https://uwo.ca/research/impact/institutes/win_director_search.html
Western University in London, Ontario, Canada seeks applicants for a Director of the Western Institute for Neuroscience (WIN) Research. Applicants who can demonstrate outstanding leadership in research, training, and outreach in the field of neuroscience are encouraged to apply. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or MD or DDS or equivalent with relevant professional designation or licensure.
Candidates should also be recognized internationally for research relevant to neuroscience. The successful candidate will hold a tenure or continuing academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor (commensurate with qualifications and experience), in the most appropriate Department/School and Faculty.
As Director, the candidate will hold a Western Research Chair (Leadership) and join an interdisciplinary network of collaborative researchers, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and/or clinician-scientists.
Reporting to the Vice President (Research), the Director will advance the WIN at Western University as an entity known internationally for its impact on research and knowledge mobilization across a range of specialties that include tools and technologies, basic science and applied research, in accordance with the research vision and mission. Towards this goal, the Director will identify, and enable access to, opportunities that expand the Institute’s research mission through the development of partnerships and fund-raising. Also, the Director will engage frequently with a Governing Board, the Executive Committee as well as internal and external Advisory Boards regarding strategy and vision.
The Director will inspire research excellence and actively implement processes that mobilize and support interdisciplinary research teams within the Institute. The Director will be supported by the Institute’s excellent administrative team in implementing programs/activities. Also, the Director will be expected to lead their own research program as part of an interdisciplinary network of collaborative researchers in WIN.
The ideal candidate will have the following profile:
Demonstrated excellence in neuroscience research and training at all levels (undergraduate to early career);
Demonstrated research leadership involving financial oversight;
Strong communication skills;
Evidence of ability to build community amongst multiple stakeholders and support for open-science;
Evidence of ability to build effective teams of interdisciplinary researchers;
Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization (EDID);
Evidence of ability to attract, establish and sustain internal and external partnerships; and
Willingness to engage and support fund-raising efforts.
https://win.uwo.ca/about_us/people/win_faculty.html
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Best wishes,
Jessica Grahn
Director, Human Cognitive and Sensorimotor Core, BrainsCAN
Acting Chair, Brain and Mind at Western
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Western University
London, Ontario, N6A 5B7
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@Neurobeats
www.jessicagrahn.com
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