The Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in partnership with UPMC Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), seeks a tenured Associate or Full Professor to direct its newly established Center for Immunotherapeutics and Protein Engineering (CIPE). The successful candidate will be an international leader in immunotherapeutics and protein engineering with a deep and broad understanding of immunology.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead cutting-edge basic and translational research to develop novel immunotherapeutics and protein engineering strategies.
• Use computational approaches to develop next-generation immunotherapeutics in close collaboration with the Center for Systems Immunology (CSI) and other Pitt faculty and departments.
• Build a research community around these themes through faculty recruitment and engagement with existing faculty.
• Direct the CIPE core, including evaluation of proposals and generation of tool compounds for Pitt investigators.
• Conduct wet- and/or dry-lab research; collaborate with investigators at HCC, Pitt, and across the national and international research community; and hire and train CIPE research staff.

Research Environment

The Department of Immunology has 32 faculty and is part of a larger interactive community of nearly 100 faculty. It supports a graduate training program, two training grants, a weekly seminar series, retreats, and other programming that connects basic, translational, and clinical immunologists. The department ranks sixth in the U.S. and ninth worldwide (Research.com) and second in the U.S. for NIH funding when grouped with Microbiology and Virology (Blue Ridge). The University of Pittsburgh ranks seventh in the U.S. for NIH funding.

The department also hosts CSI, which focuses on the analysis and engineering of molecular and cellular networks underlying immune processes in health and disease. CIPE will be established in partnership with HCC, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center rated exceptional in its last review. The department moved in 2022 to a state-of-the-art research facility housed in a historically registered building and has broadly used cores for flow cytometry and CRISPR-Cas9-mediated model-system development.

Resources and Location

The successful candidate will receive a named, endowed chair; a generous lab start-up package commensurate with rank and achievements; and resources to recruit two junior faculty and establish the CIPE core. Space will be provided on the Shadyside campus near the Department of Immunology within HCC. Salary and benefits will be highly competitive. Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a strong research community and extensive cultural and public institutions.

How to Apply

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The preferred application receipt date is December 1, 2026, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. To apply, visit join.pitt.edu, select “Find Positions” and then “Faculty,” search for requisition 26001991, and select “Apply Now.” Please attach a CV, cover letter, and research statement to the required online application.

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