Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Research & Neuroimaging

Cook Children's; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cook Children's in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Director of Epilepsy Research to lead a pediatric epilepsy research program. You will oversee study design, execution, data analysis, and publication, collaborating across neuroscience and clinical teams.

The role emphasizes grant proposal development, program leadership, and advancing biomarkers, neuroimaging, neurophysiology, and translational neuroscience to improve outcomes for children with epilepsy.

Qualifications

• 5 years relevant research experience conducting basic, clinical, and/or translational science.
• Proven capable of obtaining and managing intramural and extramural funding (grants, endowments, etc.).
• Several publications, as senior author, of impactful scientific results in peer-reviewed literature.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a research program focused on pediatric epilepsy and related neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Oversee design, initiation, execution, analysis and publication of research projects (retrospective and prospective).
• Prepare and submit grant proposals to secure intramural and extramural funding.
• Collaborate with neuroscience and clinical teams to translate findings into practice.

Skills

Seizure pathophysiology

Epilepsy biomarkers

Neurogenesis

Neuroimaging

Neurophysiology

Neuromodulation

Brain network analysis

Clinical outcomes

Education

Doctorate (MD, PhD) in biomedical discipline

Job description

Cook Children's in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Director of Epilepsy Research to lead a pediatric epilepsy research program. You will oversee study design, execution, data analysis, and publication, collaborating across neuroscience and clinical teams.

The role emphasizes grant proposal development, program leadership, and advancing biomarkers, neuroimaging, neurophysiology, and translational neuroscience to improve outcomes for children with epilepsy.