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Assistant Professor in Stroke Recovery Research
The Department of Health Sciences & Research in the College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina is recruiting an outstanding stroke recovery researcher for an Assistant Professor position. The investigator will be expected to become a junior investigator (JI) within the NIH-funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Stroke Recovery (Director: Steve Kautz, PhD; http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/srrc/ ). We place a strong emphasis on the candidate’s ability to build and strengthen collaborations with College of Health Professions programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and College of Medicine programs in Neurology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, and Bioengineering. Applications from underrepresented minorities are encouraged.
We are especially interested in researchers with innovative ideas and approaches in the areas of cognitive rehabilitation, brain stimulation, brain-machine interface applied to rehabilitation, personalized rehabilitation, motor learning, rehabilitation robotics, upper extremity function and rehabilitation, and balance and falls. However, all areas of neurorehabilitation related to stroke recovery will be considered. Candidates must possess a PhD in rehabilitation science, bioengineering or a related field that can contribute to neurorehabilitation. Secondary academic appointments with teaching opportunities are available for qualified applicants, e.g., in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Bioengineering. Applicants interested in a joint VA research appointment are strongly encouraged to apply (need not be a current VA investigator).
Substantial resources are available for performing innovative neurorehabilitation research. The COBRE has established four fully staffed full service scientific core resources to support stroke recovery research: Quantitative Behavioral Assessment and Rehabilitation Core, provides resources for kinematic, kinetic, EMG and metabolic cost assessments and rehabilitation protocols; Brain Stimulation Core, provides TMS-based neurophysiological assessments and supports rTMS and tDCS protocols for rehabilitation; NeuroImaging Core, provides structural and functional MRI, MR spectroscopy analyses and high-density EEG analyses; and Clinical and Translational Tools and Resources Core, provides subject recruitment resources, a bioinformatics enabled database registry and biostatistical support. Note that researchers pursuing neuromodulation research will have outstanding opportunities and resources available to them with the closely affiliated NIH-funded National Center of Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation (http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/ncnm4r/ ) also housed in the Department of Health Sciences & Research in the College of Health Professions at MUSC. While the research program is based on the concept of shared common core resources, start-up funds and space are available to establish new laboratories.
The successful applicant will be expected to develop a stroke recovery project to propose within a COBRE renewal application that will be submitted in late September 2017. The project should be like a K99/R00 project with the COBRE funding the first 2-3 years as a mentored research project that subsequently transitions to an independently funded R01 or equivalent. The project must be in an area related to stroke recovery, will have a yearly budget of approximately $125,000/year and requires the submission of an R01 or equivalent application by no later than the end of the second year of funding. It is expected by NIH that JI’s will be supported by the COBRE for 3 years and move to independent research support. The COBRE will provide extensive mentoring for junior investigators. This includes bringing in outstanding nationally and internationally known scientists to visit with center investigators, extensive mentoring opportunities with scientific core directors and being matched with a primary mentor.
Review of candidates will begin on January 15, 2017 and continue until position is filled. To be considered, please submit (to WoodbuML@musc.edu) your CV and a Research Program Vision Statement (1-2 pages) that includes: research topics of interest and connections to stroke recovery, detailed discussion of your envisioned K99-like project and subsequent R01 submission(s) planned for no later than the end of year two of COBRE support, and synergies between your proposed research program and COBRE research cores and strengths.
Please recognize that there is already an active and productive team of investigators with an established culture of active participation. The successful candidate is expected to become a core member of this community, with commitments such as a monthly two-hour center-wide meeting and valuable mentoring and scientific development activities sponsored by the COBRE. Prospective investigators must be comfortable collaborating with a team and be good team players. Join us and help build an internationally known stroke recovery research program at MUSC.
Questions regarding the position (not the application process) can be directed to:
Michelle L. Woodbury, PhD, OTR/L
Search Committee Chair
Email: WoodbuML@musc.edu
Phone: 843-792-1671
MUSC is an equal opportunity employer, supporting workplace diversity.
MUSC is a drug-free workplace.
The environment: Charleston, South Carolina has been voted, for the sixth consecutive year, “Top Small City in the United States” in the Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards. With a rich 300-year history, Charleston today is one of America's most beautifully preserved architectural and historical treasures and offers a wide variety of history, culture, arts, recreation and beautiful beaches. Charleston, the second largest city in South Carolina, is situated midway up the state’s Atlantic Ocean coastline at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. Originally named “Charles Towne” when founded in 1670, Charleston had 16,000 residents in 1790 and has grown to a population of just over 120,000 residents as of 2010.
Charleston is home to the Charleston International Airport, Joint Base Charleston (Air Force & Navy), iconic Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, Port of Charleston, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theatre, Rainbow Row, Patriots Point, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, among many other local attractions. A city with no shortage of delicious dining options, Bon Appetit named Charleston’s Husk “Best New Restaurant in America” in 2011. Various sports teams play out of Charleston, including the Charleston Battery (USL Professional Division soccer, 3-time league champions), Charleston RiverDogs (South Atlantic League baseball, affiliate of the New York Yankees), and the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL hockey, 3-time league champions).
In addition to the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston is home to other institutions of higher education, including the College of Charleston, The Citadel, Charleston Southern University, Charleston School of Law, Trident Technical College, the American College of the Building Arts, and the Art Institute of Charleston.
The Department of Health Sciences & Research in the College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina is recruiting an outstanding stroke recovery researcher for an Assistant Professor position. The investigator will be expected to become a junior investigator (JI) within the NIH-funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Stroke Recovery (Director: Steve Kautz, PhD; http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/srrc/ ). We place a strong emphasis on the candidate’s ability to build and strengthen collaborations with College of Health Professions programs in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and College of Medicine programs in Neurology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, and Bioengineering. Applications from underrepresented minorities are encouraged.
We are especially interested in researchers with innovative ideas and approaches in the areas of cognitive rehabilitation, brain stimulation, brain-machine interface applied to rehabilitation, personalized rehabilitation, motor learning, rehabilitation robotics, upper extremity function and rehabilitation, and balance and falls. However, all areas of neurorehabilitation related to stroke recovery will be considered. Candidates must possess a PhD in rehabilitation science, bioengineering or a related field that can contribute to neurorehabilitation. Secondary academic appointments with teaching opportunities are available for qualified applicants, e.g., in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Bioengineering. Applicants interested in a joint VA research appointment are strongly encouraged to apply (need not be a current VA investigator).
Substantial resources are available for performing innovative neurorehabilitation research. The COBRE has established four fully staffed full service scientific core resources to support stroke recovery research: Quantitative Behavioral Assessment and Rehabilitation Core, provides resources for kinematic, kinetic, EMG and metabolic cost assessments and rehabilitation protocols; Brain Stimulation Core, provides TMS-based neurophysiological assessments and supports rTMS and tDCS protocols for rehabilitation; NeuroImaging Core, provides structural and functional MRI, MR spectroscopy analyses and high-density EEG analyses; and Clinical and Translational Tools and Resources Core, provides subject recruitment resources, a bioinformatics enabled database registry and biostatistical support. Note that researchers pursuing neuromodulation research will have outstanding opportunities and resources available to them with the closely affiliated NIH-funded National Center of Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation (http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/ncnm4r/ ) also housed in the Department of Health Sciences & Research in the College of Health Professions at MUSC. While the research program is based on the concept of shared common core resources, start-up funds and space are available to establish new laboratories.
The successful applicant will be expected to develop a stroke recovery project to propose within a COBRE renewal application that will be submitted in late September 2017. The project should be like a K99/R00 project with the COBRE funding the first 2-3 years as a mentored research project that subsequently transitions to an independently funded R01 or equivalent. The project must be in an area related to stroke recovery, will have a yearly budget of approximately $125,000/year and requires the submission of an R01 or equivalent application by no later than the end of the second year of funding. It is expected by NIH that JI’s will be supported by the COBRE for 3 years and move to independent research support. The COBRE will provide extensive mentoring for junior investigators. This includes bringing in outstanding nationally and internationally known scientists to visit with center investigators, extensive mentoring opportunities with scientific core directors and being matched with a primary mentor.
Review of candidates will begin on January 15, 2017 and continue until position is filled. To be considered, please submit (to WoodbuML@musc.edu) your CV and a Research Program Vision Statement (1-2 pages) that includes: research topics of interest and connections to stroke recovery, detailed discussion of your envisioned K99-like project and subsequent R01 submission(s) planned for no later than the end of year two of COBRE support, and synergies between your proposed research program and COBRE research cores and strengths.
Please recognize that there is already an active and productive team of investigators with an established culture of active participation. The successful candidate is expected to become a core member of this community, with commitments such as a monthly two-hour center-wide meeting and valuable mentoring and scientific development activities sponsored by the COBRE. Prospective investigators must be comfortable collaborating with a team and be good team players. Join us and help build an internationally known stroke recovery research program at MUSC.
Questions regarding the position (not the application process) can be directed to:
Michelle L. Woodbury, PhD, OTR/L
Search Committee Chair
Email: WoodbuML@musc.edu
Phone: 843-792-1671
MUSC is an equal opportunity employer, supporting workplace diversity.
MUSC is a drug-free workplace.
The environment: Charleston, South Carolina has been voted, for the sixth consecutive year, “Top Small City in the United States” in the Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards. With a rich 300-year history, Charleston today is one of America's most beautifully preserved architectural and historical treasures and offers a wide variety of history, culture, arts, recreation and beautiful beaches. Charleston, the second largest city in South Carolina, is situated midway up the state’s Atlantic Ocean coastline at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. Originally named “Charles Towne” when founded in 1670, Charleston had 16,000 residents in 1790 and has grown to a population of just over 120,000 residents as of 2010.
Charleston is home to the Charleston International Airport, Joint Base Charleston (Air Force & Navy), iconic Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, Port of Charleston, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theatre, Rainbow Row, Patriots Point, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, among many other local attractions. A city with no shortage of delicious dining options, Bon Appetit named Charleston’s Husk “Best New Restaurant in America” in 2011. Various sports teams play out of Charleston, including the Charleston Battery (USL Professional Division soccer, 3-time league champions), Charleston RiverDogs (South Atlantic League baseball, affiliate of the New York Yankees), and the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL hockey, 3-time league champions).
In addition to the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston is home to other institutions of higher education, including the College of Charleston, The Citadel, Charleston Southern University, Charleston School of Law, Trident Technical College, the American College of the Building Arts, and the Art Institute of Charleston.