Department Overview

The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.

 

This position reports to (supervisor): Vice Chair for Research, Department Chair, or their designee(s)

Function/Duties of Position

OHSU is a nationally prominent recognized research university with established track record of strengths in advanced neuroscience research. The OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery invites applications for the position of founding Director of the OHSU MIND (Modulation, Interfacing, and Neural Decoding) Center.

 

The Center is a collaborative institutional initiative. It is expected to drive neuroscientific discovery that will decode cognitive and other neural functions using advanced interfaces, preclinical models, and human neurophysiology, neuropsychology, and imaging/connectomics. It will serve as an ecosystem for research and an incubator for entrepreneurial initiatives. The Director will build, manage and lead a collaborative group of scientists, including physician-scientists, using multi-scale approaches to understand and map human brain networks. A successful candidate will be a mid-career or senior neuroscientist or physician scientist with an established and robust research program, with experience or enthusiasm for application of human neurophysiological data to understand brain function. In addition, the successful candidate will exhibit the following qualities:

• Ability to build, manage and grow multi-modality neuroscience research projects involving modalities such as invasive intracranial EEG, microelectrode recording, high channel count electrophysiology, and advanced structural and functional neuroimaging.
• Ability to raise external funding for the MIND center, through federal grants, industry partnerships, and philanthropic initiatives.
• Track record of experience with multi-team integration of research projects that involves a continuum of animal to human neuroscience research with familiarity with human-based neuroscience research in proximity or during standard clinical care.
• Promote a fair, equitable and diverse environment for research
• An entrepreneurial spirit and an ability to support and encourage the creative capabilities and research interests of the Center's scientists.
• Actively foster collaboration with relevant departments at OHSU (e.g. Neurology, Knight Cancer Institute, Biomedical Engineering, etc.)

Required Qualifications

• PhD, MD or MD/PhD in neuroscience or related field

• Established track record of sustained independent funding

• Outstanding record of research in one or more of the following areas: Signal-decoding and processing either in real-time or post-hoc, human neural electrophysiology, computational modelling of neural dynamics, machine learning approaches, advance image processing using both functional and connectivity-based analysis, closed loop neuromodulation and/or translational neural engineering

• Experience with development of neural therapeutics would be an asset.

• Minimum seven years of experience in leading integrated and collaborative research projects

All are welcome

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or [email protected].