Assistant / Associate / Full Professor - Imager - Tenure Track
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Responsibilities & Requirements Several opportunities are converging at Stony Brook University. We have four distinct,
large (>1000) patient populations: 1. A large group of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
seen by our New York State funded Center for Excellence in Alzheimer’s Disease (https://www.stonybrookmedicine.edu/patientcare/alzheimers).
2. A large population of world trade center first responders who have been followed
for years 3. A large number of healthy subjects in assisted living facilities who
are volunteering for research studies. 4. The Long Island State Veterans Home which
has a dedicated 55 inpatient dementia unit.
In addition to the research opportunities provided by these patient populations we
have existing and new imaging capabilities coming to Stony Brook. Particular strengths
of the institution are in fully quantitative PET imaging. The SBU PET Core consists
of three units (Facility for Experimental Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing, PET Ex
Vivo Radiometabolite Laboratory and Center for Understanding Biology Using Imaging
Technology [CUBIT]). A key focus of the PET Core is to facilitate the use of PET
and PET/MRI technologies as research tools by providing support in radiochemistry,
PET data acquisition, data management and data analysis.
PET imaging resources at SBU include:
i) A hybrid PET/MRI scanner (Biograph mMR). The mMR is equipped with a SwissTrace
Twilite system for direct arterial blood sampling and counting. Multidisciplinary
faculty and staff with expertise in state of the art reconstruction methodology and
multimodal image acquisition and analysis provide support for studies performed on
the mMR.
ii) The new Medical and Research Translation (MART) Facility. The MART opened in November
2019, is a 465,000 sq ft building that houses a new imaging facility, including a
radiotracer chemistry laboratory for short-lived positron emitters with an onsite
16 MeV GE PetTrace cyclotron, a 100% research-dedicated PET scanner, cGMP 11C and 18F radiopharmaceutical laboratory, 11C research laboratory and organic chemistry facilities. The MART research imaging
instrumentation will include two additional camera bays. The building is designed
to bring together translational scientists and clinicians to bring clinical problems
into the laboratory for intense study and basic science innovation to the clinic.
Imaging studies are facilitated through the CUBIT core facility. The CUBIT team works
to ensure that PET and MRI images are transferred successfully to a collective HIPAA-complaint
database, are vetted through quality control, and are processed and analyzed properly
through CUBIT’s semi-automated image processing pipeline. This pipeline applies carefully
assessed scripts from available image processing packages or custom-written software.
Algorithms are written in MatLab, C++, and Python. All intermediate outputs of this
pipeline are available for viewing through a web-based interface for quality assurance
purposes. This web-based system allows CUBIT image technicians to examine, edit (if
needed), approve, and lock results (i.e., prevent them from being altered). It also
tracks all inputs, user comments, and software versions to ensure accountability for
all image-processing procedures. CUBIT provides both image analysis services and
education, based on researchers’ needs.
We are seeking a qualified PET researcher to work with these resources and patient
populations. The position is 100% research with 100% salary support for 3 years and
50% thereafter. The successful candidate will collaborate with clinicians, engineers
and statisticians and CNS PET researchers.
To qualify for tenure and/or a senior faculty appointment, the candidate must meet
the criteria established by the School of Medicine.
Special Notes This is a tenure track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime
provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible.
Application Procedure Those interested in this position should:
1. Complete the online Applicant Information Survey. Do not submit this survey to the department with your application. Any questions
regarding the survey, please email oide@stonybrook.edu.
2. Submit a State Employment Application, cover letter and resume/CV to the departmental address or fax below.
| Ramin Parsey, M.D., Ph.D., Chair |
| Professor of Psychiatry |
| Department of Psychiatry |
| Health Sciences Center, Level 10, Room 020 |
| Stony Brook University |
| Stony Brook, NY 11794-8101 |
| Fax: 631-444-1560 |
Campus Description Long Island’s premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine represents Stony
Brook University’s entire medical enterprise and integrates all of Stony Brook’s health-related
initiatives: education, research and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University
Hospital, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, the five Health Sciences schools — Dental
Medicine, Health Technology and Management, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare —
as well as the major centers and institutes, programs and more than 50 community-based
healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. With 603 beds, Stony Brook University
Hospital serves as Suffolk County’s only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma
Center. Stony Brook Children’s, with more than 160 pediatric specialists, offers the
most advanced pediatric specialty care in the region.
The Department of Psychiatry includes robust clinical education and research programs,
and includes Long Island's only State Designated Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency
Program, the Center for Excellence in Alzheimers Disease, one of only two inpatient
child psychiatry units on Long Island, robust divisions in Consultation and Liaison
Psychiatry, Inpatient Psychiatry and child/Adolescent Psychiatry, and rapidly growing
regional programs in Geriatric Psychiatry, and Substance Use Disorders. The Department
includes internationally renowned leadership in neuroimaging and in schizophrenia
and mood disorders research, a robust and rapidly expanding residency training program,
and recognized excellence in medical student education in psychiatry.
| Official Job Title: | Assistant / Associate / Full Professor |
| REF#: | F-9859-19-12-F |
| Campus: | Health Sciences Center |
| Department: | Psychiatry |
| Salary: | Commensurate with Experience, up to $250,000 |
| Posting Start Date: | 12/06/2019 |
| Posting End Date: | 03/10/2020 |
Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 03/10/2020, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university office of institutional diversity and equity at (631)632-6280.
| Job Category: Health Science and Medical Center Faculty |
Posting Date: 12/06/2019
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