Research programs that cross levels of investigation from molecular and cellular to circuits, systems, or behavioral neuroscience are especially welcome. This position comes with an endowed chair and an endowed research fund. In addition, the person filling this role will become the new Director of the Khodadad Center, which focuses on Excessive Pathological Selfishness to understand the molecular, cellular, genetic, circuit, and systems level underpinnings of selfishness and empathy. Dr.
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 extensive relationships with Tufts Medical Center, affording multiple translational and clinical research opportunities.
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 thriving, well-funded research programs and to participate in graduate and medical student teaching and mentoring. We highly encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, and individuals committed to mentoring underrepresented groups in the sciences.
Review of applications will begin Nov 1, 2023, and will continue until April 1, 2024. 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 EPS, a brief statement of your commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, and names and email addresses of at least three references.
Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff and fostering their success when hired. Members of underrepresented groups are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply. See the University's Non-Discrimination statement and policy here https://oeo.tufts.edu/policies-procedures/non-discrimination/.