Posting Summary
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Program Director Research Development and Training for the Office of Academic Affairs with the School of Public Health located in Piscataway NJ. The Program Director Research Development and Training provides strategic leadership to enhance the School of Public Healths research capacity through targeted development initiatives faculty training and interdisciplinary collaboration. Supporting both the Assistant Dean for Research and the Vice-Dean this role works closely with school and university leadership to identify research priorities support faculty and trainee success and strengthen the infrastructure needed to secure and manage extramural funding and will advance initiatives that promote excellence equity and impact in public health research. Duties include: Partner strategically with Assistant Dean for Research and Vice-Dean to define and execute institutional research priorities and implement research strategies aligned to the schools strategic plan. Support Vice-Deans research grant development. Assist the Vice-Dean as Training Director of the Rutgers Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health (RU- SGM ) with the development of training grants for pre- and post-doctoral efforts. Supervise manage and direct staff. Provide scientific leadership and implement strategies for research advancement to expand the schools sponsored research portfolio including support for independent researcher and center grant development and implementation.
Overview
New Jerseys academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers clinicians and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the stateat Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark Scotch Plains Somerset Stratford and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick Newarks University Hospital in Newark and other affiliates. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Required Experience:
Director