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The Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine seeks a full-time Neuropsychologist at the rank of Assistant Professor on the Non-Tenure track. This appointment will be in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Responsibilities include assessing patients, and teaching students and fellows in the highly competitive graduate clinical psychology program in Psychiatry. The successful candidate will join a research and clinical group specializing in cognitive aging and dementia.  The candidate is encouraged to be a co-investigator in applications for extramural-funded research in primary progressive aphasia (PPA), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and/or Alzheimer’s disease dementia (ADD). The candidate should have demonstrated a track record in research productivity and publications in PPA, FTD, and AD Dementia with emphasis on longitudinal neuropsychological tracking. Clinical responsibilities include outpatient evaluation of older adults with cognitive disorders and dementia and individuals with young onset dementia in the multidisciplinary Neurobehavior and Memory Clinic of Northwestern Medicine and clinical supervision of pre- and postdoctoral trainees. In addition to teaching in the graduate program, faculty lecture to Psychiatry and Neurology residents and fellows in Behavioral/Cognitive Neurology in the Mesulam Center.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) is an 894-bed academic medical center hospital that is the primary teaching affiliate for the Feinberg School of Medicine and has nearly 1,900 affiliated physicians representing virtually every medical specialty. Northwestern Memorial Hospital ranks among the top hospitals in the nation and is recognized for providing exemplary patient care and innovative advancements in a variety of clinical areas including cardiovascular care; oncology; neurology and neurosurgery; geriatrics; solid organ and soft tissue transplants; orthopaedics; and women’s health at its Prentice Women’s Hospital.

The mission of the Mesulam Center is to conduct cutting-edge research on the devastating neurodegenerative disorders that cause dementia. Through this research we seek to better understand the underlying biological mechanisms of dementias so that we may identify novel therapeutic targets for the amelioration of disease. Our mission is also to clarify the neural organization of behavior and cognition in the human brain and to offer our patients and their families personalized care that addresses the symptoms as well as the underlying disease.

The mission of the Mesulam Center is to conduct cutting-edge research on the devastating neurodegenerative disorders that cause dementia. Through this research we seek to better understand the underlying biological mechanisms of dementias so that we may identify novel therapeutic targets for the amelioration of disease. Our mission is also to clarify the neural organization of behavior and cognition in the human brain and to offer our patients and their families personalized care that addresses the symptoms as well as the underlying disease.

Qualified candidates will have a doctoral degree from an accredited program with specialization in neuropsychology, a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology, a license to practice psychology in Illinois, and eligibility for/attainment of board certification by the American Board of Professional Psychology.

The start date is negotiable, and the position will remain open until filled. When applying, please upload a CV and cover letter describing your interest and alignment with the position.

Also upload this completed list of references form to suggest the names of individuals who could write letters of reference on your behalf.

Please address all inquiries, letters of interest and a curriculum vitae to Sandra Weintraub, PhD; email: sweintraub@northwestern.edu; phone: 312-908-9013.

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