Job Description
Mount Sinai Health System is seeking an Associate Director of the Brain-Body Research Institute with additional appointments in the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute, and relevant clinical departments at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an internationally recognized leader in neuroscience and related clinical fields. Neuroscience research at Mount Sinai is consistently among the top funded research programs nationally with the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience ranked #2, the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology ranked #15 and 16, respectively, the Dept of medicine ranked #10, and the Department of Psychiatry ranked #7 in NIH funding in 2022. We are committed to combining our scientific expertise with the compassionate, individualized attention that ensures the best possible clinical care.
Seeking applicants currently at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (expected appointment at Associate or Full Professor) to join Mount Sinai's world-class neuroscience, immunology and clinical medicine communities in the heart of Manhattan to work with the Director to build brain-body sciences across the Health System.
We are looking for investigators addressing important questions about brain-body sciences, with a focus on cutting edge clinical and translational scientists studying either brain-organ system interactions, central and peripheral neuroimmune interfaces, or physiological mechanisms of interoception in health and disease. Investigators with programs focused on analysis of human samples and cross species approaches will be prioritized. Specific areas of clinical/translational focus include cancer neuroscience, cardiovascular biology, inflammatory disease and autoimmunity, stress neuroscience focused on understanding brain and peripheral organ system interactions (i.e., heart-brain and lung-brain interactions), or mental health and interoception.
Qualifications
MD, PhD, or MD/PhD
Compensation range from $165,000 to $225,000 (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)
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Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:
Alex Cano
Executive Director Physician Recruitment
Mount Sinai Health System
Alex.cano@mountsinai.org
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will have a strong portfolio of extramural funding from the NIH (i.e., NIH R01 or equivalent) supporting a cutting edge research program utilizing state-of-the-art multiomics/spatial biology and/or neuro-engineering approaches to probe and manipulate brain-body circuits or local neuroimmune compartments. They will join a large group of neuroscientists, neuroimmunologists, physiologists and clinicians interested in holistic approaches to scientific discovery and clinical care. The candidate will be affiliated with the broader neuroscience community under the Friedman Brain Institute with over 250 associated tenure track faculty that perform cutting edge basic and clinical neuroscience research. They will also join an outstanding team of immunologists with leading expertise in a broad range of areas, including innate immunity, immune-genomics, allergy, microbiome, cancer, inflammatory disease and immunotherapy.
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