Director of Movement Disorders & Stroke Research - Cook Children’s Health Care System
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
The Neuroscience Research team at Cook Children's Health Care System is seeking to hire a Director of Movement Disorders & Stroke Research. The Director of Movement Disorders & Stroke Research will develop and lead a research program focusing on the field of pediatric neurological movement disorders, stroke, cerebral palsy, dystonia, and neurodegenerative diseases. The Director will perform research independently or in collaboration with other co-investigators on kinesiology, rehabilitation, brain plasticity, neuromodulation, gait analysis, sensory training, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
Responsibilities include preparing and submitting 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 the 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. The Director will have a faculty appointment with the University of Texas at Arlington at the Assistant or Associate Professor level (dependent on experience and qualifications).
We offer a competitive compensation package, financial support for a postdoctoral fellow, a PhD student, and a research assistant, and access to unique neuroimaging facilities, such as MEG, high-density EEG, 3T MRI, TMS, upper extremity robotic rehabilitation (AMADEO), gait lab, etc.
More information about our research center can be found on our website: https://www.cookchildrens.org/services/neurosciences-research/
Interested applicants may send a cover letter and their CV to christos.papadelis@cookchildrens.org.