Research Director in Suicide Prevention - Physician/Faculty- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior- Sidney Kimmel Medical - Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health

The David Farber Center for the Advancement of Suicide Prevention, Intervention, Research, and Education (ASPIRE) is seeking applicants for the position of Research Director. This position comes with a faculty appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. The David Farber ASPIRE Center is focused on understanding and treating individuals of all ages who are at increased risk for suicide. Candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and those who will advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice through their teaching and service are strongly encouraged to apply. We anticipate a start date for this position to be July 2024. The David Farber ASPIRE Center is focused on suicide prevention, research, and education; however, the Center also includes outpatient clinical operations and functions as a satellite to the larger outpatient psychiatric practice housed within the department. The clinic provides an intentional focus on family and family-based intervention. Faculty will have the potential to utilize this clinical setting for research inquiry, as well as provide clinical service, if desired and licensed. The David Farber ASPIRE Center has strong partnerships with Addiction Medicine, Neuroscience, Public Health, Emergency Medicine, and Primary Care at Thomas Jefferson University in addition to numerous Philadelphia-based collaborators. Candidates’ academic backgrounds may be in Psychology, Neuroscience, Public Health, or any other discipline that effectively aligns with the overall focus of the Center. Strong candidates for the Research Director position will have a history of federally-funded research, serve as a foundational research team member of the Center, and sustain an independent programmatic research trajectory in suicide prevention, including mentorship of junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students, and trainees, and other members of the research division. The Center is looking for someone interested in growing a research program targeting the unique qualities and specialized areas of the David Farber ASPIRE Center and help it grow into a premier suicide prevention program in the region. To learn more about the David Farber ASPIRE Center, please visit our website at www.JeffersonHealth. org/ASPIRE. Interested candidates may submit a CV, cover letter, and research statement to Dr. Matthew Wintersteen, Center Director, at matthew.wintersteen@jefferson.edu.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

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