Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy And Aging Research

Candidates eligible for appointment at the level of Associate Professor or higher are preferred.. Center for Healthy Aging (CHA): cognitive decline and clinical neuroscience, Alzheimer’s and dementia research in Asian and Pacific Americans, end-of-life care, multi-omic biomarkers and big data, and equity in access to neurodegenerative disease research and treatments.. Center for State Health Policy (CSHP): Medicaid innovations; licensure, financing, and regulation of health services workforce and delivery systems; other state-led policy initiatives; and application of quasi-experimental causal inference modeling to evaluate natural policy experiments.. Other IFH Centers include the Center for Population Behavioral Health and Center for Population-Level Bioethics.. Doctoral degree which may be a PhD or equivalent in a field such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology/Neuropsychology, Gerontology, Sociology, Epidemiology, Health Economics, or Health Services Research or a clinical doctorate (MD, DO, PharmD, DNP) in Neurology, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Nursing, Pharmacy, or related fields with advanced research training.

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The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (IFH), a unit of Rutgers Health, is recruiting tenured/tenure-track faculty as part of the Addressing Health Equity in Age-related Disorders (AHEAD) strategic diversity cluster hire supported by the Rutgers Presidential Diversity Hiring Initiative. The faculty hired under this recruitment will advance knowledge of other neurodegenerative disorders and their treatment and systems and supports to help people experience a higher quality of life and contribute to deepening understanding of the behavioral, social, racial, ethnic, and other systemic disparities associated with these disorders. Age-related conditions are of special interest (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal degeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, vascular cognitive impairment/dementia, and multiple sclerosis) although investigators studying other conditions of the central nervous system are also encouraged to apply. We seek to appoint two tenured or tenure-track faculty to serve as core members-in-residence within the IFH with joint appointment in suitable Rutgers Health tenure-granting unit (under some circumstances, appointment in an RU-New Brunswick unit may be possible). Candidates eligible for appointment at the level of Associate Professor or higher are preferred. We are especially interested in candidates whose work addresses needs of underrepresented populations according to the NIH health disparities framework; targets risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases; addresses methodological/structural barriers to health care access and research participation; and translates research advances into the care of people living with neurodegenerative disorders. Successful candidates will work within the IFH center that best matches their research focus and offers the strongest opportunities for collaboration, including: <ul><li>Center for Healthy Aging (CHA): cognitive decline and clinical neuroscience, Alzheimer’s and dementia research in Asian and Pacific Americans, end-of-life care, multi-omic biomarkers and big data, and equity in access to neurodegenerative disease research and treatments.</li><li>Center for Health Services Research (CHSR): health services organization and delivery, and analysis of large claims and other health services data.</li><li>Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science (PETS):  utilization; drug or device safety; comparative effectiveness; diagnostics; use of large administrative, electronic health record, or other health databases.</li><li>Center for State Health Policy (CSHP): Medicaid innovations; licensure, financing, and regulation of health services workforce and delivery systems; other state-led policy initiatives; and application of quasi-experimental causal inference modeling to evaluate natural policy experiments.</li></ul> Other IFH Centers include the Center for Population Behavioral Health and Center for Population-Level Bioethics. About the Addressing Health Equity in Age-related Disorders (AHEAD) InitiativeThis recruitment is part of a larger AHEAD initiative that is recruiting faculty members across multiple Rutgers units including the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Social Work and Rutgers Health Brain Health Institute and Institute for Health. The Institute for Health plans to hire up to two AHEAD faculty members for the positions described in this announcement. Duties of the Position<ul><li>Develop and lead a robust extramurally funded program of research of high scientific and public health significance that addresses neurodegenerative disorders, treatments, and delivery systems solutions.</li><li>Lead and contribute to interdisciplinary team science among faculty in the AHEAD cluster and Rutgers overall.</li><li>Engage in translational research communication with study participants, community, and policy stakeholder audiences.</li><li>Serve as primary or co-mentor to students, post-doctoral fellows, and early-stage faculty, as appropriate.</li><li>Contribute to the teaching mission of the tenure home department and the educational mission of Rutgers Health, as appropriate.</li><li>Engage in service activities within the center to which they are appointed, the Institute for Health, tenue home school/department, the university, and the profession at large.</li></ul> Successful applicants will be provided with generous start-up resources which they may use to support their professional development and independent research program. Minimum Education and Experience<ul><li>Doctoral degree which may be a PhD or equivalent in a field such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology/Neuropsychology, Gerontology, Sociology, Epidemiology, Health Economics, or Health Services Research or a clinical doctorate (MD, DO, PharmD, DNP) in Neurology, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Nursing, Pharmacy, or related fields with advanced research training.</li><li>A strong record of successful peer-reviewed publications, appropriate to academic rank.</li><li>Record of successful peer-reviewed grant proposals to the NIH or other peer-reviewed grant sponsors, appropriate to academic rank.</li><li>A high level of achievement in the application of advanced analytic techniques relevant to their field of study.</li><li>Record of successful multi-disciplinary collaboration.</li><li>Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to translate research findings and concepts to academic and non-academic audiences.</li><li>Ability to engage and communicate with study subjects, community and public policy leaders, and other stakeholders.</li><li>Demonstrated record of excellence in teaching and mentorship.</li></ul> Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity StatementIt is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement

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