Director MRC Centre for Reproductive Health/Chair in Resilience Biology University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh - Centre for Reproductive Health

The University intends to establish a Chair in Resilience Biology, within the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health which was opened in April 2011.

The CRH aims to address questions of crucial importance in reproductive health and with implications for resilience and repair in other organs. The Director would be expected to play a key role in ensuring that the Centre achieves its mission of "through interdisciplinary research and research training to understand the integrative tissue biology that confers powers of resilience and repair upon the human reproductive system, and to explore and exploit the wider implications of these mechanisms". Translation of research knowledge and training of the next generation of researchers are key goals. In addition to directorship of the centre, the Director will be expected to lead his/her own internationally excellent research programme in a relevant research field.

You will have an outstanding international research track record in a field relevant to work of the CRH; we encourage applications from researchers working in areas encompassed by the centre themes and prepared to apply such work to the reproductive system - a track record of working in reproductive science is not essential. You will undertake research, teaching and other senior academic duties.

Salary will be on the UE10 scale or ACN4/ACT4 for clinical qualified candidates.

Prospective candidates wishing to discuss the appointment should, in the first instance, contact: Professors Philippa Saunders (tel: 0131 242 6200; email: p.saunders@ed.ac.uk) or Hilary Critchley (tel: 0131 242 6439; email: hilary.critchley@ed.ac.uk), Centre for Reproductive Health or Professor Sir John Savill, Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (tel: 0131 242 9313; email: head.cmvm@ed.ac.uk).

Ref: 3015209.

Closing date: 13 January 2012.

For further particulars and an application pack visit our website www.jobs.ed.ac.uk or telephone the recruitment line on 0131 650 2511.