Hiring Department: Pathology, College of Medicine

Title: Assistant Director, Tissue Typing/HLA Laboratory; Open Rank Faculty

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1038732

Apply: https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/18611?c=uic

Posting Close Date: For fullest consideration, please submit a curriculum vitae and names of three references by January 31, 2026.

Salary: The budgeted salary range for the position is $180,000 to $350,000. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity. 

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents. 

Position Summary

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago seeks outstanding candidates for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (rank/tenure commensurate with experience) in Tissue Typing/HLA Laboratory Testing.

UI Health is an enterprise that includes a 470 bed tertiary care hospital, 30+ outpatient clinics and patient-centered research entities including the University of Illinois Cancer Center. The University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago is one of three campuses that make up the nation’s largest public medical school. The Department of Pathology in the College of Medicine provides testing in all major disciplines including microbiology, chemistry, hematology, transfusion medicine, tissue typing/transplant and molecular pathology including next-generation sequencing along with an active surgical pathology and cytopathology service.  UI Health has very active solid organ and hematopoietic clinical transplantation programs including liver, renal, small bowel, pancreas and hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant. The HLA Laboratory is a state of the art newly remodeled laboratory that performs all transplant related testing in-house. 

The Department of Pathology offers a collaborative work environment and provides all faculty with professional development opportunities to advance in their careers.

Duties & Responsibilities

This faculty position will be responsible for (1) oversight and performance of a combination of HLA/Tissue Typing diagnostic services (2) participating in teaching medical students, residents, fellows, and house staff and (3) developing or continuing a basic or translational research program. Professional duties include technical oversight for immunogenetics and histocompatibility testing in a CAP accredited, CLIA regulated clinical laboratory, review and sign out of test results, clinical consultation, virtual crossmatches, monitoring compliance with the Quality Control Plan, test development, validation and implementation. Participation in teaching, administrative work, research and attendance at professional development and scientific meetings is expected.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Offers of employment by the University of Illinois may be subject to approval by the University’s Board of Trustees and are made contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of any criminal background checks and other pre-employment assessments that may be required for the position being offered.

The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=4292&pageId=1411899

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position; however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD, MD, DO, DO/PhD or MD/PhD degree from an accredited institution
• MD/DO candidates must be Board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology (AP/CP) or clinical pathology (CP)
• MD/DO and PhD candidates must hold certification as a Laboratory Director, Clinical Consultant, and Technical Supervisor for Hematopoietic Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplantation (Related and Unrelated Donors), and Solid Organ Transplantation (Live Donors) by the American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ACHI)
• The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Tissue Typing/HLA Laboratory Testing.