Assistant/Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences

New York Institute of Technology•Old Westbury, NY

12h•$100,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide. The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 120,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university’s community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future. For more information, visit nyit.edu . The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) seeks an Assistant/Associate Professor to join the Biomedical Sciences Department at the Old Westbury, NY campus. The Department is made up of over 15 faculty with active research programs in areas such as neuroscience, cardiovascular biology, and cancer. NYITCOM has recently established the Biomedical Research Imaging and Innovation Center (BRIIC) which has a newly acquired 3T MRI scanner (Phillips MR7700), capable of fMRI, diffusion tensor imaging, multi-nuclei imaging, and gated cardiac imaging. Nordic Neurolabs software and peripherals are already present for acquisition, processing, and analysis of fMRI data.

Requirements

PhD, DO, MD or other comparable doctoral degree
Significant expertise in magnetic resonance imaging and fMRI

Nice To Haves

Current or previous record of funding

Responsibilities

Build a research program in functional and structural neuroimaging as a core member of the Biomedical Research Imaging and Innovation Center (BRIIC) initiative at the Old Westbury, NY campus.
Conduct research in areas of particular interest including traumatic brain injury and repair, brain development and aging, neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. Autism), neurodegeneration (e.g.Parkinson’s Disease), machine-learning for neuroimaging, or other exciting research areas involving fMRI-based neuroimaging.
Collaborate with clinicians studying neuro-musculo-skeletal medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Ehler’s Danlos syndrome, sports-related injuries, and E-Sports.