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The Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease (MCCNAD) and the Department of Radiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) seeks a full-time tenure track Investigator at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in Human Neuroimaging with an emphasis in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and/or Positron Emission Tomography. The ideal candidate would have an active research program that synergizes with the mission of the MCCNAD (https://www.brain.northwestern.edu/index.html), a multidepartmental, multidisciplinary academic unit focused on 1) the care of patients with memory loss, dementia, and other cognitive/behavioral disorders of aging, 2) understanding mechanisms of cognition, brain aging, and the pathobiology of dementia, and 3) the development of more effective treatments for dementia. The appointment will be in the Department of Radiology (https://www.radiology.northwestern.edu/index.html), which is committed to educating future leaders of the field, conducting innovative research, and providing exceptional patient care and service to physicians. FSM has two 3T Siemens Prisma MR scanners 100% dedicated to research and daily research blocks on the 3 PET/CT and 1 PET/MR scanners located at Northwestern Medicine on the Chicago campus with several active commercial radiopharmaceutical suppliers in the Chicago area. The faculty member will have an office in the MCCNAD, a newly renovated space of 16,112 sq. ft. on the FSM campus in downtown Chicago. The MCCNAD is home of the NIH-funded Northwestern Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, which has an Imaging Core that the faculty member will lead and computing resources that include the NU/FSM high performance cluster (Quest, ~63,000 cores, 68 GPUs, and 8Pb of storage) and a local NeuroCluster that has 320 cores and 4 GPUs.
Responsibilities include conducting their independent research program and attaining independent research funding. The candidate will be the Core Leader for the ADRC Imaging Core at Northwestern University and lead the Imaging Core team to meet and accomplish the aims of the ADRC P30. As Imaging Core Leader for the P30, they will be responsible for leading a team that supports imaging needs of the research projects at the MCCNAD.
Qualified candidates will possess a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree and have an established record of research productivity and independent grant funding in neuroimaging related to aging and/or dementia. Candidates should demonstrate an interest in developing strong, productive interactions with faculty colleagues; the ability to contribute to the intellectual diversity of the MCCNAD; and the ability to work with and mentor a varied group of trainees.
The start date is negotiable and the position will remain open until filled.
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