laboratory research, oversight of long-term research projects, and participation in scientific writing of manuscripts and grant proposals.

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The Pulmonary, Asthma and Allergy Group in the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Research Professor. We seek outstanding scientists complementing are group areas of interest in asthma and food allergy. Candidates conducting cutting-edge immunology research are encouraged to apply. Areas of specific interest include immunological regulation, cell signaling, lung microbiome, cell function in allergic inflammation (including eosinophils, basophils, mast cells), and Lung development/ remodeling/epithelial function.

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