Faculty Position, Department of Infectious Diseases

SJCRH The Division of HIV and Translational Medicine within the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital seeks a Faculty Member (Assistant or Associate) with clinical and research interest in the field of Translational Medicine (vaccine and drug development targeting pediatric infectious diseases) and HIV Medicine (clinical care, drug development, cure research).

You (the candidate) will be responsible for designing and/or executing a portfolio of institutionally and externally funded (such as NIH funded consortium and pharmaceutical industry sponsored) research studies and contribute to the growth of the Infectious Disease Translational Trials Center. You will share HIV Program clinical care responsibilities alongside other Division of HIV and Translational Medicine faculty. Opportunities to seek affiliate appointments for clinical care, research or teaching, such as with University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the local health department, and St. Jude Graduate School can be explored.

More about the program and the institution: Since its inception in 1962, St. Jude has been moved by the pursuit of audacious goals, such as eradicating pediatric cancer, defining its genomic landscape, and longitudinal monitoring of over 4,000 childhood cancer survivors. As we’ve grown, so have our goals, and we’ve been a trailblazer in pursuing prevention and treatment of HIV in children and youth since the 1980s. Today, we continue to forge brave new paths in this work, and it’s our aim to do nothing less than bring an end to the HIV epidemic. We care for patients living with HIV from birth through age 24 in a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic with an on-site specialty pharmacy.
We have a longstanding successful track record of leveraging community partnerships as we promote health and research literacy and engage children and youth in clinical care and research. Among other things, we lead a coalition of 25+ community partners that share a common goal of optimizing HIV prevention and treatment.

For many years, our HIV clinical program was co-located with the Translational Trials Unit (TTU), established with the goal of taking St. Jude discoveries relevant to infectious diseases through early-stage vaccine and drug development. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our TTU was able to quickly pivot to conducting large-scale, community-based vaccine studies, and we have now established a center for clinical research education and studies adjacent to campus, known as the Translational Trials Center (TTC). We are now strategically planning for the growth of the TTC, to increase translational research opportunities targeting participation of members of the community (“healthy volunteers”). The projected growth of this center and expanding research portfolio presents a strategic career growth opportunity for an early/mid-career clinical researcher to be a part of this innovative center expansion. The TTC with St. Jude resources such as the GMP facility will support the Department of Infectious Diseases early-stage vaccine and drug development needs as well as allow strategic collaborations with other external groups with a shared research focus.

MJ 2.11.2026: following up with dept on desired job posting description

The Department of Infectious Diseases is seeking a Faculty Member (Associate or Full) with research interest in the field of infectious diseases. Preference will be given to individuals with research programs focused on early life respiratory infections and immune development.

Candidates must have an MD, MD/PhD, or PhD, postdoctoral experience, documented evidence of high-quality, impactful peer-reviewed publications, a strong commitment to mentoring, and an interest in pursuing transformative collaborative research. 

Interested candidates should submit a CV,  letter of interest, and a description of research interests directly online.

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