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Assistant /Associate Professor in the Section of Periodontics (Tenured/Tenure-track)

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Position overview

Position title: Assistant/Associate Professor Tenured/Tenure-Track
Salary range: The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table #5, Scales 0 and 5. The salary range for this position is $138,200-$170,100. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan- APM-670, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation. The UCLA School of Dentistry offers an additional $5,000 in base salary compensation on top of the published salary scales for all clinical faculty.

Position description

The UCLA School of Dentistry invites qualified applications for a full-time, tenured/tenure-track position at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor in the Section of Periodontics. This full-time, tenured/tenure-track is available immediately and the search will remain open until the position has been filled.

We encourage applications from individuals with a track record of scholarly activity and interest in developing a funded research program. Primary responsibilities of the position include engagement in research/scholarship consistent with the applicant’s professional goals and program needs, as well as contribution of service to the school and profession. In addition, the individual will teach at the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels. An opportunity for one-day intramural private practice will also be available.

UCLA seeks candidates whose experience, teaching, research, and or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity, and excellence.

The Section of Periodontics has an established, well-respected and strong residency program and supports the predoctoral curriculum in Periodontics. Our faculty and residents have received more than 30 awards from a diverse host of Associations and Foundations, including the AAP, AAPF and IADR. The Periodontics section is also home to the most widely published textbook in Periodontics, the “Newman and Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology”. Faculty at the UCLA School of Dentistry conducts highly collaborative, interdisciplinary research in a wide array of fields including bone biology, cancer, diagnostic biomarkers biomaterials and tissue engineering, neuropharmacology, developmental biology, and microbiology among others. Successful applicants will have demonstrated skills to communicate and work as a team with respect and inclusiveness with individuals from diverse ethnic, social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.

Applicants are expected to: (1) possess a DMD/DDS degree or equivalent, (2) possess a certificate in Periodontics from an institution accredited by CODA, (3) be board-certified or eligible by the American Board of Periodontology, and (4) possess or be eligible to obtain a California dental license. A PhD is not required but highly desirable. A track record of scholarly activity and outstanding patient care is desirable, as well as demonstration or likely commitment to diversity-related teaching/research/service.

Salary is commensurate with education and experience. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table #5, Scales 0 and 5. The salary range for this position is $138,200-$170,100. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan- APM-670, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation. The UCLA School of Dentistry offers an additional $5,000 in base salary compensation on top of the published salary scales for all clinical faculty.

Applicants must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, personal statement on teaching and research, and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) statement, and the names and contact information for three professional references via UC recruit. (https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08147)
Contact information for references will only be used with permission from finalists.

For further questions please reach out to Meg Malasarte, Academic Personnel Director. (email: mmalasarte@dentistry.ucla.edu )

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

• DMD/DDS degree or equivalent

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Research (Optional)

  • Statement of Teaching (Optional)

  • Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document.

  • Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3 required (contact information only)

Please provide the contact information of 3 references

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08147

Help contact: lcariga@dentistry.ucla.edu

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy.

Job location

Los Angeles, CA