Global Scientist Interdisciplinary Forum of Southern Universityof Science and Technology (SUSTech) is animportant forum for SUSTech to recruit excellent talents. It isaimed to provide a platform for domestic and overseas scholars toexchange thoughts and conduct academic communication, promotedisciplinary crossing and academic innovation, and jointly build aworld-class university and develop academic disciplines.SUSTech is striving to build itself into a top researchuniversity with distinctive strength and uniqueness both in Chinaand the rest of the world through recruiting and trainingworld-class talents and vigorous efforts in pursing excellence. TheSchool of Medicine will provide recruited applicants with globallycompetitive remunerations, first-class research laboratories andplatforms, and excellent living facilities for themselves and theirfamilies.

Introduction to the School of Medicine ofSUSTech

The School of Medicine of SUSTech was founded in 2018.Based in Shenzhen, it is positioned as an internationalizedhigh-level research school of medicine featuring the integration ofmedicine with sciences, engineering, and humanities. Itsmission is to train and foster leading medical talents who willpossess ethical integrity, professional competence andinternational vision.

Taking the advantage of strong science and engineeringdisciplines of SUSTech, the School of Medicine will establish asystem of new medicine to achieve interdisciplinary developmentbetween medicine and engineering, the humanities and sciences, withclinical medicine as the core focus. Through such integration ofmedicine with engineering, sciences and the humanities and bydrawing on the experience of medical education models both in Chinaand abroad, the School of Medicine is striving to build itself intoa base for cultivating world-class medical talents withmultidisciplinary capabilities to meet the strategic demands forhealth development at the municipal, provincial and nationallevels.

The School of Medicine has an internationally competitiveleadership team. Mingzhao Xing, M.D., Ph. D., the foundingDean of the School of Medicine of SUSTech, is a tenured Professorof Medicine (LOA) of the Johns Hopkins University School ofMedicine and an elected member of the Association of AmericanPhysicians, who joined SUSTech full time for his leadership role atthe School of Medicine. He is an internationally renownedphysician-scientist and American Board-certified clinical expert inendocrinology and thyroid medicine. Under the leadership ofDean Xing, the School of Medicine has in short time built a strongleadership team and a unique and efficient administrativeorganizational structure. Professor Xiao Guozhi, a formertenured professor at Rush University in Chicago, serves as theAssociate Dean in charge of scientific research and graduatestudies and Professor Zhang Wenyong, a USA-trained M.D., Ph.D andAmerican Board-certified pathologist, serves as the Associate Deanin charge of undergraduate education. Seven basicadministrative units have been established in the Medical School,now in their full functional operation, including the Deansoffice, the office of human resource, the office of teachingaffairs, the office of scientific research, the office of studentsaffairs, the office of graduate student affairs, and the office offinancial affairs. The School of Medicine has a total of 148employees (including visiting scholars).

The 2019 Global Scientist Interdisciplinary Forum of SUSTechattracted more than 80 outstanding talents from both China andabroad. More are expected to come this year. In the last 1-2years the School of Medicine has built a strong faculty, currentlywith 31 core tenured or tenure-track members (including some toarrive). These include one academician of the Chinese Academy ofSciences and five chair professors. There are additional 12 facultymembers on the research track at the Research Assistant/AssociateProfessor levels. Among these faculty members there are 40person-times of outstanding academic talent honor titles at thenational, provincial and municipal levels. There arecurrently 11 postdoctoral fellows, with an expected rapid growth inthe near future. All members in the individual facultymembers research team in the School of Medicine has a master orhigher education degree.

The School of Medicine has established eight departments,including Department of Medical Neurosciences, Department ofPharmacology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Human CellBiology and Genetics, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology,Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Department ofPathology, and Department of Oncology. Additionally, theDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology is currently indevelopment. It also has two specially designated scientificresearch platforms the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory forCell Microenvironment and Disease Research and the SUSTech PainMedicine Center.

The School of Medicine currently has two core undergraduateeducation programs--clinical medicine and biomedicine, with severalmore to be developed in the next few years. The SUSTech also has astrategic plan to collaborate with King's College London (UK) inbuilding a joined international medical education program or joinedmedical school. The School presently enrolls graduatestudents for master and doctoral degrees in biology and iscurrently in the process of applying for accreditation for offeringmaster and doctoral degrees in clinical medicine.

Benefited from the excellent resources in Guangdong Province andShenzhen Municipality as well as SUSTech, the School of Medicinehas, in its relatively short history, achieved remarkablescientific accomplishments. By October 2020, it has published140 scientific papers and has been awarded 46 government-sponsoredresearch grants of a total monetary value of 40.6374 millionYuan. The School has organized 98 major academicseminars.

The School of Medicine has ten hospitals with direct affiliationor with a collaboration relationship. These include threedirectly affiliated hospitals the First Affiliated Hospital ofSUSTech (Shenzhen Peoples Hospital), the Second AffiliatedHospital of SUSTech (The Third Peoples Hospital of Shenzhen), andthe Third Affiliated Hospital of SUSTech (formerly XiliHospital). The main tertiary hospital of the School ofMedicine its own in adjacency with the campus of the School ofMedicine is currently under designing and its construction willstart soon. There is one jointly-funded collaborative hospital(SUSTech Yantian Hospital) and five teaching hospitals (theShenzhen Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of MedicalSciences, the Shenzhen Kangning Psychiatry Hospital, the ShenzhenChildrens Hospital, the Shenzhen Hospital of Peking University,and the Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital).

The core moral value of the School of Medicine includescivility, team spirit, cooperation, harmony, respect, inclusivenessand mutual help to form a unique cultural atmosphere. The Schoolpromotes diverse cultural pursuits and supports and organizes avariety of cultural activities among students and employees. Thispositive cultural atmosphere is seen in the student dormitories,class rooms, laboratories, conference rooms, offices and everywherein the School of Medicine. The School of Medicine is dedicated tocreating a learning and working atmosphere commensurate with thecore humanity value of medical science.

The School of Medicine at SUSTech will strive towards the goalof building itself into a world-class school of medicine, fosteringgenerations of motivated, responsible and capable physicianscientists who are both outstanding research scientists and skilledclinicians. This is to generate and provide outstandingleaders in clinical medicine and biomedicine to the GuangdongHongKongMacao Greater Bay Area, the country of China, and theworld.

1. Forum Schedule

Date of Main online Forum: January 9,2021 (Saturday)

9 a.m. Beijing Time, Main forum live9 p.m. Beijing Time, Mainforum replay

Date of Sub-forum Presentation: January 10-17, 2021

2. Recruiting Categories

3. Application Materials and Methods

1) Application materials

Resume

Cover letter

Representative papers (published in the previous 5 years),representative work

Honors and awards

Research proposal

How to apply

Please submit all your application materials to the Mailbox ofHuman Resources Office of School of Medicine(hr-med@sustech.edu.cn) and entitledSUSTech Global Scientist Interdisciplinary ForumApplication-School of Medicine-OutstandingFaculty/Young Faculty/Post-doctoralTalents(choose one from the three) for evaluation. Wewill evaluate your application and send out invitations as soon aspossible. Please send materials at your earliest convenience sincethe registration is limited.

Application due date:

December 31, 2020

Successful applicants will receive the invitation before January5, 2021.

4.ContactInformation

Miss. Wang

Tel: +86-755-88018031

Email: hr-med@sustech.edu.cn

5. Qualifications and Benefits

Outstanding Faculty (Chair Professor /Professor)

1.Requirements

Candidate of national-level talent programstenured professor orassociate professor of overseas well-known universities or researchinstitutions, leading talent with internationally recognizedachievements.

2.Support Policies

Research fundswill be discuss case by case.

Group support: At least 1 PhD student per year andunlimited numbers of post-doctoral fellows in support.Self-determination of hiring research assistant professors (RAPs)with competitive research funding support for RAPs.

Lab space about 150 square meters per person.

3.Remuneration

Salary: Globally competitive salary; Preferential policy ofindividual income tax, income tax of qualified high-level talentswill be compensated by local government to a maximum of 15% (taxfree).

Insurances: Shenzhens highest level of retirement insurance,medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injuryinsurance, maternity insurance and housing provident funds. Specialhigh-level health insurance is negotiable.

4.Benefits

Housing and subsidies: Temporary on-campus apartments providedor subsidies to support off-campus rental housing. No less than CNY4.5 million living and housing subsidies (tax free) for scholars ofnational-level talent programs. An extra yearly subsidy of CNY500,000 will be awarded to scholars within Pearl River TalentsPlan (longest duration 5 years).

Other benefits: Permanent residence or resident visa service forscholars and family (spouse and children); Service of childrenseducation in SUSTech affiliated preschool, primary school andmiddle school; Spouses employment service.

Young Faculty (Associate / Assistantprofessor)

1. Requirements

Under the age of 40.

Doctoral degree obtained from internationally renowneduniversities and institutes; or Ph.D. degrees from Chineseuniversities and more than 36 months of overseas work experience,with a formal teaching or research position in famous overseasuniversities and research institutes.

2.SupportPolicies

Research funds: Up to CNY 12 million / 6 million in researchstart-up funding is provided by local government and the universitywithin 5 years.

Group support: At least 1 PhD student per year and unlimitednumbers of post-doctoral fellows in support. Self-determination ofhiring research assistant professors (RAPs) with competitiveresearch fund support for RAPs.

Lab space of approx. 150 square meters per person.

3.Remuneration

Salary: Globally competitive salary; Preferential policy ofindividual income tax, income tax of qualified high-level talentswill be compensated by local government to a maximum of 15% (taxfree).

Insurances: Shenzhens highest level of retirement insurance,medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injuryinsurance, maternity insurance and housing provident funds. Specialhigh-level health insurance is negotiable.

4.Benefits

Housing and subsidies: Temporary on-campus apartments providedor subsidies to support off-campus rental housing. No less than CNY2.75 million living and housing subsidies (tax free) for scholarsof national-level talent programs. An extra yearly subsidy of CNY500,000 will be awarded to scholars within Pearl River TalentsPlan (longest duration 5 years).

Other benefits: Permanent residence or resident visa service forscholars and family (spouse and children); Service of childrenseducation in SUSTech affiliated preschool, primary school andmiddle school; Spouses employment service.

Post-doctoral Talents

1.Requirements

Under the age of 35

No more than 3 years of obtaining doctoral degree withdemonstrable academic and scientific research excellence.

2.Remuneration

Salary: Pre-tax annual salary not less than CNY 335,000(including provincial and municipal subsidies); For PresidentOutstanding Post-doctors, pre-tax annual salary not less than507,000 CNY (including provincial and municipal subsidies).

Insurances: Shenzhens highest level of retirementinsurance.

3.Benefits

Housing and subsidies: Temporary on-campus apartments providedor subsidies to support off-campus rental housing. No lessthan CNY 1.6 million living and housing subsidies (tax free) forscholars who meet the requirements of high-level talents inShenzhen.

Other benefits: Permanent residence or resident visa service forscholars and family (spouse and children); Service of childrenseducation in SUSTech affiliated preschool, primary school andmiddle school.

Welcome all eligible scholars at home and abroad to apply andattend

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