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The Charité is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe representing a single medical faculty that serves both Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin. Clinical care, research and teaching is delivered by physicians and researchers of the highest international standard. The Charité extends across four campuses, and has close to 100 different Departments and Institutes, which form a total of 17 different CharitéCenters. The Charité has been awarded the certificates ‘family-friendly employer’ (audit berufundfamilie®) and ‘family-friendly university’ (audit familiengerechte hochschule®) and is a member of the “Dual Career Network Berlin” (www.dualcareer-berlin.de).

The DRFZ investigates the long‐term outcomes of rheumatic diseases, including the impact of current treatment options, in order to inform clinical decision making, identify unmet needs and improve health care. Biomedical research identifies the cells initiating and driving rheumatic diseases, and the underlying molecular mechanisms. Our aim is the development of improved, personalised and best curative therapies for patients with rheumatic diseases, and their rapid translation into clinical practice.

The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ) invite applications for the following position commencing as soon as possible

Scientific Director of the DRFZ / Full Professorship in Experimental Rheumatology

Full Professorship in Experimental Rheumatology
Salary Group W3 BBesG ÜfBE – tenured
Successor of Prof. Dr. Andreas Radbruch
(Reference Number: 566/2020)

The position as Scientific Director of the DRFZ is associated with the professorship. The DRFZ is closely linked to the Department of Rheumatology at the Charité and has liaison groups to other research active universities of Berlin.

The further position holder is expected to fulfil the following responsibilities and criteria:

• Lead of the DRFZ-Program Area “Pathophysiology of Rheumatic Inflammation”
• Display a scientific focus on the immunologic mechanisms leading to rheumatic diseases and other chronic inflammatory processes
• Work in close collaboration with the two other DRFZ-Program Areas “Regenerative Rheumatology”, ”Epidemiology and Health Care Research” and with the Leibniz Science Campus “Chronic Inflammation”
• Excellent scientific skills in the entire field of experimental Rheumatology as well as proven management skills in personnel and financial management
• Proof of outstanding research achievements and successful attainment of competitive third-party research funding
• Experience and commitment in teaching, excellent didactic skills and willingness to actively participate in teaching activities at Charité and DRFZ, supervision of master and doctoral students, and participation in academic self-administration.
• Consideration of gender and diversity both in terms of research content and personnel

The Charité and the DRFZ seek to fill this position with an internationally renowned and scientifically excellent personality, with a strong international profile in Immunology / Inflammation research and an, interest in Rheumatology. The close cooperation of the DRFZ with the Medical Clinic with focus on Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Charité should be continued and a concept for the cooperation should be explicitly presented in the application.

Qualifications:
According to the higher education act of Berlin for hiring professors (§ 100 BerlHG), the academic prerequisites for this position include either a professorship, junior professorship, postdoctoral lecturer qualification (habilitation), or equivalent scientific achievement including qualified teaching experience or a similar qualification. Furthermore, a completed university degree as well as doctorate (Ph.D. and/or M.D.) in medicine or natural science with significant post-doctoral experience is required.

The Charité and the DRFZ are committed to increasing the proportion of women among the scientific personnel, therefore we strongly encourage women to apply. Women will be given preference over equally qualified men (within the framework of the legal possibilities). We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, social background, religion or age. Equally qualified applicants with disabilities will be given preference.

Written applications according to the format specified on https://career.charite.de/am/calls/application_notes.pdf should be submitted by January 29, 2021 at https://career.charite.de As part of the requested short concept for the professor-ship please submit a proposal of 2-3 pages in German and/or English outlining your ideas on future research and how these will tie in with the existing entities at Charité and other research institutions (BIH, MDC, DRFZ).

Inquiries about the professorship (research and teaching aspect) should be addressed to Prof. Dr. Reinhold E. Schmidt, M.D., President of the Board of Trust of the DRFZ, schmidt.reinhold.ernst@mh-hannover.de or to Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries, M.D., Dean of the Charité, axel.pries@charite.de