Associate Professor or Professor WOT | Adult Cognitive Development - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (PBSCI) at the University of Washington has an exciting opportunity for a full-time faculty position to specialize in geriatric mental health cognitive aging and resilience. The position may be supported in part by the K. Warner Schaie Endowed Chair in Adult Cognitive Development pending approval of the Dean of the School of Medicine and the UW Board of Regents. If awarded the endowed Chair will be an initial five-year appointment renewable at the discretion of the School of Medicine Dean (at the recommendation of the PBSCI Chair).

JOB SUMMARY AND STRUCTURE

The individual chosen for this position will contribute to the departments work in developing testing and deploying innovative approaches to prevent and treat adult cognitive aging with an emphasis on developing new interventions or strategies that increase cognitive resilience or slow cognitive decline. They will provide leadership for department faculty staff and trainees with an interest in Geriatric Psychiatry and cognitive aging facilitate productive connections and collaborations with other clinicians and scientists at UW and UW Medicine and work closely with PBSCI leadership on strategic initiatives related to the departments work in cognitive aging and Geriatric Psychiatry.

We are looking for one full-time faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor without tenure by reason of funding in either the clinician-teacher or faculty-scientist pathway. Associate Professors and Professors hold indefinite appointments that align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30). Faculty with 12-month service periods are paid for 11 months of service over a 12-month period (July-June) meaning the equivalent of one month is available for paid time off. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching research/scholarship and service.

This position will report to the Chair of PBSCI. Rank will be determined commensurate with experience and qualifications. The anticipated start date is September 1 2025.

JOB DUTIES

• Duties include but are not limited to:
• Providing national regional leadership leader in the field of adult cognitive development and geriatric mental health.
• Engage in cognitive development research including the investigation of genetic biological psychological or social / environmental influences on cognitive functioning and resilience and / or the study of behavioral or other interventions for the remediation of cognitive decline or to increase cognitive resilience or performance during the aging process.
• Foster connections among a diverse group of faculty staff and community collaborators to facilitate collaboration promote opportunities share resources champion inclusion and inspire innovation.
• Support the training and mentorship of trainees and junior faculty in adult cognitive development and geriatric mental health and demonstrated ability to foster the success of others.
• Support the Departments commitment to diversity equity inclusion and anti-racism as a guiding principle.

Positive factors for consideration include but are not limited to:

• Experience with interdisciplinary training research and clinical work (e.g. collaborations with psychology social work and other relevant disciplines).
• Experience with donor engagement stewardship and fundraising.
• Experience training and mentoring trainees and/or junior faculty and the desire to further build their mentorship skills and portfolio.
• Track record in designing and implementing translational clinical studies.

Geriatric Psychiatry Program

Our long-standing Geriatric Psychiatry program is a well-established national leader in geropsychiatry patient care research and education. We offer state-of-the-art clinical services at the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning Harborview Medical Center the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and other clinical settings in Seattle and the wider Puget Sound region. Our clinicians also provide consultation to providers throughout the state through our Psychiatry Consultation Line and our Psychiatry and Addiction Case Consultation (PACC) series. A notable strength is our mature and diverse portfolio of basic clinical and health services research into aging cognitive functioning changes across the lifespan age-related mental disorders such as late-life depression and dementia the link between sleep and cognitive decline and the delivery of evidence-based mental health services to community dwelling older adults. We offer an ACGME-accredited Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship that allows trainees to learn the fundamentals of clinical geriatric psychiatry and our faculty support a VA Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics at the VA Puget Sound. Our faculty also contribute to impactful interdisciplinary programs such as the UW Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center and Alzheimers Disease Research Center the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the VA Puget Sound and the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions. We are proud of our interdisciplinary environment and its strong focus on brain health and innovative strategies to promote brain wellness across the lifespan.

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is an integral component of the UW School of Medicine and shares UW Medicines mission to Improve the Health of the Public. We accomplish this by providing the best care we can today conducting research to develop better treatments for tomorrow and inspiring and training the next generation of mental health care professionals. Our core values include openness transparency integrity engagement collaboration and mutual respect. Our department is the third largest within the School of Medicine with an annual operating budget in excess of $125 M and a research budget of approximately $60M.

As the only academic psychiatry department serving Washington Wyoming Alaska Montana and Idaho we are committed to improving access to psychiatric care and consultation throughout the greater Pacific Northwest. Our educational programs include a required medical student clerkship for 260 medical students per year at some 30 sites across the WWAMI region a nationally competitive psychiatry residency program with more than 90 psychiatry residents in Seattle and in two regional residency tracks in Idaho and Montana subspecialty fellowships in addiction child and adolescent consultation-liaison perinatal mental health and geriatric psychiatry a nationally renowned scientist-practitioner psychology internship program and numerous post-doctoral clinical and research fellowships.

Learn more: base salary range for this position will be commensurate with experience and qualifications or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.

The base salary range for someone with an MD/DO for an Associate Professor position will be $19834 - $23334 monthly ($238008 - $280008 annually)

The base salary range for someone with a PhD/PsyD for an Associate Professor position will be $10417 - $13750 monthly ($125004 - $16500 annually)

The base salary range for someone with an MD/DO for a Professor position will be $20834 - $26250 monthly ($250008 - $315000 annually)

The base salary range for someone with a PhD/PsyD for a Professor position will be $13750 - $20000 monthly ($165000 - $240000 annually)

Other compensation associated with this position may include a temporary salary supplement administrative salary supplement (ADS) and/or incentive through UW Physicians (UWP) practice plan.

An MD or DO (or foreign equivalent) is required. A PhD or PsyD (or foreign equivalent) in a relevant field is also acceptable.

An established research portfolio in one or more of the following areas: a) adult cognitive development; b) Alzheimer disease or other neurodegenerative disorders; or c) depression and its effects on cognition or other areas of geriatric mental health.

In order to be eligible for University sponsorship for an H-1B visa with patient care duties graduates of foreign (non-U.S.) medical schools must show successful completion of all three steps of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) or equivalent as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.