JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Bob and Diane Roskamp Chair in Biological Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
USH Health - College of Medicine
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, USF Health, seeks an outstanding scientist for the position of Bob and Diane Roskamp Chair in Biological Psychiatry. The successful candidate is expected to have an established academic and professional focus in behavioral neurosciences. Their area of research interest may relate to neuroimmunology, genetic susceptibility, and the biological basis of the pathophysiology and treatment of psychotic illnesses inclusive of schizophrenia and mood disorders.
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine currently has over 67 faculty and over $3 million annually in NIH and other external grants. The department is a leader in providing state-of-the-art psychiatric treatments, offers a premiere psychiatric training program, advanced in the art and science of psychiatry and provides clinical, teaching, and research leadership to the College of Medicine and healthcare affiliates of the University of South Florida.
Currently, the College of Medicine has over 540 fulltime core faculty, over 450 medical students, and over 150 students in the biomedical graduate program. With the objective of doubling its extramural funding in the next five years, faculty of the College of Medicine have outlined a bold strategic plan which includes recruitment of this endowed Chair and over 50 new tenured/tenure earning faculty and the establishment of state of the art Core facilities. In partnership with its affiliated institutions, USF Health's research funding last year was $164 million - more than half of which came from federal sources. USF is one of only 95 public and private universities in the U.S. that have been designated as Carnegie Comprehensive Doctoral Research University/Very High Research Activity.
Minimum requirements include a MD, PhD, or MD/PhD with a minimum of five years of experience as an Associate Professor or equivalent. The successful candidate is expected to have a distinguished record of scholarly activity, continuous NIH R01 and other extramural funding and requisite teaching experience in a medical/graduate curriculum. A reputation for building interdisciplinary programs and experience with successfully mentoring graduate and medical students, postdoctoral-fellows, and junior faculty is also required.
Applicants should submit, by email, a letter summarizing their qualifications and interests in the position, professional goals, curriculum vitae and the names and contact information of five references. Completed applications must be submitted to Ms. Rochelle Morris ( rmorris@hsc.usf.edu). Competitive start-up packages and salaries will be provided commensurate with experience. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2006 and will continue until this position is filled.
USF Health is committed to increasing its diversity and will give individual consideration to qualified applicants for this position with experience in ethnically diverse settings, who possess varied language skills, or who have a record of research issues that support/benefit diverse communities or teaching a diverse student population. The University of South Florida is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Equal Access Institution. For disability accommodations, contact Rochelle Morris at 813-974-8349 within 5 days of an event. According to Florida law, search records, including applications and search committee meetings, are open to the public.