Career Opportunities in Genetics

The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics offers a highly collegial and interdisciplinary environment that spans clinical medicine and basic research.

As the nation’s largest medical school, IU School of Medicine is committed to being an institution that not only reflects the diversity of the learners we teach and the patient populations we serve, but also pursues the values of diversity, equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We desire candidates who enhance our representational diversity, as well as those whose work contributes to equitable and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. IU School of Medicine strives to take an anti-racist stance, regularly evaluating and updating its policies, procedures, and practices to confer equitable opportunities for contribution and advancement for all members of our community. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to advance racial equity to transform health and wellbeing for all throughout the state of Indiana.

Indiana University is an EEO/AA employer, M/F/D/V. The university and IU School of Medicine encourage applications from women and other underrepresented groups. In addition, it is the university’s policy to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities.

Open Positions

The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics is seeking applicants at the assistant, associate or professor level with expertise in genetic counseling, in particular within the area of metabolism.

The department provides comprehensive services for children and adults with genetic disorders and provides care as part of multi-disciplinary teams. This position will include clinical care, academic responsibilities and education. The applicant must be board certified in genetic counseling and be eligible for licensure in the State of Indiana. The applicant must have at least five years of experience in genetic counseling and experience in newborn screening care coordination. A publication and funding track record, including with the state health board, is preferred.

The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics offers a highly collegial and interdisciplinary environment that spans clinical medicine and basic research.

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The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics is seeking a clinical geneticist in an academic track at the assistant, associate or professor level.

The desired candidate will hold an MD and have expertise in clinical genetics in the treatment of both children and adults with genetic disorders. ABMGG board certification or board eligibility is required. The successful candidate will be expected to perform scholarly activities and demonstrate academic productivity. The individual will also contribute to the teaching mission including genetic counseling students, graduate students, medical students, and clinical genetic residents.

Clinical track faculty are responsible for the teaching and service mission of the school.

Service: The primary responsibility of this position is clinical service in medical genetics. Clinical providers within the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics include 14 medical geneticists and ~30 clinical genetic counselors. Physicians with a broad background in medical genetics are sought to continue the expansion of our service. Interest in skeletal dysplasia, adult or pediatric cancer genetics, adult genetics or genomics is advantageous but not required.

Teaching: This position will also contribute to the teaching mission including genetic counseling students, graduate students, medical students, and clinical genetic residents.

Research: The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics is involved in clinical trials and registries particularly in the areas of inborn errors of metabolism, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and cardiovascular genetics. Participation in clinical trials is not required but may be considered depending on applicant background.

Services are provided at IU Health University and Methodist Hospitals as well as Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health. Outpatient services are in the Pediatric Care Center and Simon Cancer Center. Additional information about the department may be found on our website.

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The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics is seeking applicants at the assistant, associate or senior scientist level.

This is a scientist track non tenure position.

The successful candidates must have a PhD degree in computational biology, bioinformatics, quantitative genetics, molecular biology and genomics, or other related research area and more than two years of postdoctoral fellowship training. The candidate must have expertise in large datasets, developing analysis pipelines, omics analyses, the ability to program and use command line tools, machine learning approaches and data visualization tools. Expertise in developing statistical models as well as a firm foundation in biological research are strongly preferred. The candidate will have overall responsibility for designing, executing and/or supervising the bioinformatics projects for the laboratory. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are essential. The candidate needs to be able to mentor graduate students and technicians and collaborate with diverse laboratory personnel without bioinformatics skills. It is highly desirable for the holders of this position to develop research projects with strong potential for long-term NIH funding and to have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with others.

The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics offers a highly collegial and interdisciplinary environment that spans clinical medicine and basic research.

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The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics is seeking an assistant/associate/full professor of medical and molecular genetics.

This is a tenure track position.

The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine is recruiting. The faculty member will be appointed as an assistant, associate, or full professor (with tenure or on the tenure track depending upon qualifications). The successful candidate must have either a PhD or MD degree and have expertise in molecular mechanisms of disease. The department is particularly interested in candidates performing basic or translational research to address fundamental mechanisms of human genetic disease, develop functional genomic or therapeutic approaches, and/or use computational and bioinformatic approaches for genetic discovery and phenotypic delineation. The candidate must be able to mentor medical students, graduate students, residents and/or fellows in basic research. It is highly desirable for the holder of this position to have secured long-term NIH funding, and to have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with others.

The Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics offers a highly collegial and interdisciplinary environment that spans clinical medicine and basic research.

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