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Posted:	9/25/2012
Job Title:	Faculty Position
Employer:	University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
Description:	The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is offering a full-time faculty position in the Division of Behavioral Neurobiology. Rank, tenure status and salary are commensurate with experience and qualifications. UAB is one of the leading academic medical centers in the US, currently ranked 28th in NIH funding among all US medical schools, and is undergoing significant expansion in the neuroscience programs. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology offers a strong supportive research environment in both laboratory and clinical settings. Researchers also have abundant opportunities for collaboration with neuroscience faculty in other departments including Neurobiology, Psychology, Neurology and School of Public Health. Research resources are also enriched through the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center at UAB. UAB is a major regional medical center with excellent resources and benefits. The university is committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment.
Requirements:	This position provides an excellent opportunity for an outstanding scientist with either PhD and/or MD degrees who conducts either bench research in neuroscience or clinical studies that are related to mood disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic illnesses, substance abuse or other psychiatric illnesses.
Contact:	Applications should be sent to James H. Meador-Woodruff, M.D. Heman E. Drummond Professor and Chair UAB Department of Psychiatry 1720 7th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35294-0017. A pre-employment background investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment. UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of ethnicity, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans.