Description
Harbert Endowed Chair
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology seeks a clinical researcher to be appointed to the Harbert Endowed Chair in Mood Disorders. The ideal candidate has depth of experience in a focused area of clinical practice with significant, related research support. Because the goal of this recruitment is to advance mood disorders research in the department, candidates should be considered leaders in their specific area of mood disorders work. Specifically, recruitment is for tenure-eligible faculty members who could be appointed at the Associate or Professor level. Applicants should have MD, MD/PhD or clinical psychologist PhD training or equivalent, including a vigorous clinical research program in mood disorders. Clinicians should be license-eligible in the State of Alabama.
The appointee will join a thriving research and clinical psychiatry department with the Heersink School of Medicine, as well as a designated Depression and Suicide Center, currently engaged in the study of biomarkers of mood state, genotyping of suicidality, and advanced clinical trials of novel therapeutics. Successful applicants will join one of the strongest neuroscience environments in the country. The UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center (CNC) has more than 450 neuroscience research faculty, clinicians, staff, students & trainees representing 23 UAB departments across 7 UAB schools spanning a diverse range of neuroscience research areas. Several centers and institutes at UAB focus on the specific areas of interest, including the Civitan International Research Center (CIRC), the Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET), an NIH-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Civitan International Neuroimaging Laboratory, Advanced Imaging Facility, and Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute. UAB is one of 42 institutions with an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award, which supports translational research and creates a supportive environment that promotes junior investigators. Named America’s #1 Best Large Employer for 2021 by Forbes and driven by an intensely collaborative and entrepreneurial character, UAB is one of the leading economic engines of the State, with a nearly $4 billion budget and a statewide economic impact exceeding $7 billion annually. UAB is Alabama’s largest employer with more than 25,000 employees; it supports more than 64,000 jobs statewide with more than 1,400 full time faculty and almost 8,200 medical and graduate students. The UAB SOM ranks 28th nationally while the Department of Psychiatry ranks 21st in Blue Ridge rankings for NIH research funding.
UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran’s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB’s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.
A pre-employment background check investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment.
Interested individuals are encouraged to apply online at: https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/27625
