Pulmonary Scientist Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Position overview
Salary range:
The salary range for this position is $250,828 - $393,858. This position includes membership in the Health Sciences Compensation Plan.
Application Window

Open date: October 6, 2025

Most recent review date: Saturday, Oct 25, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Monday, Aug 31, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

Pediatric Pulmonary Science & Medicine Endowed Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonology, Neonatology, or Critical Care
School of Medicine
Associate or Full Professor (Tenure Track)

The University of California, Davis is launching a national search for a Pulmonologist, Neonatologist, or Pediatric Intensivist with significant basic, translational, and/or clinical research experience, preferably with NIH funding, in the Department of Pediatrics at UC Davis. This faculty position comes with a $ 2.4 M endowment and will be appointed as 50% Regular (tenure track) series and 50% In-Residence series.

UC Davis has an extraordinarily rich community of pulmonary investigators that span Schools and Colleges with diverse research interests, including in the fields of asthma, chronic lung disease, early onset of disease due to environmental exposures, pulmonary hypertension, neonatal resuscitation, ARDS, oxygen toxicity, airway epithelial cell signaling, lung cancer, pulmonary drug development, gene therapy and somatic cell genome editing, in vivo imaging, and innate immunity. Collaborations are fostered through the activities of affiliated programs such as the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, the California National Primate Research Center, the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging, the Institute for Regenerative Cures, the West Coast Metabolomics Center, the UC Davis Mouse Biology Program and Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, in addition to the Comparative Lung Biology and Medicine Training Grant which is centered in the Department of Internal Medicine in the UC Davis Lung Center. These outstanding resources provide extensive opportunities for the successful candidate to enhance her/his research program and to establish new collaborative multidisciplinary programs within the Department and across the UC Davis campus.

This is a unique opportunity for an accomplished researcher to contribute and lead new levels of excellence in pulmonary research and training in the School of Medicine and the broader University of California, Davis campus. The selected candidate will be instrumental in broadening and strengthening the research objectives of the division and the department seeking candidates with a track record of research excellence in pulmonary or cardiopulmonary research and a demonstrated ability to establish and sustain an extramurally funded research program. The successful candidate will be able to effectively interface with physician-scientists, translational researchers, assist in leading multidisciplinary collaborations within the UC Davis lung research community, and ultimately build new translational research programs. The demonstrated ability to foster collegial collaborations in an academic setting is essential and required.

The successful candidate will be an established physician-scientist with an M.D. or D.O or equivalent medical degree. Furthermore, the candidate must have a distinguished record of leadership, NIH grant funding, teaching, clinical research expertise, and publications in high impact journals. The successful candidate must meet the requirements for appointment as associate or full professor in the Regular series (Tenure Track) at the University of California, Davis. This position is eligible to hold the Pediatric Pulmonary Science & Medicine Endowed Chair Faculty Member ($2.4 million).

The responsibilities of the endowed chair will be to support the Department of Pediatrics' mission of promoting wellness through patient care, education, leadership, service, and research on pediatric respiratory diseases.

UC Davis Children's Hospital

With more than 150 physicians in 33 pediatric subspecialties, the Children's Hospital is a 121-bed hospital housed within the 619-bed University of California, Davis Medical Center. It is the only designated Children's Hospital in the Sacramento region and is known for offering comprehensive, compassionate, high-quality subspecialty care. The UC Davis Children's Hospital is distinguished for its outstanding fetal surgery program, congenital heart program, and an internationally recognized telemedicine program. UC Davis Children's Hospital has a 49-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a 24-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.

Centered in the heart of Sacramento, California, within the UC Davis Health campus, the UC Davis Children's Hospital serves a population of over 1 million children based in Northern California, as well as the Central Valley and Western Nevada regions. Sacramento is an easily accessible, family-oriented city close to the San Francisco Bay area, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the California coast, and the Napa Valley.

To view the full position description and to apply visit https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07306

Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

* M.D. or D.O.
* Distinguished record of leadership, teaching, research, and publications
* Must meet requirements for appointment as associate or full professor in the Regular Professor Series at the University of California, Davis.
* Be able to develop and implement a strategic vision for Pulmonary research in the Department of Pediatrics
* Conduct research to strengthen the academic impact of the Division of Neonatology, Pulmonary medicine, or critical care.
* Work collaboratively to enhance the quality and excellence of the Department of Pediatrics
* Help to develop resources necessary to build a world-class pediatric pulmonary research program
* An ability to work effectively with faculty, administration, trainees, and medical, nursing, and technical staff

Application Requirements
Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research

• Statement of Teaching

• Authorization to Release Information Form - This form is required for all applicants applying to academic recruitments. Please see the Employment Disclosure Requirements webpage for more information. Download, complete, sign, and upload the form.

Reference requirements

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

Apply link:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07306

Help contact: abdupar@health.ucdavis.edu

About UC Davis

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment

To implement this process, UC Davis requires all applicants for any open search to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled, "Authorization to Release Information" into UC RECRUIT as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration.

UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UC Davis positions funded by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected candidate to pass an E-Verify check.

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Job location
Sacramento, CA