Minimum Education and Experience
Ph.D., MD, MD/PhD, 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.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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.
- Experience in neuroimaging research directly relevant to Alzheimer disease and related dementias.
- Track record in molecular neuroimaging (amyloid and tau imaging) is a major advantage.
- 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.
- 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 multi-disciplinary 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
Overview
The successful candidate must have current active federal funding and a research program using human neuroimaging methods to study Alzheimer disease and related dementias. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent start-up package. Candidates for senior faculty position can be considered for a leadership position overseeing the the development of high dementia risk cohort.
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