Description
The Division of Pulmonary, Sleep, and Cystic Fibrosis at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio is seeking a mid- career faculty member to join our team as Associate Division Director for Research.
The Division of Pulmonary, Sleep, and Cystic Fibrosis and the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s provide outstanding infrastructure for single- and multi-center pulmonary and sleep medicine-specific research. Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health- funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. In 2025, our pulmonary medicine division’s extramural grant funding exceeded $2.1M supporting a wide portfolio of projects ranging from basic science lung immunology to clinical trials and multi-center studies. Investigators are supported by a multi-disciplinary Pulmonary Research Core.
The Division of Hospital Pulmonary, Sleep, and Cystic Fibrosis currently has 25 faculty members, including pediatric and dual pediatric/adult boarded pulmonologists with diverse academic and clinical interests. An ACGME-accredited three fellowship program welcomes two fellows per year. Supported by superb clinical infrastructure, the division had over 18,000 outpatient visits and 2,500 discharges in 2025.
Ideal candidates for this academic position will have a strong record of extramural funding and excellence in clinical and/or basic/translational research, mentorship, and teaching. Responsibilities will include the conduct of individual and collaborative original scientific research, faculty and fellow research mentorship, and provision of clinical care.
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics, and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 16,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.9 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
