Assistant / Associate Professor

Case; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Startup packages

Job summary

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine invites applications for tenure-track faculty in Neurosciences at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. The department seeks investigators using innovative approaches to neural development, regeneration, circuits, and neural computation, with relevance to neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, and/or psychiatric diseases.

Successful candidates will have opportunities to interact across basic science and clinical departments and access

Qualifications

• Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree required for Assistant Professor; productive postdoctoral experience expected.
• Associate Professor candidates should have nationally recognized scholarship with an externally funded program.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead an independent research program.
• Recruit staff and trainees; write and submit grant proposals.
• Teach in graduate courses and medical school curriculum in years 2–3; contribute to service and leadership within the department.

Skills

Scholarly activity

Education

Ph.D. or M.D. degree

Postdoctoral experience

Externally funded research program

Job description

Case Western Reserve University: School of Medicine (FAC/RA/RS): School of Medicine - Main Campus (FAC/RA/RS): Neurosciences (FAC/RA/RS)

Location

Cleveland, OH

Open Date

Oct 01, 2025

Deadline

Aug 19, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

The Department of Neurosciences invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. We seek highly motivated applicants who utilize innovative and cutting-edge approaches to investigate fundamental mechanisms of neural development, regeneration, circuit plasticity, systems function, and neural computation in vertebrate nervous systems and how perturbation of these mechanisms contributes to neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, and/or psychiatric diseases. The new investigator will have the opportunity to interact and collaborate with a diverse group of individuals in basic science and clinical departments within the School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, and MetroHealth Medical Center. Case Western Reserve University has outstanding core facilities for biomedical research including state-of-the-advanced services in cellular and whole animal imaging, genomics, gene targeting, proteomics/mass spectrometry, cryo-EM/ET, bioinformatics, and mouse behavioral phenotyping. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has committed significant resources for major expansion of neuroscience research, including the appointment of C. Ron Yu as chair of the department. We offer competitive salary and startup packages.

The School of Medicine has committed resources for major expansion of the Neurosciences including hiring of tenure track research focused faculty at the rank of assistant or associate professor. To accomplish this objective, the Department of Neurosciences will initiate a nationwide search during FY2026 with the expectation of recruiting new faculty for FY2027.

In the initial year, the new assistant professor faculty member’s responsibility will be to equip the new independent investigator lab, hire staff, recruit trainees, write and submit new principal investigator grant proposals, and begin pursuing research objectives. The development of the assistant professor faculty member’s role will include, beginning in year 2 or 3, teaching in graduate level coursework and/or in the Case Western Reserve Medical School curriculum. During the pretenure years, the faculty member will analyze new findings and assemble the findings into manuscripts for publication. The assistant professor will begin to pursue activities at the national and international levels such as journal article refereeing, national and private foundation grant review, and invited seminar presentations at other institutions. Locally, the faculty member will begin to contribute service in years 3 and beyond by participating on departmental, medical school and/or university committees. Faculty recruited at the associate level will begin teaching in years 1 or 2. These faculty will continue their research programs, continue pursuit of grant funding, and develop new collaborations with existing CWRU faculty. Associate level faculty will expand their existing national and international research and service activities and take on leadership roles in departmental activities and committees.

Qualifications

Applicants seeking an Assistant Professor appointment should have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree, a productive postdoctoral experience, and a strong record of scholarly activity. Applicants seeking an Associate Professor appointment should have these credentials and be nationally recognized scholars with a strong, externally funded research program.

Case Western Reserve University is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are protected under federal and state laws and university policy from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, protected veteran status, disability, age and genetic information.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Case Western Reserve University complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Equity by phone at 216.368.3066 or by email at [e-mail] . Determinations as to granting reasonable accommodations for any applicant will be made on a case-by-case basis.