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Department Pathology Lab Med - Clinical - 413802 Posting Open Date 01/26/2026 Application Deadline Open Until Filled Yes Position Type Permanent Faculty Working Title Academic Clinical Immunologist Appointment Type Faculty Vacancy ID FAC0005798 Full-time/Part-time Full-Time Permanent Hours per week 40 FTE 1 Position Location North Carolina, US Hiring Range Proposed Start Date 07/01/2026
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Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.
Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
Position Summary
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, is seeking to recruit an academically-oriented Clinical Histocompatibility Laboratory Director for a tenure-track/tenured, fixed-term, or variable track position at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. The faculty member will serve roles in the Histocompatibility Laboratory of UNC Hospitals. Clinical duties include review and sign off of test results, quality control/assurance data, test development/validation and provision of consultative services including on-call coverage. This position will offer exceptional opportunities for translational research through strong interdisciplinary research teams and excellent research core facilities. Excellent teaching opportunities are also available.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
The candidate must have a PhD, MD, or MD/PhD. Postdoctoral fellowship training in Clinical Histocompatibility (ASHI approved) is required. The candidate must be board-certified or board eligible in Medical Laboratory Immunology (ABMLI or DMLI), and/or Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ACHI) and eligible to obtain clinical privileges at UNC Hospitals. Experience in histocompatibility testing (solid organ,hematopoietic cell transplant and HLA testing for other purposes) is required.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience in clinical molecular genetic testing, especially next generation sequencing for infectious disease, and immune disorders as well as serologic testing for infectious, allergic and autoimmune disease is highly desirable.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
Special Instructions
Please upload a Summary of Career Goals for the required Other Document. Please include the names and contact information for four references for the required List of References.
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Department Contact Information
Department Contact Name and Title John Schmitz, Chair of the Search Committee Department Contact Telephone or Email john.schmitz@unchealth.unc.edu Academic Personnel Office Contact Information
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