The Department of Human Genetics of KU Leuven, invites candidates to apply for a full-time research professorship. This position is funded by the Special Research Fund (BOFZAP), established by the Flemish Government. We are looking for motivated and internationally oriented candidates with an excellent research record and with educational competence in the field of Genomics Medicine. The appointment is expected to start on October 1, 2027. Applications will be evaluated in parallel and independently by 1) the KU Leuven Research Council in a competitive process across academic domains and 2) the faculty advisory committee. During the first 10 years, the teaching obligations as a research professor will be limited. Afterwards, the position will be transformed into a regular professorship.

Genomics is transforming medicine. Genomic medicine operates at the interface of biomedical and data sciences, integrating clinical genetics with population genomics and challenging existing et...