Assistant, or Associate Professor Aging and Dementia Research

Salary range: The salary range for this position is min. $97,500 -$212,300. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step ted UC Salary Scales. This position may include membership in the health sciences compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Open date: October 30, 2026

Next review date: Sunday, Nov 22, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Wednesday, Jun 30, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Assistant or Associate Adjunct Professor
Aging and Dementia Research

Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine

Position Description
The Department of Neurology at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for faculty positions in the non‑Senate Adjunct Professor Series at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in aging, cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).

The successful candidate will join a growing multidisciplinary research program within the Department of Neurology and will work closely with Dr. Ali Ezzati, Dr. S. Ahmad Sajjadi and the research team within the Center for Design, Discovery, and Data Analytics in Neurological Disorders (3D Center). This collaborative environment brings together investigators across neurology, neuroscience, epidemiology, biostatistics, informatics, data science, and related disciplines.

The candidate will contribute to the Center's work in aging and dementia through innovative study design, research platforms and emerging technologies, multimodal data integration, and advanced analytic approaches.

Candidates should have research training and experience in aging, cognitive impairment, dementia, or ADRD. Depending on their background and interests, complementary expertise may include cognitive assessment, epidemiology and biostatistics, neuroinformatics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital health and remote assessment, wearable technologies, neuroimaging, blood‑based or molecular biomarkers, electronic health records, longitudinal cohort studies, clinical trials, or other quantitative and translational approaches.

Expertise across all of these methodological areas is not required.

The position offers opportunities to contribute to collaborative research in aging and dementia, develop new studies and extramural grant proposals, strengthen the Center's research capabilities, and participate in teaching and mentorship. We encourage candidates whose scientific or methodological expertise complements and expands the Center's research and educational activities in aging and ADRD.

Principal Responsibilities

• Conduct independent and collaborative research in aging, cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
• Contribute to innovative study design, including the development of research questions, protocols, measurement strategies, and analytic plans for clinical, epidemiological, and translational studies in aging and dementia.
• Contribute scientific or methodological expertise to research platforms, digital assessment tools, and data systems that support the collection and integration of clinical, cognitive, biomarker, neuroimaging, and other relevant data for aging and dementia research.
• Develop or apply rigorous, reproducible analytic approaches to advance discovery, characterize cognitive and clinical trajectories, and identify factors associated with cognitive decline and dementia.
• Work with…