[visionlist] Seeking Applications & Nominations - Univ Wisconsin Neuroscience Chair

[Jamie Edge]

June 15, 2011

 

Dear Colleague:

 

We are writing to seek your help in identifying potential candidates for a
key leadership position in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health.  We seek qualified applications for the position of Chair
of the Department of Neuroscience. 

 

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is forming
a new Department of Neuroscience, incorporating faculty from the former
departments of Anatomy and Physiology.  This new department will consolidate
the strengths in research and teaching in neuroscience, an important area of
biomedical research within the School of Medicine and Public Health.  The
new department will strive for excellence in research and will bring
together investigators studying fundamental processes, using the information
obtained to develop therapeutic interventions in the treatment of human
disease.

 

The Department of Neuroscience has 31 faculty members.   We seek a
recognized leader with an outstanding academic background, including strong
research credentials, demonstrated commitment to education, experience in
mentoring junior faculty, and proven leadership and management skills.
Candidates must have a PhD degree or equivalent and must have academic
credentials for a tenured faculty appointment at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.



We would very much appreciate receiving any recommendations you are willing
to forward regarding potential candidates, as well as your help in alerting
those who may be interested in becoming candidates.  Nominations and
applications from women and members of minority groups are strongly
encouraged.  All applications received by the due date will be given full
and equal consideration.   

 

Please send your nominations, including names, institutions, and email
addresses if you have them, to the Search Committee for the Chair of
Neuroscience, c/o Ms. Jamie Edge, UW School of Medicine and Public Health,
4150 HSLC, 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, jledge at wisc.edu,
608-262-8401.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Ned Kalin, MD (Search Committee Co-Chair)
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry

 

 

 

Robert Pearce, MD, PhD (Search Committee Co-Chair)

Professor and Chair, Anesthesiology

 


Enclosures:  Position Announcement (PVL 70108)

 

To ensure full consideration, applications should arrive by August 1, 2011

Applicants should send a letter of interest outlining relevant experience
and curriculum vitae.  Applications from women and members of minority
groups are strongly encouraged, and all applications received by the due
date will be given full and equal consideration.  The UW School of Medicine
and Public Health is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and
is committed to building a diverse community to provide for the needs of the
public.  Written requests for applicant confidentiality will be honored, but
finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.
For more information about the University of Wisconsin, our city and state,
we invite you to visit these web sites:

Department of Neuroscience  <http://www.neuro.wisc.edu/>
http://www.neuro.wisc.edu/

SMPH  <http://www.med.wisc.edu/> http://www.med.wisc.edu/, UW-Madison
<http://www.wisc.edu/> http://www.wisc.edu, 
Madison:  <http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/> http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/,
Wisconsin:  <http://www.tourism.state.wi.us/> http://www.tourism.state.wi.us

 

 

 

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT                  

CHAIR, NEUROSCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

MADISON, WISCONSIN

 

 

 

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has formed
a new Department of Neuroscience, incorporating faculty from the former
departments of Anatomy and Physiology.  This new department will consolidate
the strengths in research and teaching in neuroscience, an important area of
biomedical research within the School of Medicine and Public Health.  The
Department has 31 faculty members with excellent basic research programs in
molecular, cellular, developmental and systems neuroscience.  The new
department will strive for excellence in research and medical, graduate and
undergraduate instruction.

 

The UWSMPH invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of
the Department of Neuroscience. We seek an exceptional scientist and a
recognized leader with an outstanding academic background, including a
state-of-the-art research program that complements the department's existing
strengths, demonstrated commitment to education, experience in mentoring
junior faculty, proven leadership and management skills and an exciting
vision for the future of neuroscience at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Candidates must have a PhD degree or equivalent and must
have academic credentials for a tenured faculty appointment at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

Send a letter of application or nomination, with curriculum vitae, to Ned
Kalin, MD and Robert Pearce, MD, PhD, Neuroscience Chair Search Committee,
c/o Jamie Edge, 4150 HSLC, 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705-2111,
<mailto:jledge at wisc.edu> jledge at wisc.edu.

 

Applications from minorities and women are encouraged.  To receive full
consideration, applications should arrive by August 1, 2011.

 

Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding
applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed
confidentiality. Wisconsin Caregiver Law applies. The University of
Wisconsin is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. For more
information:  <http://www.med.wisc.edu/> www.med.wisc.edu,
<http://www.neuro.wisc.edu/> http://www.neuro.wisc.edu/

 

PVL #:  70108

 

 

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