Full or Associate Professor,Senior Staff Dentist in charge of the Gerodontology Unit
Université de GenèveUniversity Clinic of Dental Medicine
Published
18 December 2024
Closing Date
14 February 2025
Workplace
Genève, Lake Geneva region, Switzerland
Category
Health
Research Management
Position
Professor
Job Start
01.10.2025
The University of Geneva is a multi-disciplinary institution that enjoys worldwide recognition and ranks among the best universities in the world. Its Faculty of Medicine has 3,500 students and 200 research groups. The Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) are a leading medical institution recognized nationally and internationally, employing 12,000 collaborators. Together, the Faculty and the HUG form a center of excellence for teaching, research, and innovation in medicine and the life sciences.
The University Clinic of Dental Medicine (CUMD) is the only French-speaking dental training center in Switzerland. It provides basic, advanced and continuing education, and conducts research in the field of oral health. Finally, it provides preventive and therapeutic clinical care to the population of Geneva. The Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics (DRG) of the HUG is a medical hub focused on the elderly. It comprises 6 divisions on 5 sites, and employs around 1,400 staff. It deals with acute situations, specific age-related problems, medical rehabilitation and palliative medicine.
In this context, the Faculty of Medicine and the HUG are inviting applications for a University Hospital position as a Senior Staff Dentist that includes a fraction of a professorship position:
Full or Associate Professor,
Senior Staff Dentist in charge of the Gerodontology Unit
Description
- Lead the Gerodontology Unit of the Division of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation at HUG and be responsible for the management of the DRG’s dental offices (Bellerive, Loëx and Belle-Idée hospitals)
- Lead the Division of Gerodontology and Removable Prosthodontics at the CUMD, supervise and participate in its care activities
- Ensure the interface between the DRG and CUMD, as well as with their internal and external partners, in a transversal perspective
- Provide and supervise pre-graduate, post-graduate and continuing education within the Faculty of Medicine and the HUG, in particular concerning the care of elderly patients. Lead and fund a research team.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Dental Medicine, Board certification in Reconstructive Dentistry (SSRD), or equivalent
- Outstanding clinical expertise, training in gerodontology and in conventional and digital techniques of rehabilitation with removable prosthodontics
- Proven management, organizational and leadership skills
- Good knowledge of French
- Relevant teaching experience and proven mentoring skills. Ability to lead clinical and translational research. Publications in major international journals.
Contact and Address
STARTING DATE: October 1st 2025, or upon agreement
Mandatory online registration before February 14th 2025 at: https://www.unige.ch/academ
Further enquiries should be directed to: Write an email
In a gender equality perspective, women are encouraged to apply.
Web
www.unige.ch/
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