Assistant Professor (Grant Tenure-Track)

Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Assistant Professor (Grant Tenure-Track) Department Department of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | Provost and VP Academic (Anita Palepu) Posting End Date October 31, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date December 31, 2034 The expected salary range for this position is $140,000 to 145,000. Clinical earnings are separate and are not included in this salary range. At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. The Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC) invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of an Assistant Professor (grant tenure-track). The UBC Department of Medicine provides excellence in research, teaching and clinical services related to the nature, cause and prevention of adult diseases. We are the largest Department in the Faculty of Medicine with over 1,200 faculty and staff. The Department is comprised of 18 divisions with faculty located throughout the Province of British Columbia. The UBC Department of Medicine is committed to ensuring the success of our learners and faculty, and to contributing to the health of the Province of British Columbia. The Division of Respiratory Medicine is an esteemed and highly-awarded group of faculty, primarily located at the major teaching hospitals affiliated with the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Recognition of our prominence and success is furthered with ongoing recognition of lung and heart as an area of research strength and focus within the Faculty of Medicine. The UBC Respiratory Division has an international reputation for excellence in research, which spans the four (4) Canadian Institutes of Health Research Pillars, from state-of-the-art basic research through to population health. The incumbent scientist will be based at the Centre for Lung Health ( https://centreforlunghealth.ca/ ). The Centre benefits from additional support and common goals through the following at UBC: the Data Sciences and Health Research Cluster, the Data Science Institute, the Academy of Translational Medicine, and the Legacy for Airway Health. Our established connections with the BC Centre for Disease Control, the BC Ministry of Health, and others, lend additional strength to the Centre’s research environment. Reporting to the Head, UBC Department of Medicine through the Head, Division of Respiratory Medicine, the incumbent will be a respirologist who leads a unique and groundbreaking research program that targets gaps in any of the areas of focus in the Centre for Lung Health (…