The Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington (Seattle campus) invites applications for a 100% FTE, 12-month service period, faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor without tenure (WOT), with an anticipated start date of July 1^st, 2025.

The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation’s premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our faculty and staff not only enjoy outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The University of Washington School of Pharmacy is ranked nationally in the top schools of Pharmacy.  At the School of Pharmacy, we are committed to educating the next generation of leaders in pharmacy, pharmaceutical research, and health care – while seeking to ensure the safe, rational, and cost-effective use of medicines.

The Department of Pharmaceutics is internationally renowned for excellence in research and training in the areas of pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, drug transport and drug delivery. The Department consists of 13 full-time faculty and 17 affiliate, adjunct or emeritus faculty. At the start of the 2024-25 academic year, our graduate program includes 21 PhD and 12 MS students. The diverse community in the department also includes post-doctoral fellows, research scientists and administrative or fiscal staff. The vibrant research programs in the department are supported by over $12 million in annual research funding.

Duties and Responsibilities  

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Engage in research, teaching, mentorship, and service, and to develop a teaching portfolio that enhances the Department's teaching mission, including classroom instruction at the PharmD, graduate and undergraduate level.

• Support the educational mission of the Pharmaceutical Sciences through the development and implementation of innovative didactic and practical training programs that support the education and training of the next generation of researchers and educators. The candidate will serve as the lead instructor for the following courses:

1. PCEUT 531 Pharmaceutical Formulation: Principles and Dosage Forms (https://myplan.uw.edu/course/#/courses/PCEUT531)
2. PCEUT 540 Master's Thesis Workshop (https://myplan.uw.edu/course/#/courses/PCEUT540)

A full listing of the undergraduate, graduate and professional courses taught by the Department of Pharmaceutics faculty are available here: (https://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/pharmceu.html)

These instructional requirements will provide 50% of the candidate’s salary with the remainder of their support coming from other research and/or service-related activities

• Develop and/or maintain an externally funded, independent research/scholarship program, resulting in peer-reviewed publications and other scientific communications.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics, Medicinal Chemistry, Bioengineering, Pharmacology, or a related biomedical field from an accredited institution.
• At least 1 year of teaching and student mentoring experience at the undergraduate, graduate or professional degree level.
• Understanding of and/or potential for expertise in translational research in drug delivery, drug (small or large molecule) metabolism or transport, pharmacokinetics, systems pharmacology, pharmacometrics or pharmacogenomics. This understanding and/or potential may be gained through residency, fellowship, other postgraduate training or equivalent research experience, or demonstrated by sustained research productivity and publication.

Application Instructions

Please submit the following materials via Interfolio.

1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae
3. 500-word research summary; and
4. 500-word teaching philosophy

Contact information for three professional references will be requested of candidates after initial review.

Complete applications be evaluated on a rolling basis, effective January 21, 2025

Please direct queries to Mai Ponsang < apicha@uw.edu >. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status. 

Commitment to Diversity

The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University’s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important elements of a faculty member’s academic profile (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).

Annual Salary and Benefits

The base salary range for this position will be $8,500 - $11,000 per month, commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination. 

A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found on our Benefits page. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.

Review of Applications

Under a standing policy of the University of Washington, applications submitted through Interfolio are not viewed by the search committee until the Priority Review Date has been reached.  Do not expect communication from the committee before that date.  Applications can be still submitted after that date, until the open position is closed.

            Priority Review Date: January 21, 2025

About University of Washington - Pharmaceutics Department

The Department of Pharmaceutics works to promote the efficacy and safety of therapeutics through inclusive teaching and transformative research in the drug delivery and disposition sciences. Through work that span from molecular, cell- and organ-based studies in humans and animals and mathematical modeling and simulation techniques, our research and teaching focus on understanding the processes that determine the exposure and pharmacological response to drugs. We focus on physiological and disease processes, genetics and environmental impacts that alter metabolism, transport, distribution and absorption of drugs. The highly collegial Department faculty, students, post-doctoral fellows and staff pursue these multidisciplinary and translational goals through collaboration within the School of Pharmacy, University of Washington campus and national and international institutions.

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