Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine

The Department of Neuroscience, a basic science department at Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM), in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, a clinical department at Tufts Medical Center (TMC), in Boston, MA, is hiring for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. The primary appointment for this position will be in the Neuroscience Department at TUSM, with either a secondary or joint appointment, depending on the candidate's research program, in the Psychiatry Department, at TMC. We seek candidates who use innovative approaches to investigate how both healthy and pathological aging contributes to neurological and psychiatric dysfunction. Research programs that cross levels of investigation from molecular and cellular to circuits, systems, or behavioral neuroscience are especially welcome. A successful candidate will use cutting edge approaches to address questions of translational significance using basic science approaches. The Department is keenly interested in achieving inclusive excellence and encourages applications from the broadest diversity of candidates.

The candidate will join a thriving Department of Neuroscience at the Tufts University School of Medicine in downtown Boston, MA, with annual extramural grant support of over $15M. In addition, the Neuroscience Department has existing relationships with Tufts Medical Center, affording translational and clinical research opportunities that we hope this candidate would help expand. Building collaborative relationships with Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology is a priority for this recruitment. To do this, the ideal candidate will use basic science approaches to address questions of clinical importance. Current core strengths of the TUSM Neuroscience Department include mood disorders, synaptic excitation and inhibition, neuron-glial interactions, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders, neuro-inflammation, and using animal and human iPSC-derived cellular models of neurological and psychiatric disease. We offer generous start-up packages, newly renovated laboratory space, excellent shared cores for imaging and behavioral testing, mentorship by senior faculty, and a highly collaborative environment offering opportunities for both basic and translational research.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree and have experience appropriate to their career level. Successful candidates will be expected to develop productive, well-funded research programs and to participate in graduate and medical student teaching and mentoring. We highly encourage applications from women and minoritized individuals committed to mentoring underrepresented groups in the sciences. Tufts University supports several pathway programs that provide opportunities for underrepresented students interested in the fields of medicine and biomedical sciences, including the Pathway to Ph.D. (P2P) program, Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences (BDBS) program, and the Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP).

Review of applications will begin October 21, 2024 and will continue until January 31, 2025. Please submit electronic applications, including a CV, a statement describing your current and planned research, including how your work is in line with the study of how healthy and pathological aging can contribute to psychiatric and neurological dysfunction, a brief statement of your commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, and names and email addresses of at least three references.

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