Recruitment/Posting Title Geriatric psychiatrist- Associate Professor Department Inst-Hth,Hth Care Pol&Agng Res Salary Commensurate With Experience Posting Summary Geriatric Psychiatrist sought for a tenure-track position at the Associate Professor level at the Brain Health Institute (BHI), and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) within Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences (RBHS).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 Psychiatry at RWJMS.
We seek a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist with clinical experience in caring for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including neurologists, neuropsychologists, and neuropathologists, on a clinician-scientist track. Applicants should have experience in conducting clinical trials (as PI or site PI), experience conducting longitudinal studies, and an interest in studying preclinical Alzheimer’s disease.

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 team science and collaboration.We are seeking an engaged clinician-scientist who can lead the development of a research cohort of individuals at high risk for dementia. This cohort will be extensively phenotyped for clinical, cognitive, genetic, neuroimaging and biomarker measures. In addition to scientific leadership, responsibilities will also include mentorship of young physician-scientists, and leading clinical and neuropathological consensus conferences.


Duties of the Position Related to the Cohort Study: · Participate in the leadership team developing the high dementia risk cohort.· Lead clinical consensus conferences and participate in neuropathological consensus conferences.· Lead and contribute to the preparation of manuscripts using Cohort data for submission to peer-reviewed journals.· Conduct preliminary analyses to support grant proposal development.· Significantly lead and contribute to grant proposals that support future rounds of Cohort data collection and address research questions of high scientific and public health importance in Alzheimer’s disease.· Contribute to translational research communication activities with Cohort participants, industry, basic science lab investigating AD, and community and policy stakeholder audiences.· Participate in training, coaching, and professional development of staff, post-doctoral fellows, young physicians, and others collaborating on the Cohort study. Position Status Posting Number 23FA0451 Posting Open Date Posting Close Date 12/31/2024