Full Professor of Neurological Surgery

Position Summary

Stark Neurosciences Research Institute (SNRI) and the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) seek a highly qualified and productive researcher for a faculty position as a Full professor (tenure eligible) to be the Director of the Indiana Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Group (ISCBIRG). This leader will become a member of the SNRI Executive Committee (EC) and direct the ISCBIRG Research Group by leading ISCBIRG research‑related initiatives and responsibilities, as outlined below.

The ISCBIRG at IUSM is an integrated component of Stark Neurosciences Research Institute. The group is comprised of a critical mass of key principal investigators who study molecular mechanisms underlying spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and develop novel repair strategies to promote neural reorganization and functional recovery in experimental models of these injuries. The long‑term goal of these studies is to translate promising treatments from animal models to humans.

Additionally, several faculty conduct ongoing clinical research on TBI in pediatric, adolescent, and adult patient populations.

The Department of Neurological Surgery provides world‑class clinical care, education, and research in neurosurgery and related neurosciences. Research can include “bench” or laboratory research, translational science, clinical research, or clinical trials. Researchers in the Department of Neurological Surgery are passionate about developing innovative techniques and new treatment approaches that provide patients the best chance for healing, recovery, and improved quality of life.

Whether through clinical and laboratory research projects or involvement in multi‑center clinical trials and databases, neurological surgery researchers are advancing treatment solutions in this critical area of medicine. Indeed, faculty and staff are participating in several nationwide clinical trials.

• Enhance the productivity of and collaborations between current pre‑clinical and clinical investigators within Neurosurgery, ISCBIRG, and Stark Neuroscience: build research infrastructure support, mentor faculty at all levels, facilitate collaborations among investigators, foster new interdisciplinary collaborations, promote larger collaborations, identify faculty facilitators to foster communication, and enhance intramural funding mechanisms.
• Increase federal research funding within Neurosurgery, ISCBIRG, and Stark Neuroscience faculty: promote cutting‑edge spinal cord and brain injury research to enhance funding (focus on NIH multi‑PI R01s, P, and U grants) and high‑impact publications; foster utilization of seed projects to support new NIH and DOD grants; encourage existing NIH‑granted faculty to collaborate and new investigators to submit multi‑PI NIH and DOD proposals;
  
  expand collaborations with funded faculty in other IUSM departments; develop training and equipment grants.
• Initiate and facilitate various educational initiatives focused on spinal cord and brain injury across the IUSM translational spectrum: emphasize interactions between human and preclinical model research.

• National/International reputation for expertise in brain and/or spinal cord injury research
• Current or recent history as PI or Co‑PI on large, federally funded grants focused on brain and/or spinal cord injury (e.g., history of multiple R01s, P, U grants) with continuous external grant support
• Active publication record in the fields of spinal cord and/or brain injury‑related research
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Membership on the EC of Stark Institute
• Annual Salary plus Supplement for Directorship Role
• Potential of Endowed Chair – Hulman Chair
• Potential of Vice Chair of Research Position in Dept. of Neurosurgery
• Indiana State Budget Appropriation for Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research
• Surrounded by successful, complementary departments and resources:
  • Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Health Methodist Hospital Trauma Center: IU Health Methodist Hospital is one of only three adult Level 1 Trauma Centers in Indiana and provides patients high‑quality…