General IFH

Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Treatment and Systems Solutions

The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (IFH), a unit of Rutgers Health, is recruiting tenured/tenure-track faculty as part of the Addressing Health Equity in Age-related Disorders (AHEAD) strategic diversity cluster hire supported by the Rutgers Presidential Diversity Hiring Initiative.

The faculty hired under this recruitment will advance knowledge of other neurodegenerative disorders and their treatment and systems and supports to help people experience a higher quality of life and contribute to deepening understanding of the behavioral, social, racial, ethnic, and other systemic disparities associated with these disorders. Age-related conditions are of special interest (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal degeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, vascular cognitive impairment/dementia, and multiple sclerosis) although investigators studying other conditions of the central nervous system are also encouraged to apply.

We seek to appoint two tenured or tenure-track faculty to serve as core members-in-residence within the IFH with joint appointment in suitable Rutgers Health tenure-granting unit (under some circumstances, appointment in an RU-New Brunswick unit may be possible). Candidates eligible for appointment at the level of Associate Professor or higher are preferred.

We are especially interested in candidates whose work addresses needs of underrepresented populations according to the NIH health disparities framework; targets risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases; addresses methodological/structural barriers to health care access and research participation; and translates research advances into the care of people living with neurodegenerative disorders. 

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NJHealth Study

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Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science

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Center for Healthy Aging Research

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Center for Population Behavioral Health

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Center for Population Level Bioethics

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Center for Health Services Research

Research Assistant – Dementia diagnosis disparities 

Appointment period: January 25, 2025 – January 25, 2026

Appointment FTE: Up to 50% FTE (up to 20 hours per week)

Principal Investigator: Min Hee Kim 

Application deadline: January 10, 2025

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience reading and summarizing social epidemiologic and health service research journal articles.
• Experience managing and analyzing cohort data (e.g., Reasons for Geographic and Racial Disparities in Stroke Study)
• Experience with or interest in using the Center for Medicare and Medicaid data
• Experience with or interest in multilevel data compilation
• Proficient use of SAS (or Stata).

Job Duties: The selected research assistant will assist with a project on structural determinants (racial segregation, health care density) and racial disparities in dementia diagnosis and cognitive/health care outcomes, specifically performing literature review, managing and analyzing data, and preparing manuscripts. This project covers a breadth of substantive (structural racism, racial residential segregation, geographic distribution of health and social infrastructure, disparities in dementia diagnosis) and methodological (multilevel data compilation, causal inference, social epidemiology) topics. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to develop their own research project if interested. Please send e-mail Min Hee Kim (minhee.kim214@rutgers.edu) with their CV and a statement of interest. Also, please reach out for more information.

Center for State Health Policy

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