Assistant Professor of Environmental Impacts On - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham
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Position Details
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £44,414 to £52,841 with potential progression once in post to £59,450

Grade 8

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 17th July 2023


Academic Development Programme:

- new Assistant Professors will undertake a 5-year development programme, at the end of which they are expected to be promoted to Associate Professor. The programme consists of a variety of development opportunities and the time to reflect and develop.


Background

Recruiting talented faculty members affiliated with the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ) at the University of Birmingham


We are recruiting an Assistant Professor, who will join our existing diverse team of twelve investigators plus seven additional new recruits from across the Colleges of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES), Arts and Law (CAL), and Medical and Dental Sciences (MDS).

The post-holder will grow their independent research programmes while directly contributing to the seven-year, €400 million project
:European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) .

The University of Birmingham is an equal opportunity employer wishing to recruit the rising stars in academia for transformative scientific research, guided by legal studies, that improves environmental health protection.

As a new hire among the seven other new appointees, you will be part of a team of supportive individuals and be well-positioned to develop your research networks further.

We also expect that you will contribute to academic citizenship, through generous, mutually respectful, and supportive working relationships with staff and students.





CERJ:
Assistant Professor of Environmental Impact on Health

About the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)


The University of Birmingham (UoB) is creating a new Centre that combines 21st century life science and law to make the environment safe from toxic chemicals and to defend people's rights to a healthful environment.

Its mission is to help remedy harm to human health and to the environment caused by pollution. Since 2012, UoB has championed a solution called
_Precision Toxicology _.

_It is an emerging scientific approach to environmental health protection by establishing causation between chemicals and their adverse health effects.

_Environmental justice is achieved by improving evidence-based governance interventions.

Unlike traditional academic pursuits which oftentimes divide global problems into research silos, this transdisciplinary research centre will proactively uncover - and ultimately break - the chains of cause and effect that link chemicals to human suffering and environmental depredations.

CERJ offers a different approach to environmental research and health protection, by combining the natural sciences, law, and education.


SCIENCE comprises systems biology, environmental chemistry, ecology, quantitative genetics, genomics, metabolomics, evolutionary theory, high-performance computing, artificial & human intelligence, clinical science, and toxicology to make fundamental discoveries that also help in the shift to a new approach to regulatory science.


LAW captures our society's values and is used as a mediating institution capable of engaging people competing in the private sector with the significant institutions of public life.

Law can operationalize the Centre's scientific knowledge in decision-making.

It can also explore the ethical and societal implications and considerations of how precision toxicology and associated scientific domains will evolve and be applied in risk management.


EDUCATION is necessary for lasting solutions based on a common understanding among our future leaders, in all sectors, who make strategic decisions based on scientific facts and a shared commitment to a healthful environment.

The Centre will train the next generation of chemical risk assessors, environmental advocates, policymakers, and industry leaders in precision toxicology.

The University of Birmingham also has a strong record in leading the way around interdisciplinary education.

CERJ and the staff allied to it will be able to contribute their breadth of knowledge across the breadth of degree programmes offered by the university and the Centre will act as hosts to UG research students.


Main Duties

Research
To pursue sustained research activity through original research and scholarship, including other research-related contributions through conference papers and presentations and/or consultancy projects and advice, including:

  • contributing significant research in genetics, genomics functional genomics that advances our understanding of, and response to, toxic chemicals and their mixtures in our environment and offering leadership at makin
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