Open Rank Faculty Position in Geriatric Mental Health and Alzheimer’s Disease Research

The UNC Department of Psychiatry seeks an open rank faculty member to lead an innovative research program investigating mechanisms underlying geriatric mental health disorders, cognitive aging, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk. The successful candidate will develop an independent, externally funded research program; contribute to collaborative initiatives within Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroscience, and the UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; and leverage multimodal methodologies such as neuroimaging, molecular assays, ecological data, and computational approaches. Responsibilities include designing research studies, building team science collaborations, conducting data analysis, disseminating results, publishing in high-impact journals, securing extramural funding, and providing research mentorship to trainees. The position also includes a clinical care component providing services to older adults.