Open Rank Position TenuredTenure Track for Clinician Scientist in Alzheimers Disease
Open Rank Position TenuredTenure Track for Clinician Scientist in Alzheimers Disease
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Open Rank Position (Tenured/Tenure Track) for Clinician Scientist in Alzheimers Disease
at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
We seek an applicant with an M.D. and an established record of publications funding and experience in clinical trials and clinical research in Alzheimers disease and related disorders for a tenuretrack faculty position (Assistant Associate or Full Professor). U.S. licensed candidates with relevant experience in Alzheimers disease and related disorders from all clinical specialty areas will be considered (i.e. Geriatrics Neurology or Psychiatry).
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) has designated Alzheimers disease as one of six prioritized research focus areas which also include Aging Neurosciences Diabetes/Obesity Cardiovascular Disease and Health Equity. Wake Forest University School of Medicine is home to several highly collaborative NIHfunded Centers including an Alzheimers Disease Research Center Pepper Older Adult Independence Center and a Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
About Us
Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium/Advocate Healthhavecome together as ONE leading academic health system. WFUSM is the academic heart of the health system which serves 5.5 million patients and operates more than 1000 sites of care and 67 hospitals in five states. As the third largest notforprofit health system in the nation we provide extraordinary opportunities for populationbased/health systems research and clinical/pragmatic trials that translate innovative findings from discovery science and that embed equity in all that we National Center for Clinical Trials (NCCT) is designed to serve as an innovative platform to revolutionize and catalyze the conduct of clinical trialsgreatly accelerating the translation of scientific findings into improvements in the prevention diagnosis and treatment of disease for our communities and patients. The NCCT will offer core services for patient recruitment and enrollment trial administration and followup and to gather real world data and evidence.
We seek to transform translational research from bench to bedside to community pioneer new models of education and provide unparalleled opportunities to advance knowledge about aging and Alzheimers disease that will result in innovative strategies for prevention and treatment and improve care for all.
The successful candidate will have the extraordinary opportunity to lead efforts focused on expanding the reach of the existing successful national Alzheimers clinical trials program at WFUSM throughout the Atrium/Advocate health system in collaboration with our NCCT. The candidate will also play a leadership role in clinical research conducted by the WFUSM NIHfunded Alzheimers Disease Research Center of Excellence one of only 35 such Centers creating an immediate connection to Alzheimers programs at premier academic institutions across the nation. Generous dedicated research time and resources will be provided to ensure the candidates success.
For more information contact Suzanne Craft PhD .
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