Director, Movement Disorders & Stroke Research Program

Summary :

The Director of Movement Disorders & Stroke Research will develop and lead a research program focusing on the field of pediatric neurological movements disorders, stroke, cerebral palsy, dystonia, and neurodegenerative diseases. The Director will perform research independently or in collaboration with other co-investigators, on the topics of kinesiology, rehabilitation, brain plasticity, neuromodulation, gait analysis, sensory training, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Responsibilities include the preparation and submission of grant proposals from internal and external funding mechanisms, such as the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine, the National Rehabilitation Center, and others. The Director will supervise a team of trainees (e.g., postdoctoral research fellows, graduate and undergraduate students) and research assistants who will conduct highly specialized and advanced research studies on the aforementioned areas of research. More specifically, the Director will supervise the development of design, initiation, conduction, analysis, and publication of research projects of both a retrospective and prospective nature, as well the participation in high quality development, submission, maintenance, analysis, and publication of complex and high risk / high value medical specialty research protocols conducted at Cook Children’s. This is a one-year position with a possibility of renewal depending on productivity and funding availability.

Qualifications :

Doctorate (MD, PhD) required in a biomedical discipline aligned with the departmental orientation, medical and / or surgical specialty.

Five or more years of relevant research experience conducting basic, clinical, and / or translational science.

Proven capable of successfully obtaining and managing intramural and extramural funding (e.g., grants, endowments, etc.).

Several publications, as senior author, of impactive scientific results in the peer-reviewed medical and / or scientific literature.