Description

Position Title:

Assistant/Associate/Full Teaching Professor - Pharmacology

Location:

Downtown Campus

Position Type (Track – Faculty, Tenure/Track or Faculty, Career-Track, Year-to-Year):

Career Track, year to year, fiscal year

Open Date:

September 2nd, 2026

Description:

The John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering invites applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible Assistant, Associate, or Full Teaching Professor to help shape a new kind of physician that is trained at the intersection of medicine and engineering. Our innovative curriculum brings together basic science, clinical reasoning, and systems thinking to prepare graduates to solve complex health challenges.

In this non-tenure-eligible role, approximately 80% of effort is devoted to teaching and 20% to service. The appointment is renewable on a fiscal-year basis, contingent upon satisfactory performance, the availability of resources, and institutional needs. Candidates must demonstrate a broad command of their discipline, a strong record of excellence in medical school-level teaching, and a genuine commitment to mentoring learners from varied backgrounds and cultures. We especially welcome applicants who are energized by working in a collaborative, active-learning environment and who are eager to help build and refine a forward-looking, engineering-informed medical curriculum.

About the School:

ASU’s John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering was designed to drive this transformation by preparing physicians to lead change for a more effective, resilient and responsive health care system.

Headquartered in downtown Phoenix, the school will produce physicians who blend medicine, engineering, technology and humanities. Graduates will leverage new tools such as AI and data science to connect with more patients, develop innovative practices and be equipped to treat more patients in novel ways.

The school is part of ASU Health, a dynamic and comprehensive approach that focuses the nation’s most innovative university - Arizona State University - on the health needs and challenges of the state and the nation. ASU Health includes new schools, increased focus in existing schools and centers, new health initiatives and a statewide network of health clinics to better serve vulnerable populations while providing hands-on learning.

About ASU Health:

Arizona State University is accelerating its health-related efforts to tackle the state’s urgent health care needs, now and into the future.

ASU is launching a new medical school, creating a school for public health technology, launching a "health observatory," developing the health care workforce, and more. The charge is to address significant and growing health care needs and help improve health outcomes for families across Arizona.

ASU Health will transform how health care is designed, delivered and measured while also producing new physicians, nurses, specialists, technologists, scientists — all the groups that need to be focused every day on Arizona’s health.

ASU Health will produce physicians who blend medicine, engineering, technology and humanities to become a different kind of health care leader. Graduates will leverage new tools such as AI and data science to connect with more patients, seek innovative practices and improve health outcomes. We are working to find innovative ways to be impactful to families at home, schools and school districts, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies - everyone. To learn more about ASU Health, visit https://asuhealth.asu.edu/ 

About Arizona State University:

Arizona State University, ranked the No. 1 “Most Innovative School” in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for nine years in succession, has forged the model for a New American University. Year after year, ASU ranks at or near the top of the list in areas that matter. ASU is a comprehensive public research institution, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves. ASU operates on the principles that learning is a personal and original journey for each student; that they thrive on experience and that the process of discovery cannot be bound by traditional academic disciplines. Through innovation and a commitment to accessibility, ASU has drawn pioneering researchers to its faculty even as it expands opportunities for qualified students, attracting some of the highest- quality students from all 50 states and more than 130 nations. To learn more about ASU, visit https://www.asu.edu/.

All we do at ASU is guided and inspired by the ASU Charter, which reads: 

ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

Successful candidates will demonstrate throughout their materials how their teaching, and service will contribute to the fulfillment of this charter. 

Essential Functions of the Position:

•         Develop and deliver engaging instructional content in pharmacology for the medical school curriculum.
•         Incorporate evidence-based, student-centered teaching strategies.
•         Contribute to curricular development and academic innovation, including active learning, flipped-classroom, case-based, and team-based approaches.
•         Collaborate with engineering faculty to integrate medical curricular content with engineering principles and promote interdisciplinary learning.
•         Design and integrate learning technologies to support case-based and other active learning activities.
•         Employ a range of teaching methods, such as case-based instruction, large- and small-group discussion, active learning, demonstration, simulation, and team-based learning.
•         Develop assessment strategies and evaluate medical student performance using multiple methods, including objective clinical examinations and clinical skills assessments with constructive feedback.
•         Serve as block or course director as appropriate.
•         Facilitate small-group sessions for active learning.
•         Mentor and advise medical students to support their academic and professional growth.
•         Engage in scholarly activity and research in medical education and related fields.
•         Teach courses in relevant areas.
•         Course development and modification in the essential functions.
•         Monitor student progress.

Requirements

Qualifications 

Required Qualications

•           Doctoral or terminal degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, DO, or equivalent) in Pharmacology or closely related discipline by the time of appointment.
•           Experience teaching healthcare-related curriculum, with expertise in pharmacology.
•           Experience creating course curriculum and teaching with innovative instructional methods, including using technology to supplement and improve pedagogy.
  •   Innovative instructional methods include but are not limited to the implementation of demonstrations, simulations, active learning, ipped-classroom, case-based, and team-based learning methodologies.
•         The successful candidate for the Assistant Teaching Professor should provide evidence of at least two (2) years of college or university-level instruction.
•         The successful candidate for the rank of Associate Teaching Professor should provide evidence of at least five (5) years of college or university-level instruction and evidence of successful mentoring, both in formal (e.g., committees) and informal settings.
•         The successful candidate for the rank of Teaching Professor should provide evidence of at least seven (7) years of college or university-level instruction and evidence of successful mentoring, both in formal (e.g., committees) and informal settings.

Desired Qualifications

•           2+ years of experience teaching healthcare-related curriculum.
•           Strong commitment to education aligned with the mission and goals of the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering. 
•           Experience in interdisciplinary collaborative activities with other faculty and sta.
•            Experience or demonstrated ability to integrate pharmacologic principles with clinical reasoning, therapeutic decision-making, and patient care applications
•            Commitment to helping learners connect foundational science concepts to clinical practice
•            Interest in teaching within an integrated, systems-based medical curriculum
•            Experience developing and employing methodologies for assessment of medical student performance, including objective clinical examinations and scoring of clinical skills with feedback.
•           Experience supervising and mentoring graduate teaching assistants, undergraduate teaching/learning assistants, and instructional lab coordinators.
•           Participation in the higher education community and professional development activities (for example, postdoctoral teaching certicate programs, authoring educational and scientic publications, presenting at conferences, etc.).

Teaching/Student evaluations may be required at the time of interview.

Application Instructions

Application Deadline: 

The initial application deadline is October 5th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.  Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool.  Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled or closed. A background check and official transcripts are required prior to employment. For assistance with your application, or for position-related questions, contact Lilian Lin at lilian.lin@asu.edu.

Application Procedure:

Only electronic submissions via Interfolio will be reviewed. All required materials must be submitted at the time of initial application.  Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please submit all application materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/190419 

Applications must contain: 

Applicants advancing to the second round of review may be asked to provide additional materials.

•         Cover letter that addresses the required and desired qualifications 
•         Curriculum vitae with contact information, including telephone number and e-mail address 
•         Personal Statement outlining philosophy and plans for teaching and service.
•         Information for three professional references (their position, title, e-mail, phone number), one reference must be from your current or most recent employer 

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon the successful passing of the background check.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. (See https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/.)

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