Open Rank
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department:

Psychiatry - Research - 412250

09/06/2023

Yes

Permanent Faculty

Open Rank

Tenured/Tenure Track

FAC0004672

Full-Time Permanent

40

1

North Carolina, US

Dependent on Experience and Qualifications

11/06/2023

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (UNC CEED), established in 2003, is seeking candidates for an open-rank, tenure-track position in the Department of Psychiatry. The candidate will dedicate the majority of their time to research, specifically pursuing an active program of externally funded research (R-level or equivalent) and actively and effectively pursuing and achieving publication in appropriate scholarly venues. Additionally, the successful candidate will offer a rich training environment for PhD students and post-doctoral fellows along with training/supervision of behavioral health trainees (including clinical psychology interns and psychiatry residents). This role also includes lectures to medical students and trainees in psychology, psychiatry, pediatrics, and other specialties. They will participate in the CEED Summer Research Fellow program, mentoring promising junior investigators in the field. Clinical responsibilities may include assessment and treatment services to children and families, in inpatient and outpatient settings.

We are seeking a candidate to contribute to the future vision and direction of CEED, who is passionate about advancing the science of eating disorders.

CEED is world-renown for excellence in research, treatment, and training in eating disorders. Our research goals are to develop a deeper understanding of the causes of eating disorders and to create more effective diagnostic, treatment, and prevention strategies. UNC is also the seat of the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders.

• Applicants must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. (or equivalent) in a relevant field and must be licensed to practice in NC (or be license eligible).
• Experience in both research and treatment of eating disorders is required.
• Evidence of and potential for attracting external funding at R-level or the equivalent is essential.
• Candidates must have a programmatic line of research as evidenced via scholarship and research productivity referenced on their CV.
• Prior history of teaching, supervising, or mentoring advanced trainees is required.

Applicants will be preferred who have shown potential for leadership in the field and excellent science communication skills.

Not Applicable.