Position Details
Recruitment/Posting Title: Multiple Open Rank Faculty Positions in the Department of Neurosurgery at Rutgers Health and Rutgers Brain Health Institute
Department: RWJ - Brain Health Institute
Salary: Commensurate With Experience
Posting Summary: Rutgers University Department of Neurosurgery at Robert Wood Johnson and New Jersey Medical Schools and Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) seek to recruit outstanding federally funded faculty to help execute our mission of building a world-class translational neuroscience research program in one of the leading academic medical centers in the United States. Openings will be filled at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. The Departments of Neurosurgery at Robert Wood Johnson and New Jersey Medical Schools, under the leadership of newly recruited Chair, Dr. Robert Gross, MD, PhD, is composed of basic and translational research scientists, clinician scientists, and clinicians working collaboratively on high-impact basic and clinical research. The scientific focus of the Department is on bench-to-bedside research to understand mechanisms of disease development, progression, and prevention in the areas of epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, movement disorders, memory dysfunction, psychiatric disorders (e.g., addiction), and cancer; and to translate research findings into novel therapeutic approaches with a particular focus on neuromodulation, gene and cell therapy, metabolism, and epigenetics. In addition, we apply in vivo recording and neuroimaging techniques in understanding disease processes and monitoring their response to therapy. These research topics are also part of the four focus areas at BHI, which is the home for the overall Rutgers neuroscience initiative. BHI is a growing interdisciplinary institute consisting of more than 300 principal investigators with neuroscience laboratories across various campuses of Rutgers University.
Position Status: Full Time
Posting Number: 24FA0220
Posting Open Date: 02/26/2024
Posting Close Date: Not specified
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience: Applicants must have a PhD, MD, or equivalent doctoral degree, with demonstrated ability to lead an independent, federally funded research program in the above areas, but researchers working in other areas applicable to the mission of a neurosurgery department will also be considered. We offer substantial resources and outstanding core facilities to support these positions. Candidates applying for a position at the Assistant Professor level are expected to have K99/R00 grants or equivalent and develop a rigorous extramurally funded research program. Candidates at the Associate and Full Professor level are expected to have an established federal grant portfolio that can be transferred to Rutgers.
Overview
The newly formed Rutgers Health, an innovative, statewide academic health care provider organization across New Jersey that brings together all Rutgers clinical activities under one umbrella, will facilitate the clinical research activities. With an NIH CTSA and a Comprehensive NCI Cancer Center, Rutgers offers unique opportunities to speed the translation of research discoveries into improved patient care. With 2 teaching hospitals and over 300 neuroscience faculty labs in Newark, New Brunswick, and Piscataway, as well as proximity to the New York, Princeton and Philadelphia neuroscience communities, Rutgers offers tremendous collaborative opportunities and core facilities to support a robust translational and clinical research program. Outstanding core facilities will support this position, including a new research-dedicated 3T MRI scanner and a human behavioral testing core in collaboration with Princeton University. Rutgers values a culturally diverse faculty; we strongly encourage applications from women and underrepresented in medicine candidates. Applicants should submit a CV and statement of research accomplishments and plans and names of three to five references to Dr. Detlev Boison, Chair of the search committee, at bhi@bhi.rutgers.edu.
Special Instructions to Applicants
To become a part of our vibrant research community, applicants should submit a CV and statement of research accomplishments and plans and names of three to five references to Dr. Detlev Boison, Chair of the Search committee at bhi@bhi.rutgers.edu.
Pre-employment Screenings
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