Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenured or Tenure-Track)

Posting Summary
The Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ( RWJMS ) the Rutgers Child Health Institute ( CHI ) and the Rutgers Brain Health Institute ( BHI ) seek outstanding candidates for tenured or tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor to fill multiple new faculty positions. We are seeking outstanding creative scientists with expertise and interests in any of a broad range of disciplines to join our department and centers. Candidates that study neurodevelopment neurodegeneration and the role of neurons and glia in the healthy and diseased brain using molecular cellular or circuit approaches are of particular interest. Rutgers is located at the center of the Northeast corridor with access to New York Philadelphia and the New Jersey shore within an hour. The region is home to world-class universities numerous pharmaceutical and biotech research facilities and corporate headquarters. Piscataway and the surrounding areas in Central New Jersey offer vibrant and diverse cultural activities excellent public and private schools and opportunities to live in urban suburban or small town settings within a short distance of campus. The medical school is home to a large group of interactive and collegial faculty with federally funded research programs in broad areas of biomedical science. The basic science departments are well integrated into a large highly collaborative research community across the schools and departments of Rutgers University with multiple centers of excellence. Medical School faculty have access to interdisciplinary Ph.D.-level graduate training programs and outstanding core facilities including genomics proteomics metabolomics genome editing confocal microscopy human neuroimaging and cryo-EM among others. Rutgers is also affiliated with the largest university-spinoff biorepository and is home to the Protein Data Bank. Research in the Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology includes the molecular cellular and circuit bases of neurodevelopment neurodegeneration and the role of neurons and glia in the healthy and diseased brain. Interest exists in both basic and translational research. Approaches include state of the art imaging and electrophysiology omics behavioral analyses and computational modeling. With over 300 Rutgers neuroscience faculty laboratories engaged in basic and clinical research and proximity to New York Princeton and Philadelphia neuroscience communities Brain Health Institute ( BHI ) offers tremendous collaborative opportunities and core facilities to support and grow an active research program. The BHI has identified four focus areas of outstanding strength in neurodevelopment neurodegeneration motivational and affective neuroscience and cognitive and sensory neuroscience within Rutgers that are primed for further development. BHI has created new Centers of Excellence to further grow basic clinical and translational research in each focus area . The NIH -funded CTSA at Rutgers offers unique opportunities to speed the translation of research discoveries into improved patient care. Outstanding core facilities will support this position including a new research-dedicated 3T Prisma MRI scanner a human behavioral testing core and a gene editing core. The Child Health Institute of New Jersey ( CHINJ ) part of RWJMS is a multidisciplinary institute focused on research dedicated to improving child health with a focus on the mechanisms underlying childrens diseases. The CHINJ is located in a 150000 sq. ft. research and pediatric clinical facility on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers. CHINJ scientists study a range of topics in neuroscience and immunology. These include genetics and synaptic and neural circuit functions in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders and motivated behavior and studies of asthma type 1 diabetes inflammatory bowel disease viral infections and other childhood illnesses. Qualified candidates must have a Ph.D. M.D. M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent graduate degree postdoctoral experience a demonstrated record of significant research achievement the potential to make substantial contributions as an independent investigator and a commitment to teaching graduate and medical students on topics in the Biomedical Sciences. Salary and academic rank are commensurate with experience; excellent benefits and highly competitive startup packages are offered. Applicants should submit: (1) a letter of interest directed to the Faculty Search Committee; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a one-page summary of important contributions to science; (4) a two-page description of future research plans; (5) a statement describing their approach to inclusive teaching and integrating diversity in pursuit of academic excellence; and (6) full contact information for at least three references. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. Review of applications will begin on September 15 2024 and continue until the positions are filled. Timely submission of all materials is highly recommended for full consideration.

Overview
RBHS Overview: New Jerseys premier 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 Robert Wood Johnson Medical Schools and seven other 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 elite and renowned faculty are teachers health researchers and providers and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty staff and learners. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped to transform lives. School Overview: Founded in 1966 as Rutgers Medical School Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is located on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus of Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. As one of the nations leading comprehensive medical schools Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education research health care delivery and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital the medical schools principal affiliate they comprise New Jerseys premier academic medical center. In addition Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 20 basic science and clinical departments and hosts centers and institutes including The Cardiovascular Institute the Child Health Institute of New Jersey the Institute for Neurological Therapeutics and the Womens Health Institute. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate graduate and postgraduate levels for more than 1500 students on its campuses in New Brunswick and Piscataway and provides continuing education courses for healthcare professionals and community education programs. RWJMS is part of a vibrant and interactive research community at Rutgers an elite research institution exceeding $929 million in annual research funding (FY2023). The Rutgers life and biomedical sciences community includes over 200 faculty members in different departments within Robert Wood Johnson Medical School School of Arts and Sciences School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy School of Engineering as well as within institutes including the New Jersey Institute for Food Nutrition and Health ( IFNH ) Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey ( HGINJ ) Waksman Institute of Microbiology Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine Cancer Institute of New Jersey ( CINJ ) Child Health Institute of New Jersey ( CHI ) Rutgers Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases the Brain Health Institute and the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science leading the NIH -funded New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS ) with Princeton University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.