Recruit

This is to inform you that Professor Chikashi Ishioka will retire on March 31, 2024, from the Department of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. We are now calling for applicants for the position of his successor.

This position will be :
(1) Chief of the Department of Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, and responsible for education and research in Clinical Oncology.
(2) director at the Department of Medical Oncology at Tohoku University Hospital.

Hence, we humbly request that you inform your colleagues and recommend any suitable candidates for the position.

1. Application materials

① Recommendation Letter (A4 size, free format. Self-recommendation is acceptable)
② CV (Form 1)
③ Publications list (articles, books, lectures, awards, patents, etc.) (Form 2, and attach copies of key articles (up to 10 papers))
④ List of the educational portfolio, mentoring, awards, etc, includes educational activities at academic societies. (Form 3)
⑤ Grants received (Form 4)
⑥ Outline of research history and accomplishments (Free-format, approx. 4,000 characters in Japanese or approx. 2,000 words in English, including industry-academia collaboration and intellectual property.  Figures and tables may be included.)
⑦ Outline of clinical activities (Free-format, approx. 2,000 characters in Japanese or approx.
1,000 words in English. Figures and tables may be included.)
⑧ Plans for education, research, and clinical practice (Free format, approx. 4,000 characters in Japanese or approx 2,000 words in English. Figures and tables may be included.)

※ Documents other than the recommendation letter should be submitted in PDF format on a CD-R or other electronic media.

2. Additional remarks

(1) Applicants must have a Ph.D.degree
(2) Applicants must be both a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and a Board-certified Medical Oncologist of the Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology.
(3) Terms of office based on the Act on Term of Office of University Teachers, etc.
  (Ten-year term, renewable)

3. Deadline for applications

    Friday, September 1, 2023 (must be received by September 1, 2023)

4. Date of Appointment

    April 1, 2024

5. Where to submit

Tohoku University School of Medicine
General Affairs Office
Personnel Section
2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan 
※ If you send by post, please use registered mail or some other trackable method.
TEL　022-717-8004　
FAX　022-717-8021　
Mail　med-jin@grp.tohoku.ac.jp

6. Contact

Tohoku University School of Medicine General Affairs Office Personnel Section
TEL　+81-22-717-8004　
FAX　+81-22-717-8021　
E-mail　med-jin@grp.tohoku.ac.jp

7. Others

(1) During the selection process, you may be asked to give presentations, mock lectures, etc.
(2) During the selection process, we may visit your workplace for site inspection.
(3) As a rule, submitted documents will not be returned.  Personal information obtained from the submitted documents will not be used for any purpose other than selection and recruitment.
(4) Tohoku University promotes activities to increase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and encourages people of varied talents from all backgrounds to apply for positions at the university.

Tohoku University’s website about the DEI Declaration is here:
http://tumug.tohoku.ac.jp/dei/

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Menand Women in Employment, Tohoku University shall, as a measure for increasing the presence ofwomen among the academic staff, prioritize the hiring of women deemed qualified for each jobopening, based on impartial evaluation.

Tohoku University has the largest on-campus childcare system of all Japanese national universities.This network comprises three nurseries: Kawauchi Keyaki Nursery school (capacity: 22) and Aobayama Midori Nursery school (116), both open to all university employees, as well as Hoshinoko Nursery school (120), which is open to employees working on Seiryo Campus. In addition, Tohoku University Hospital runs a childcare room for mildly ill and convalescent children which is availableto all university employees.

See the following website for information on these and other programs that Tohoku University runs to assist work-life balance, to support researchers, and to advance gender equality.

Tohoku University Center for Gender Equality Promotion website:
http://www.tumug.tohoku.ac.jp/

Human Resources and Planning Department website:
https://c.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/jinji-top/external/a-4-kosodate/

【Application materials】
Instructions[PDF]
Form 1（Curriculum vitae）[word]
Form 2（Publications list）[word]
Form 3（List of educational portfolio）[word]
Form 4（Grants received）[word]