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The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, seeks to appoint up to four Research Professors/Clinician Scientists. The focus of the professors can be in any of the following fields:
i. Cardiology with special focus on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention;
ii. Endocrinology with a special focus on Obesity and Diabetes;
iii. Oncology, preferably with a focus on nexus of Cancer and Infectious Diseases;
iv. Maternal and Child Health including focus on addressing stillbirths and premature labour;
v. Infectious Diseases with a special focus on antimicrobial resistance and hospital acquired infections.

vi. In addition, applicants who are involved in research, excluding HIV and TB, on other health-care priorities in South Africa will be considered (Full professorship only).

The focus of the Position is to strengthen leadership in clinical research and teaching (undergraduate and post-graduate level).

**ABOUT THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES**

The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand is the largest Health Sciences Faculty in South Africa, with the highest number of under-graduate (~380 annually) and post-graduate (approximately 40% of all specialists) throughput in South Africa. The faculty is ranked among the top 151-200 in the field of Medicine globally, and aspires to continue strengthening its research focus, especially in diseases considered to be of priority in South Africa. There are approximately 5,000 in-patient beds across the four major Academic Hospital Complexes where the faculty operates, with a diversity of pathology being managed.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

- Research in the field of expertise, including publication/academic dissemination
- Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of PhD and Masters of Medicine students and other researchers, including Joint staff employed by the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH)
- Teaching of under-graduate and post-graduate students (maximum of 15% effort).
- Academic assessments

The positions are open to internal and external applicants.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Applicants must hold a specialist degree in their relevant field of study. A sub-specialty will be preferable, a PhD as preference.
- Applicants should be registered by the Health Professional Council of South Africa. Non-South Africans will be considered, although will be exempt from patient service.
- Applications should be eligible for appointment at the level of a Full Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (or on track to be promoted within a three year period).

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to:

- Document a high degree of original academic production at an international level, including considerable contributions to the development of the academic discipline
- Manage research and other management functions, e.g. engage in the university’s external academic activities, as well as knowledge and technology transfer
- Provide research-based teaching

**APPLICATION.**
- Curriculum vitae, including information about external funding
- Copies of the authorization certificate for specialist training
- Master’s and PhD and other relevant certificates
- Evidence of Post-graduate mentorship
- Collaborations which have been established
- A complete list of publications, stratified by original research and other.
- A description of previous grants secured as a Principal Investigator
- Research plan (3-5 pages)
- A maximum 10 publications (pdf) to be considered in the assessment

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**Closing Date: 28 February 2024**
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