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Job #JPF10078

• Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sci / David Geffen School Of Medicin / UCLA

  Position overview Position title: Assistant Researcher

  Associate Researcher

  Researcher

  Salary range: 90,200-240,000

  Application Window

  Open date: December 9, 2024

  Next review date: Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

  Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

  Final date: Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

  Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

  Position description

The Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA currently has an opening for an academic researcher to join the research lab of HELEN LAVRETSKY, MD, in the DIVISION OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY (at the junior, mid-level, or senior rank). We are looking for an enthusiastic, resourceful, and dedicated investigator to lead a funded project designed to understand the neural mechanisms underlying real-world self-movement in relation to episodic knowledge formation in humans. The researcher will take a leadership role in the design of metrics, data analysis, and interpretation of findings from this novel study. This will also include overseeing data collection and preparation and completion of data-based reports for presentations and publications. The researcher will directly advise and train undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral trainees in experimental design, data validation, and data analysis. Thus, the applicant should have some demonstrated experience supervising students. The researcher will report directly to the laboratory director.

This position is designed for an established researcher with demonstrated expertise in quantitative neuroscience, biostatistics, or related disciplines. The successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. in a quantitative field and have extensive research experience in developing and applying methodological approaches to investigate the neuropathology of the human brain. Candidates must have an extensive publication record in peer-reviewed journals, including multiple first-author or senior-author publications, with a focus on cognitive aging, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and related neuropsychiatric conditions. Demonstrated experience in assisting with grant proposal development is essential, as is the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary research teams spanning psychiatry, neurology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery.

Salary and corresponding rank and step is dependent on the candidate's professional experience, research record, and accomplishments. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 13B https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t13-b.pdf. Interested applicants must submit a i) cover letter outlining academic interests and a brief statement about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, ii) curriculum vitae with bibliography, and iii) contact information for three potential references to the application portal at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF10078. For more information, please contact Valerie Kenyon at vkenyon@mednet.ucla.edu

Cultural North Star. The shared values of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Ph.D

Additional qualifications

Have extensive research experience in developing and applying methodological approaches to investigate the neuropathology of the human brain

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research (Optional)

• Statement of Teaching (Optional)

• Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our EDI Statement FAQ document, and Sample EDI Statements.

• Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

• Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

Applicants are requested to provide contact information for 3 potential references in their UC Recruit application. Upon selection as a potential candidate(s), identified references will be contacted for letters. Candidates may be contacted to provide alternate references.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10078

Help contact: klwilliams@mednet.ucla.edu

About UCLA

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Job location

Los Angeles, CA