Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR)

Vanderbilt University•Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (MPB) and the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR) are seeking an early-career investigator for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The candidate’s research should focus on areas fundamental to understanding substance use disorders, using innovative experimental, computational, and/or translational approaches to investigate molecular, cellular, circuit, systems, or behavioral mechanisms and related biological processes. Areas of interest include motivation and reward, reinforcement learning, decision-making, feeding and ingestive behavior, pain, stress and resilience, neural circuit function, synaptic plasticity, neuropharmacology, neuroimmune interactions, molecular signaling, neuroendocrinology, affective neuroscience, genetics and genomics, and computational and systems neuroscience. The successful candidate will hold a primary investigator-track appointment in MPB and become a member of VCAR, an interdisciplinary research community connecting investigators across Vanderbilt University. The candidate will develop a rigorous, innovative, independent research program with external funding; contribute to graduate and medical education; mentor trainees; and participate actively in Vanderbilt’s scientific community. Vanderbilt offers state-of-the-art research facilities, shared resources, interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities, and support for mentoring early-career investigators. Applications will be reviewed beginning immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Requirements

PhD or equivalent.
Demonstrated exceptional promise and capacity to establish an innovative, externally funded research program.
Research focused on areas fundamental to understanding substance use disorders, using innovative experimental, computational, and/or translational approaches.