Jobs
Open Rank Associate Professor/Professor in Human Neuroimaging
Posted 08 Oct 2024
Employer
Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at Rutgers University
Location
New Jersey
Principal Investigator
Contact
To become a part of our vibrant research community, applicants should submit a CV and a brief statement of research accomplishments and plans to Dr. Michal Beeri at mbeeri@ifh.rutgers.edu and copy the BHI bhi@bhi.rutgers.edu.
See more details and apply online at https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/205759
Description
Under the direction of the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI), Rutgers seeks a neuroimaging leader for a tenure-track position at the associate or full professor level at BHI, and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) within Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences (RBHS). Rutgers seeks a faculty member who is experienced using neuroimaging techniques to image human brain structure and activity as it relates to aging, Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team including neurologists, neuropsychologists, and neuropathologists. The AD center will develop a research cohort of individuals at high risk for dementia. This cohort will be extensively phenotyped for clinical, cognitive, genetic, neuroimaging, behavioral, digital and blood biomarker measures. In addition to scientific leadership, responsibilities will also include mentorship of young investigators. Applicants must have experience in conducting neuroimaging in large-scale longitudinal studies, and an interest in studying the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Qualifying tenure-stream applicants must have an established scholarly record demonstrating ability to develop and lead a program of independent, NIH (or other extramurally) funded research. Successful applicant(s) will serve as a core member(s) within the new Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Center at BHI, with a primary appointment in the Department of Neurology at RWJMS. The Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Center is a new center within BHI at Rutgers University with the mission of establishing an interdisciplinary, integrated program to provide comprehensive research focused on prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. This center is the first of its kind in New Jersey, and the successful applicant will be integral to its development.
Ideal candidates will bring vision and experience in modern aging and memory research and enthusiasm for collaborative team science and collaboration.
Applicants representing diverse backgrounds of all sorts are encouraged to apply. Rutgers University is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
The AD center is actively working to ensure that our faculty composition reflects diversity. It especially welcomes applications from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM (including women, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ scientists).
Requirements
Ph.D., M.D., M.D./Ph.D., or equivalent terminal degree. A research program with currently active federal funding. Preference will be given to investigators at the associate professor level or above; however, superb young investigators with NIH funding and a high potential for scientific independence and success will also be considered. Physician-scientists are highly encouraged to apply, but clinical credentials are not a requirement for the position. Cultural and language competency and/or experience working with one or more underserved communities is a plus.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to develop and lead a program of independent extramurally funded research including a record of leadership of, or contributions to, major successful peer-reviewed grant proposals appropriate to the applicant’s academic rank.
- Track record in molecular neuroimaging (amyloid and tau imaging) is a major advantage.
- Experience in neuroimaging research directly relevant to Alzheimer disease and related dementias.
- Academic credentials that qualify for appointment as an associate professor at Rutgers University including a record of successful extramural funding and peer-reviewed publications addressing Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Superb young investigators with NIH funding and a high potential for scientific independence and success will be considered.
- Record of successful multidisciplinary collaboration and mentorship of students and early stage investigators.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate research findings and concepts to both academic and non-academic audiences.
- Ability to successfully engage and communicate with study participants, community, and public policy leaders.
- Strong interest and enthusiasm in helping achieve successful implementation of the new cohort and contributing to cutting-edge science.
In addition -
- Serve as a key leader in developing a well phenotyped dementia risk cohort.
- Provide leadership in ensuring robust, harmonizable, neuroimaging protocols.
- Lead a program of extramurally funded research in Alzheimer’s disease that will contribute to the development of, and leveraging of the research cohort.
- Lead and collaborate on manuscripts using cohort data.
- Lead and contribute to grant proposals that support future funding of cohort data collection and address research questions of high scientific and public health importance in Alzheimer’s disease.
- Contribute to research communication activities with participants, and community audiences.
- Participate in mentoring, training, and professional development of staff, post-doctoral fellows, junior physicians, students, and others collaborating on the cohort study.
- Successfully compete for extramural funding
- Cultural and language competency and/or experience working with one or more of the underserved communities of NJ.