Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor –Animal Health & Infectious Diseases

Job Description Summary

• Organization's Summary Statement:
• The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) School of Veterinary Medicine, in coordination with UMES Extension and the UMES Agricultural Experiment Station, seeks applications for a Veterinarian at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. This position is a twelve-month, tenure-track appointment with an effort distribution of approximately 50% Research and 50% Extension/Service/ Teaching. The position will have multiple reporting responsibilities to the Dean SVM, Director UMES AES, and Administrator UMES Extension.

This position emphasizes research and service in the veterinary and animal-health sciences, with a disciplinary focus on one or more of the following areas: infectious diseases, parasitology, virology, bacteriology, immunology, biosecurity, and epidemiology. The successful candidate will build an extramurally funded research program and deliver science-based Extension and diagnostic service that protects animal and public health across the Delmarva Peninsula, the state of Maryland, and beyond, consistent with the School’s One Health mission.

The developing School of Veterinary Medicine — the first within Maryland — is committed to advancing the health of animals, humans, and the environment while supporting a thriving regional agricultural economy and expanding diversity in the veterinary profession. The successful candidate will help shape the School’s research and Extension enterprise and contribute to the education of veterinary and graduate students.

• University Information
• The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is the 1890 Land-Grant University in Maryland and a historically Black university, located in a rural setting on the Delmarva Peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. The major metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, MD, and Philadelphia, PA, are within easy travel distance. The region is one of the nation’s most important animal-agriculture areas, anchored by a major commercial poultry industry and a diverse base of small ruminant, cattle, swine, and small-farm producers. UMES Extension and the university’s 365-acre Research, Extension and Teaching Farm provide an exceptional platform for applied, producer-engaged scholarship.

Salary Range: $135,000 – $160,000 annually (commensurate with academic rank and experience).

• Benefits: The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, as a University System of Maryland institution and a Maryland State agency, provides a comprehensive benefits package to all regular faculty and
• staff. The Office of Employee Benefits provides consultative services and assistance with benefits planning, enrollment, and changes. Eligible employees may participate in a variety of benefit plans including:

• •Health insurance, including multiple medical plan options for employees
• and dependents offered through the State of Maryland Employee Benefits
• Division.
• •Prescription drug, dental, and flexible spending accounts, and vision
• coverage.
• •Retirement plans: mandatory enrollment in a state pension system or an
• Optional Retirement Plan with Fidelity or TIAA, Supplemental Retirement
• Accounts (TIAA, Fidelity, or MSRP-Nationwide) with $600 annual state
• match, Life Insurance (state sponsored MetLife, USM sponsored MetLife
• Plan, life insurance and long-term disability insurance).
• •Tuition remission benefits for eligible employees and, subject to USM
• policies, spouses and
• dependents at University System of Maryland institutions.
• •Exempt positions start at 22 days annual per year, sick leave 15 days per
• year, personal leave 3 days per year), and paid holidays.
• •Employee wellness and support resources and access to the State of
• Maryland wellness programs.

• The successful candidate will be primarily engaged in research (50%) and Extension/service/teaching appointment (50%). Research (approximately 50%):
• •Develop and sustain an independent and collaborative, extramurally funded
• research program in one or more focus disciplines — infectious diseases,
• parasitology, virology, bacteriology, immunology, biosecurity, and/or
• epidemiology — relevant to the animal industries and public
• health of the region.
• •Pursue intramural and extramural funding (e.g., USDA-NIFA, NIH, USDA-
• APHIS, industry, and foundation sources) and demonstrate strong
• grantsmanship.
• •Publish in peer-reviewed journals and disseminate findings at scientific and
• industry meetings; contribute to the School’s emerging research
• infrastructure, including diagnostic and laboratory capacity.
• •Mentor and train graduate and professional (DVM) students and research
• staff, and collaborate across disciplines with School of Veterinary
• Medicine, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, and
• Extension colleagues.

• Extension/Service/Teaching (approximately 50%):
• •Develop and deliver science-based Extension programs, diagnostic support,
• and outreach addressing infectious and zoonotic disease, parasitology,
• biosecurity, disease surveillance, and epidemiology for producers,
• veterinarians, agency partners, and communities.
• •Provide subject-matter expertise to state and federal animal-health
• agencies, producer organizations, and allied industry; contribute to disease
• surveillance, biosecurity planning, and emergency preparedness and
• response for animal-health events.
• •Develop high-quality educational resources (fact sheets, decision tools,
• online modules) and build collaborative relationships with UMES Extension,
• county educators, and regional partners.
• •Support the development and implementation of the new veterinary
• medical school program through didactic, laboratory, or clinical instruction
• as assigned.
• •Participate in student learning labs, pre-veterinary activities, advising, and
• mentoring; contribute to curriculum development and the School’s
• accreditation efforts.
• •Provide service to the School, University, profession, and community, and
• perform other related duties as assigned.

• Required Qualifications
• •Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent professional degree
• from an accredited institution.
• •An earned or near-completion graduate degree (Ph.D. or M.S.) and/or
• advanced training in a relevant discipline (infectious diseases, parasitology,
• virology, bacteriology, immunology, biosecurity or epidemiology), OR
• equivalent research training and demonstrated scholarly productivity.
• •Strong evidence of scholarly activity and research productivity, and
• experience in grantsmanship.

• Physical Demands:
• •May require extended periods of standing, bending, stooping, and sitting at
• a desk.
• •May require lifting.
• •May involve work in laboratory, farm, and field settings, including contact
• with animals and biological samples.
• •Requires communication with a variety of constituents, externally and
• internally, and operation of a variety of office and laboratory equipment.

• Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• •Strong organizational skills and the ability to work both collaboratively and
• independently.
• •Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to translate
• science for diverse
• producer, veterinary, agency, and community audiences.
• •A commitment to animal welfare, biosafety, and ethical research.
• •Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional weekends and holidays
• as needed for research, service, or emergency animal-health response.
• •Strong computer skills.

• Preferences:
• •Eligible for licensure to practice veterinary medicine in Maryland.
• •Board certification relevant to the position (e.g., ACVM, ACVPM, ACPV, or
• ACVP).
• •A record of extramural grant funding and peer-reviewed publication in one
• or more focus disciplines.
• •Experience in a veterinary diagnostic laboratory, disease-surveillance, or
• epidemiology setting.
• •Prior Extension, outreach, or adult-education experience across in-person,
• virtual, and written modalities.
• •Experience serving small, beginning, or historically underserved farmers
• and rur