The college seeks both (1) highly successful academicians with established records of excellence in biomedical research and/or clinical specialties, and (2) entry-level basic scientists or boarded/board eligible clinicians with interest and exceptional potential to develop competitive and highly productive programs in their fields. Successful candidates will have unique opportunities to collaborate with productive faculty teams sharing synergistic interests in select programs critical to veterinary medicine, biomedical research, and national interests. Professorial rank, tenure status, laboratory and/or clinical start-up support, teaching/research/service responsibilities, and personal compensation will be competitive and commensurate with level of career accomplishments and integration with signature groups. Individuals or teams with career commitments to establish national-lead programs are especially encouraged to apply.

Expectations include creative plans for innovative contributions to any or all of the following: (1) enhancing overall student experience through academic excellence in the college’s undergraduate (BS in Biomedical Sciences), graduate (multiple MS and PhD degrees), professional (DVM), or specialized professional/graduate options (DVM-PhD, DVM-MBA) in our new Program for Executive Leadership in Veterinary Medicine; (2) helping develop novel and efficacious curricular approaches to undergraduate/graduate/professional education; (3) garnering renewable extramural funding for scholarly investigation, clinical service, or both; and (4) committing to increasing diversity in student/staff/faculty people and cultures. Emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary teams and integrating basic and clinical sciences through interactions between the college’s basic and clinical research enterprise and Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. The hospital attends 18,000 patient visits per year with an annual budget of over $11 million, with college research funding exceeding $20 million per year.

Texas A&M University is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution located in College Station, Texas. The university is centrally located, approximately equidistant from three of the 10 largest cities in the United States (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio) and the state capitol (Austin). The university’s enrollment includes approximately 44,000 students studying for degrees in 10 academic colleges.

Texas A&M University is dedicated to the discovery, development, communication, and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs is inseparable from its mission of developing new understandings through research and creativity. It prepares students to assume roles of leadership, responsibility, and service to society. Texas A&M University assumes as its historic trust the maintenance of freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the human mind and spirit. It welcomes and seeks to serve people of all racial, ethnic, and geographic groups, women and men alike, as it addresses the needs of an increasingly diverse population and a global economy. In the Twenty-First Century, Texas A&M University seeks to assume a place of preeminence among public universities while respecting its history and traditions.

Applications should include a statement of interest emphasizing career goals and fit with signature area, along with a complete curriculum vita and names and addresses of three references. Send applications to “Program Leaders” identified in detailed position announcements located on the college’s Web site (http://www.cvm.tamu.edu) or by writing to: