Instructor Research - Pharmacology

University-of-Texas-Medical-Branc; Galveston (TX); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

UTMB Health in Galveston, TX invites an Instructor to lead collaborative, translational and public health-focused research, mentoring mentees, and pursuing extramural funding in substance use and mental health.

The role emphasizes integrating ethics, community engagement, implementation science, and health services research, with priority areas in evidence-based interventions, real-world implementation, health equity, and novel treatments.

Formación

• Research focus in translational and/or treatment of substance use disorders, neuropsychiatric and mental health disorders is appropriate.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, evaluate, and disseminate evidence-based interventions for substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.
• Implement and scale treatments in real-world settings.
• Incorporate health equity, ethics, and public health engagement.
• Lead transdisciplinary responses to overdose crises.
• Investigate transdiagnostic etiological mechanisms.
• Advance novel mental health and substance use treatment approaches.
• Apply precision medicine or data-driven methods to improve prevention and treatment outcomes.

Conocimientos

Translational research

Public health research

Implementation science

Ethics integration

Community engagement

Descripción del empleo

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Instructor is expected to be highly engaged in collaborative, clinical and translational and public health-focused research ventures and to provide mentorship to talented mentees. The individual will have a track record of scholarly research, publications and history of, or evidence of potential for obtaining, extramural funding. A research focus that directly informs the development, testing, or implementation of interventions to prevent or treat substance use, neuropsychiatric, or mental health disorders is appropriate. Preference is for someone who integrate ethics, community engagement, implementation science, and/or health services research into their work and who value interdisciplinary collaboration.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Examples of priority research areas highly encouraged include but are not limited to:

• Development, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based interventions for substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders, including medications development
  
• Implementation and scaling of treatments in real-world community, healthcare, or justice settings
  
• Health equity, ethics and public health engagement
  
• Transdisciplinary responses to the overdose crisis
  
• Investigation of transdiagnostic etiological mechanisms
  
• Novel mental health and substance use treatment advances
  

Application of precision medicine or data-driven methods to improve prevention and treatment outcomes

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Research focus in translational and/or treatment of substance use disorders, neuropsychiatric and mental health disorders is appropriate.
  

SALARY:
Commensurate with experience.

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