Assistant Professor (0088307T)

University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI

Description

Title: Assistant Professor (H3M11)

Position: 88307T

Hiring Unit: JABSOM, Hawaii Center for AIDS (HICFA)

Location: 651 llalo Street, BSB231, Honolulu, HI, 96813

Date Posted: March 23, 2026

Closing date: Continuous recruitment, first review April 9, 2026

Salary Info: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Monthly Type: 11-month

Tenure Track: Non-Tenure

Full Time/Part Time: Full or Part Time (20% FTE to 100% FTE)

Temporary/Permanent: Temporary - Not to exceed June30,2026

Other Conditions: One (1) temporary, part-time or full-time, non-tenure track position to begin approximately May 1, 2026, pending position clearance. Renewal dependent upon performance and availability of funds. Funding sources to include extramural grant funding as well as Institutional funds.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Assist in HICFA's clinical research efforts as a research physician, including participation in organized multi-center clinical trials from NIH and/or pharmaceutical companies of new potentially effective drugs for HIV or COVID-19. Reads and demonstrates understanding of protocol and informed consent documents. Helps to communicate the study to community physicians and ancillary medical personnel. Assists with the regulatory and administrative needs of opening the study, participates in study startup meetings, supervises the conduct of study procedures, and assists in obtaining participant informed consent. Evaluates participants clinically during study visits for adverse events. Helps to determine the severity grade of such adverse events and assists in documenting and reporting of adverse events. Strives towards ability to lead multi-center clinical trials as site Principal Investigator.
  • Assists in the development and implementation of locally conceived studies of clinical and translational research in topics of interest to the Hawaii Center for AIDS (HICFA). Writes and submits pilot local study protocols to the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and implements such studies with the help of HICFA clinical staff. Supervises clinical study data entry.
  • Collaborates closely with HICFA and other JABSOM/UH laboratory researchers with the intent of generating important preliminary data for grant applications. As research competency is developed, submits grant applications to NIH and other outside funding agencies.
  • Participates in medical student and resident didactic training.
  • Participates in one-to-one mentoring of students, residents and graduate students. Serves as role model and supervises medical students, residents and pre-doctoral students in their research projects.
  • Participates in peer review of manuscripts for reputable journals.
  • Participates actively in all HICFA staff and research meetings.
  • Presents his/her own work-in-progress at research meetings.
  • In collaboration with local partners, works towards improvement in local HIV prevention efforts and towards enhancing the medical care of HIV infected individuals in the State of Hawaii.
  • Helps to establish, advocate for, and participates in collaborative infectious disease-related research nationally. Serves on Departmental, JABSOM or University committees as requested.
  • Provide synchronous and asynchronous tele-infectious disease consultations to inpatient and outpatient settings, collaborating with clinicians throughout Hawaii for timely expert guidance on complex infections.
  • Assist with institutional, Department of Health and community infection prevention and control activities, focused on public health needs of emerging infections and threats of future pandemics including outbreak response, policy development, and educational initiatives as needed.
  • Support antimicrobial stewardship services, contributing to multidisciplinary efforts to promote optimal antimicrobial use and combat resistance within the assigned health systems as needed.
  • Staff the outpatient general infectious diseases clinic, conducting direct patient care, supervision of trainees, and longitudinal follow-up for a wide range of infectious illnesses.
  • Other scholarly activities as assigned.

Minimal Qualifications
  • MD degree or equivalent medical degree from a medical school of recognized standing.
  • Valid Hawaii medical license by date of hire.
  • Board certification or board eligible for the sup-specialty of Infectious Diseases.
  • Demonstrated ability in teaching medical students, residents and/or pre-doctoral students, and with patient care.
  • Interest in medical research and scholarly activity.
  • Professionalism in meeting and conferring with others.

Desirable Qualifications
  • Board certification in the sub-specialty of Infectious Diseases.
  • Experience with clinical research and the conduct of clinical trials.
  • History of on-going research and scholarly activities with publications in peer reviewed journals.
  • Familiarity with Hawaii and its population.
  • Familiarity and experience working within the medical system in Hawaii.

To Apply:

Click on the "Apply" button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach the required documents:

  • Cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications,
  • CV,
  • Names and contact information of five (5) professional references,
  • Copy of U.S.Board Certification AND current U.S.medical license or Official transcripts from medical school plus certificates of completion from residency training and current U.S. medical license. Copies of transcripts are accepted when used instead of current U.S. board certification or current U.S. medical license. However, if used for verification, original transcripts are required upon hire.

The application will be considered incomplete if materials are unreadable. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Inquiries:

Dominic Chow, MD; dominicc@hawaii.edu

EEO, Clery Act, ADA

The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status. For more information, visit: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/


Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.

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Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/

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