Research Assistant Professor, UC Imaging Research, Development & Innovation Center, Radiology Dept

Job Overview

A full‑time Research Assistant Professor faculty position is available in the Department of Radiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The position supports the continued growth and research mission of the UC Imaging Research, Development, and Innovation Center and contributes to MRI‑focused research across the department.

The UC Imaging Research, Development, and Innovation Center supports interdisciplinary imaging research across the College of Medicine and affiliated clinical and research programs. The candidate will join a growing research environment focused on advancing MRI innovation, translational imaging, and externally funded interdisciplinary research.

This position is primarily based in an academic medical center research office and MRI imaging environment, with interaction with MRI equipment, human research participants, clinical and research teams, imaging technologists, trainees, and computational resources.

• Develop an independent and collaborative MRI‑focused research program with external funding potential.
• Design, optimize, validate, and implement advanced MRI methods, acquisition protocols, image‑processing workflows, imaging biomarkers, and related technologies.
• Conduct research in neuroimaging, artificial intelligence for imaging, pulse‑sequence development, quantitative MRI, functional MRI, diffusion MRI, perfusion imaging, image reconstruction, MR spectroscopy, and translational clinical imaging.
• Collaborate with radiologists, imaging scientists, clinicians, physicists, engineers, technologists, trainees, and research staff.
• Prepare and contribute to grant applications, manuscripts, abstracts, progress reports, technical reports, and other scholarly products.
• Publish research findings in peer‑reviewed journals and present at local, regional, national, and international scientific meetings.
• Support the research mission and operations of the UC Imaging Research, Development, and Innovation Center.
• Provide scientific and technical expertise for MRI study design, protocol development, feasibility assessment, data acquisition, image processing, quality assurance, and interpretation.
• Assist with the development of imaging research workflows, standard operating procedures, technical standards, and best practices.
• Contribute to Center and departmental initiatives designed to expand imaging research capacity, innovation, collaboration, and external funding.
• Participate in the design, development, and execution of human‑subjects MRI research studies.
• Contribute to IRB submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, study protocols, informed consent materials, and related regulatory documentation.
• Ensure research activities comply with institutional policies, MRI safety requirements, human‑subjects protections, privacy requirements, and applicable federal regulations.
• Provide limited mentoring to students, residents, fellows, postdoctoral researchers, research staff, or junior collaborators as assigned.
• Participate in lectures, seminars, workshops, or other educational activities as assigned.
• Serve on departmental, Center, college, university, or professional committees as appropriate.
• Contribute to governance, program development, and administrative activities that support the Imaging RDI Center, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, and university research missions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in a field appropriate to the position, such as MRI physics, medical physics, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, radiology, neuroscience, imaging science, computer science, applied mathematics, data science, or a closely related discipline.

• Must have obtained a Doctorate or terminal degree from a regionally accredited college or university of recognized standing in a field appropriate to the requirements of the position.

• Postdoctoral training or equivalent research experience in MRI, biomedical imaging, imaging science, quantitative imaging, image reconstruction, image analysis,…