School: Keck School of Medicine

Department: Integrative Anatomical Sciences

Position: Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow

The Department of Integrative Anatomical Sciences is searching for aPost-doctoralTeachingFellowto begin August 1,2023or soon thereafter. Teaching responsibilitieswillinvolvethe medical school's gross anatomy course with full cadaver dissection and an undergraduate-level anatomy course with cadaverprosections; both courses are team-taught with other departmental faculty and postdoctoral teaching fellows.Teaching utilizes ournewly-renovatedgross anatomy lab, featuring traditional dissection and extensive computer-based technologies.

While the successful applicantwilldemonstrate a strong commitment to teaching, the department is alsointerested in recruitingindividuals with astrong commitment to research in some area of the anatomical sciences, ideally evolutionaryand functionalmorphology.There are ample opportunities for collaboration within the department, whose faculty have a strong focus on evolutionaryand functionalmorphology of mammals (Drs. Kristian Carlson, AdamHuttenlocker, Addison Kemp, KristiLewton, Craig McGowan,BirenPatel, and ErikSeiffert), as well as with basic sciences and clinical faculty throughout the Keck School of Medicine, theDornsifeCollege of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, the Division ofBiokinesiologyand Physical Therapy, and others. Information about the department is athttps://keck.usc.edu/integrative-anatomical-sciences/.

This is a 2-year position, potentially renewable for a third year with permission of the department chair. The fellow will receive a salary and benefits commensurate with training and experience.

The annual base salary range for this position is $62,400-$75,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

For questions, please contact Dr.BirenPatel:birenpat@usc.edu.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. degree (ABD applicants will also be considered).
• Prior experience teaching cadaveric human gross anatomy.
• Researchinterestsin some area of the anatomical sciences, ideally evolutionary morphology.

To apply, submit the following:

• Cover letter.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Statement of teaching experience.
• Summary of research/scholarly interests and accomplishments.
• Contact information for 3 professional references including e-mail addresses. Reference letters are not required at this time.

The full application must be submitted electronically online through USC's Employee Recruitment Services athttps://jobs.usc.edu/postings/.In addition to the formal online submission process, applicants should send a copy of their submitted application materials (as a single PDF document) directed to Dr.BirenPatel, USC Postdoctoral Search Committee, atanatomypostdoc.usc@gmail.com.