The University of Chicago’s Department of Neurology seeks tenured or tenure-track faculty members at any rank to join the Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center. The HAARC Center serves as a hub to coordinate research in aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementia (ADRD) and is dedicated to discovering neurobiologic, cognitive, genetic, lifestyle, psychosocial, and related factors that promote resilience, resistance, and health span. The Center achieves these goals through multidisciplinary research, community engagement, education, and the development of new evidence-based interventions.

Appointees will be expected to develop a productive and highly impactful research program that integrates with and contributes to the multidisciplinary research and educational goals of the HAARC Center and the department. Because the appointees’ research programs can overlap with one or more areas of strength within the Biological Sciences Division (BSD) including neurobiology, computational neuroscience, genetics, neuroimaging, and immunology, the appointees will likely collaborate closely with faculty in some of the following programs: the University of Chicago Medicine Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders, the Neuroscience Institute, the Institute for Population and Precision Health, the Aging and Research Program within the Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, the Center for Neurocognitive Outcomes Improvement Research, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. Other activities of this position will include teaching at the graduate and/or undergraduate level, supervision of students and trainees, and clinical care, where appropriate.

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The Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders (The Memory Center) in the Department of Neurology at the University of Chicago seeks full-time behavioral neurologists at any rank to join our growing team. The appointees will join a multidisciplinary team represented by neurology, psychiatry, geriatrics, nursing, and social work. The primary role for the appointee will be to establish a strong clinical presence and to develop or extend a focus of scholarship. Teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows will be expected, as will participation in clinical trials related to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This position may require some ambulatory practice at UChicago Medicine offsite practices. Academic rank and compensation (including a generous package of fringe benefits) are dependent upon qualifications.

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The University of Chicago: Biological Sciences Division: Department of Neurology

The University of Chicago’s Department of Neurology in the Biological Sciences Division (BSD), in collaboration with the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior, is searching for a tenured professor, either a physician scientist or a basic scientist, to hold its Goldberg Professorship. The appointee shall be someone who, in the opinion of the Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Chairman of the Department of Neurology, has made and will continue to make significant contributions toward the development of treatments and potential cures for multiple sclerosis (MS) and/or other neuroimmunological disorders.

The appointee will also help to lead the creation of the University of Chicago Program in Neuroinflammation, capitalizing on the intersection of several existing programs in the BSD and throughout the University. These include the Center for Motor Neuron Disease, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the Committee on Immunology, to name a few. We expect the appointee to facilitate collaborations within the Departments of Neurology, and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and with faculty throughout the Neuroscience Institute. Other duties of the appointee will include teaching and supervision of trainees and students. Compensation (including a generous package of fringe benefits) is dependent upon qualifications.

The University is a vibrant center of scientific discovery and innovation. Opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration are abundant, both within and outside the Biological Sciences Division, and include faculty performing cutting-edge research in Immunology, Genetics, Neurodegeneration, and Molecular Engineering. The Neurology Department has a long history of world-class research and training in basic, translational, and clinical aspects of MS and Neuroimmunology. The Division, other academic units of the University, and the University of Chicago Medical Center, are all contained within one compact campus in Chicago‚ Hyde Park. The appointee will have access to state-of-the-art core facilities and to outstanding colleagues and graduate students affiliated with numerous degree-granting programs within and outside the biological sciences.

Prior to the start of employment, qualified applicants must: 1) have a medical doctorate or equivalent, or PhD, in a related field 2) hold or be eligible for medical licensure in the State of Illinois, if applicable and 3) be Board certified or eligible in Neurology, if applicable.

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The Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center is seeking a Data Analyst to support data management across research projects. The University of Chicago Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center seeks to serve as an aging and dementia research hub dedicated to the discovery of factors that promote resilience, resistance, and increased healthspan through multidisciplinary research, community engagement, education, and the development of new evidence-based interventions. As part of the HAARC Center, you’ll be immersed in a collaborative and dynamic research environment dedicated to filling critical scientific knowledge gaps related to healthy aging, Alzheimer’s, and related dementias. Studies include the international SuperAging Research Initiative and Communication Bridge, a non-pharmacologic clinical trial delivered via telehealth (video chat) with global enrollment.

Responsibilities

• Engage with team members to analyze complex data sets, and support in addressing research data science needs effectively, emphasizing knowledge exchange and collaboration.
• Assist in developing and maintaining data infrastructure, facilitating efficient management of multiple complex datasets.
• Contribute to process improvements for data calibration and assist in implementing operational protocols for effective data collection and analysis.
• Participate in the design and evaluation of statistical models and data processing pipelines, ensuring reproducibility and accuracy.
• Support high-level or complex data-related requests, liaising with other IT resources as required.
• Analyzes moderately complex data sets for the purpose of extracting and purposefully using applicable information.
• Provides professional support to staff or faculty members in defining the project and applying principals of data science in manipulation, statistical applications, programming, analysis and modeling.
• Performs other related work as needed.

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This Clinical Research Coordinator 2 (CRC2) provides support to the SuperAging Research Initiative at the Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center within the Biological Sciences Division. The SuperAging Research Program is focused on identifying protective factors that contribute to the preservation of memory and healthspan. For this study we recruit and longitudinally follow cognitively average older adults and SuperAgers who, by our definition, are adults over age 80 who have the memory capacity of individuals decades younger. The Clinical Research Coordinator predominately functions as a key coordinating lead for the local University of Chicago SuperAging site activities related to data collection, participant visits and coordinates daily clinical research activities.

Primary responsibilities include coordination of data collection efforts, including scheduling participant visits, completing participant visits and associated tasks, including data entry and neuropsychological test administration and scoring, tracking enrollment and follow-up visit data and reporting out to Principal Investigator and Project Manager and training Research Assistants in the neuropsychological testing battery. The CRC2, acts as the primary contact for research assistants and volunteers in their data collection efforts, assisting with grants and administrative procedures as needed, monitoring data collection aspects of the protocol for compliance, implementing protocol updates and changes, and supporting collaborative efforts.

Our Center uses a community-engaged research approach, which actively involves members of the community in the research process. This position will have the opportunity to work closely with the Director of Community Engagement to support engagement, recruitment, and retention to elevate the scientifically rigorous and socially relevant research we conduct.

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