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UCLA Department of Psychology Staglin Chair Search

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Position description

UCLA Psychology Announces
Search for Staglin Family Chair in Psychology

The Department of Psychology at UCLA seeks nominations and applications for a full-time, tenured position at the level of Professor to fill the endowed Staglin Family Chair to study biological processes contributing to major mental disorders. The ideal candidate will have an innovative and productive clinical neuroscience research program, broadly defined, that employs, for example, neurodevelopmental, neuroimaging, epigenetic, or behavior-genetic approaches. The chair holder will have an appointment in the Department of Psychology and an affiliation with the clinical psychology area or any other appropriate area of the Department, as well as the opportunity for a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. A Ph.D. in psychology or a related field such as neuroscience or an M.D. is required. The candidate should have demonstrated visionary intellectual leadership, a strong funding record, and an interest in collaborations with the larger UCLA Neuroscience community. This individual will establish and direct an endowed center, with a mission to advance the understanding and treatment of brain mechanisms contributing to major mental illness. It is anticipated that this center will build on an existing strong partnership between the Department of Psychology and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and will take advantage of the candidate’s own research expertise as well as departmental and cross-campus research strengths and collaborations.

Nominations and requests for information should be sent to the Department Chair, Prof. Gregory A. Miller (gamiller@ucla.edu). Applicants should send a letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, a few relevant publications, and the names and addresses of three references to the Staglin Family Chair Search Committee (Job #: JPF00087), Department of Psychology, Box 951563, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, or email materials as attachments to https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF00087. Review of applications will begin September 15, 2014, and continue until a candidate is selected. We encourage applications from women, minorities, and individuals with a history of mentoring under-represented minorities. UCLA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to achieving and supporting diversity among its faculty, students, and staff.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Research

  • Statement of Teaching

  • Publication

  • Publication

  • Publication

  • Publication (Optional)

  • Publication (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 letters of reference required