Associate or Full Professor Neuroimager Faculty Position

Associate or Full Professor Neuroimager Faculty Position   

Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and 
Alzheimer’s Disease Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University

The Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCNAD) and the Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM), Northwestern University invite applicants to apply for an Associate or Full Professor Tenure Track Faculty Position in Human Neuroimaging with a research 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 multi-departmental, 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.

Candidates should 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 ability to work with and mentor diverse trainees.

Candidates should attach a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, and statement of teaching and mentoring philosophy, preferably as a single pdf file. Candidates may be requested to provide names and contact information for at least three references as determined by the search committee. Questions regarding this position may be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee: Robert Vassar, Ph.D.  (r-vassar@northwestern.edu). Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.