Faculty Positions
To build upon the tradition of excellence and to advance our mission in education, patient care and research, the Kornberg School of Dentistry is seeking highly qualified and successful applicants for a full-time tenured or non-tenured track faculty position in the Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor or Professor. This position may be in the tenure or clinical track. Tenured appointments require ability to conduct funded research and a track record of research achievements and publications to ensure that the faculty will succeed in this track.
Applicants must have a clinical periodontology certificate from an ADA-CODA accredited specialty program, full or restricted faculty dental license, or eligibility for a license, to practice dentistry in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and be board certified with the American Board of Periodontology along with a record of previous teaching. Applicants with experience in accreditation will be preferred.
The applicants must also demonstrate his or her experience in working with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff, and in developing strong teams. It is required that the applicants have positive engagements with an academic colleague and have demonstrated unselfish leadership skills.
Responsibilities will include primarily clinical and didactic teaching in the post-graduate program or pre-doctoral program in the Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology. The candidate must also be competent to practice as a specialist in the Faculty Dental Practice and provide direct patient care on a daily basis as part of teaching. Temple’s Dental model of education is based on an apprenticeship model where faculty are engaged as clinicians and educators, in provision of care with the students or residents.
For tenure-track appointment, the faculty will be granted time to continue his or her research plans at Temple. Generous start-up funding is available.
Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Temple University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For confidential consideration, interested individuals should email a cover letter, and a curriculum vitae to:
Amid Ismail
Dean and Laura H. Carnell Professor
Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University
3223 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone: 215-707-2536
Email: amid.ismail@temple.edu
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry is seeking applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position with a DMD, DDS (or equivalent).
Applicants must have experience in direct comprehensive patient care including treatment planning, restorative dentistry, prosthodontic treatment planning, and outcomes assessment.
Preference will be for applicants with extensive experience in digital dentistry including taking 3D impressions, design of prostheses, printing and milling. Experience in dental education including course directorship and teaching in restorative dentistry with predoctoral teaching and didactic and clinical teaching experience is preferred. Preference will be given to candidates with an established didactic and clinical teaching record and/or with a current faculty position at a dental school.
Responsibilities will include didactic teaching to predoctoral and postgraduate students, provide direct supervision of comprehensive patient care in the predoctoral and postgraduate clinics, course directorship, and other administrative duties as needed. Preference will also be for applicants who can practice in intramural or extramural clinics operated by the dental school.
Pennsylvania license or eligibility for full, unrestricted licensure in PA is required. Completion of advanced training in an AEGD/GPR program is required.
Temple University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For confidential consideration, interested individuals should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three references to:
Jo Ann Nyquist
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity
Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University
Email: jo.ann.nyquist@temple.edu.
Temple University's Kornberg School of Dentistry is seeking researchers for a tenure-track position in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Computer Science or Biomedical Informatics with a particular focus on the oral microbiome and developing new tools in risk assessment and interventions. The appointed faculty will be part of a multidisciplinary research team that investigates the multifaceted aspects of the oral microbiome associated with oral diseases including dental caries, periodontitis and oral cancer.
Qualifications
This new faculty will collaborate with dental faculty who are conducting research on the oral microbiomes and with dental epidemiologists and clinicians at the dental school to analyze the records of over 100,000 patients collected over the last 10 years. Hence, the individual must have experience in collaborations with researchers and clinicians, as well as:
- A Ph.D. or equivalent graduate degree in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Computer Science or Biomedical Informatics or a related discipline with at least 3 years postdoctoral research experience related to the microbiome or related field, a demonstrated record of significant research, the potential to make substantial contributions as an independent investigator, and a commitment to teaching professional, undergraduate, and graduate students.
- Successfully completed projects in machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), or artificial intelligence (AI). He or she must have expertise in the life sciences, or public health, or computer sciences with strong background in computational biology, genomic analysis and general life sciences, and health research.
- The candidate must have a strong working knowledge data analysis and visualization tools including but not limited to mothur, QIIME, HUMAnN2, Megan, Microbiome R package, and Phyloseq., Microbiome dynamics modeling and simulation tools such as MDSINE, Web-gLV, TIME, LIMITS, 16S rRNA, sequencing, metagenomics, metabolomics, and studies of expression of individual genes and pathways, phyloseq and whole genome-wide analytical tools.
- Programming with C++ or Java or Python is preferred but not required.
Preferences
Preference will be given to applicants in collaborations with other researchers in the US and/ or other countries, especially on oral health and systemic health projects. Successful candidates will become part of a network of multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research teams with relevant schools and colleges of Temple University. Research laboratory space and start-up package will be available.
Successful candidates will have primary responsibility for building a strong research program in oral health bioinformatics. Responsibilities will also include didactic teaching and service. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience and research production. Successful candidates will also be considered for senior administrative leadership positions at the school.
Temple University is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For confidential consideration, interested individuals should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae and three references to :
Dr. Marisol Tellez Merchan BDS, MPH, Ph.D
Associate Dean for Research and Chair Department of Oral Health Sciences
Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University
3223 North Broad Street Suite L218
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone: 215-707-1773
Email: marisol@temple.edu
The Kornberg School of Dentistry, an innovative school with modern facilities, including a new digital lab, and a large population of patients, is seeking applicants for a full-time faculty position as a clinical-track Prosthodontist in the Department of Restorative Dentistry. Major responsibilities include clinical and didactic teaching, and provision of care and supervision of cases with advanced prosthodontic treatment. Must have or be eligible for a PA dental license. Applicants who are eligible for teaching licenses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after graduating from a CODA-accredited postgraduate program in prosthodontics are eligible to apply. Applicants who graduated from a CODA-accredited postgraduate program in prosthodontics and hold a DDS/DMD from a CODA-accredited dental school will have preference. Candidates with academic and practice experience in the US or Canada will be preferred. Salary is competitive with dental academic pay rates with an additional income that can be generated from one day a week of intramural or extramural practice.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV, and three references to:
Jo Ann Nyquist
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity
Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University
3223 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Email: jo.ann.nyquist@temple.edu.
Temple is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry is seeking applicants for a full-time faculty position in the clinical-track for the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Medicine and Surgery. Major responsibilities of this position will include didactic and clinical teaching at the pre- and postdoctoral levels, supervision of the OMS residents, provision of direct patient care including on-call coverage, and participating in research and other collaborative activities at the Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry and its affiliated sites.
The applicants must have a DDS/DMD from a program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)of the American Dental Association and must have successfully completed advanced training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at a CODA accredited institution. Applicants must be eligible for full licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery or be a candidate for board certification. Expertise in pre-doctoral education and full-scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with emphasis on office anesthesia, Sleep Apnea and Orthognathic Surgery are highly desirable. Pursuit of scholarly activities is strongly encouraged. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Temple University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For confidential consideration, interested individuals should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three references to:
Jo Ann Nyquist
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity
Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University
Email: jo.ann.nyquist@temple.edu.
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry is seeking highly qualified applicants for full-time tenured, tenure-track or non-tenure-track faculty positions in Pediatric Dentistry to work in a growing urban patient-care center serving children of birth till 16 years of age and in a newly established Sedation Center.
Applicants must have completed an ADA-accredited Pediatric Dentistry advanced training program. Applicants must have, or be eligible for, full Pennsylvania licensure or be eligible for a Pennsylvania restricted teaching license; and must be (or be eligible to be) Board certified by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Responsibilities will include didactic and clinical teaching; and clinical practice in the Pediatric Clinic and a newly established Dental Sedation Center.
Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Candidates seeking tenured or tenure-track appointments should have advanced training in research at the PhD level or equivalent experience. Extensive records of research funding or productivity are necessary to be appointed with tenure.
Temple University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For confidential consideration, interested individuals should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three references to:
Jo Ann Nyquist
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity
Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University
Email: jo.ann.nyquist@temple.edu.
Staff Positions
Summary of Position
The Technical Support Specialist provides high quality computer-related technical support to a wide range of Kornberg School of Dentistry (TUKSoD) constituents electronically, by phone, or in person. This person will ensure that all calls/requests for assistance are thoroughly tracked and answered. The technical support specialist will ensure that all requests are handled as efficiently as possible and knows when to escalate urgent issues.
As a functioning member of the IT Office, the Technical Support Specialist will be working as part of an integral team that supports both the clinical and academic functions within TUKSoD. This group collectively supports over 1000 faculty, staff, and students.
The ideal candidate will have strong Microsoft Windows OS and Apple macOS troubleshooting skills and be familiar with mobile technologies (laptops, tablets, and smartphones); will be able to provide technical solutions that improve the efficiency of technical support operations; will actively participate in the testing and evaluation of software for upcoming new platforms; has demonstrated ability to research relevant technologies and offer insight into possible use of these technologies, showing that they actively stay abreast of IT support challenges and offerings.
Typical hours after 8 AM to 5 PM, M-F with flexibility to work evening or weekend hours during peak periods.
Essential Functions of Position
The Technical Support Specialist is responsible for: (1) Providing high quality technical costumer service support to a wide range of university constituents either electronically, by phone or in person, (2) Ensuring that calls/requests for assistance are thoroughly tracked and answered, (3) Ensuring that all requests for assistance are being handled as efficiently as possible and knowing when to escalate urgent issues, (4) Visiting onsite locations, as needed, to resolve technical issues nor resolvable remotely, (5) Providing instruction on the use of technology to staff, students, or faculty, (6) Suggesting technical solutions/projects that improve the efficiency of TUKSoD IT operations, (7) Reviewing documentation for correctness and assisting the documentation group with development of new documentation and creating documentation used internally by support staff, (8) Participating in the testing and evaluation of software or systems as needed, (9) Staying abreast of current desktop and clinical technologies, (10) Other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience
A Bachelor’s degree and one year of directly related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Other Pertinent Data
- Proven Outstanding customer service and telephone skills
- Solid working knowledge of PC system configuration and troubleshooting
- Demonstrated strong Windows and macOS knowledge
- Good grasp of network technology
- Basic knowledge of Citrix VDI technology
- Strong familiarity with mobile technology
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of university environment applications is a plus
- Knowledge of or experience in clinical IT support is a plus
Equipment Used
Computer equipment, including but not limited to desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.
Environmental Conditions
Computer lab environment, monitors and printers, laser printer toner cartridges, fluorescent lighting.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to speak clearly
- Ability to walk between buildings
- Ability to distinguish colors
- Ability to see clearly with corrective lens
- Ability to use hands and fingers, handle or feel
- Ability to reach with hands and arms
- Ability to work on a computer for an extended period of time
- Ability to operate standard office equipment
- Ability to handle sensitive equipment
- Ability to type rapidly in order to enter caller issues into tickets immediately and also to be able to provide live chat services
This description incorporates the most typical duties performed. It is recognized that other related duties not specifically mentioned may also be performed. The inclusion of these duties would not alter the overall evaluation of this position.
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