Fellow, Gerontology

Job Description

NIH T32-supported POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

are available at the Wake Forest School of Medicine for candidates seeking training in translational research pertaining to Aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

Multiple opportunities are available for fellows to engage in clinical, basic, and translational research. Wake Forest School of Medicine is home to two NIA-funded P30 Centers: The Claude D. Pepper Older Adult Independence Center and the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. In order to find the best ways to understand, prevent and treat aging-related chronic disease and disability including Alzheimer’s disease, fellows will participate in and learn techniques related to translational research includes the use of imaging and tissue biomarkers, functional, clinical and cognitive assessment, and rodent and non-human primate models of aging and disease. The Wake Forest T32 mentorship team includes over 70 full-time faculty members whose research spans basic, clinical, and population domains.

Postdoctoral fellows in the Center are provided with supervised didactic and experiential research training with individual and team mentoring from accomplished, cohesive, and multi-disciplinary faculty. They gain knowledge, skills and competencies in:

• Scientific knowledge in the fields of aging and brain biology, geroscience, ADRD, and clinical geriatric outcomes
• Expertise needed to successfully and ethically conduct preclinical experiments, clinical trials, and/or longitudinal cohort studies of relevance to older adults
• Experience and expertise in the measurement of cognitive and/or physical disability outcomes
• Specific technical or methodological skills in line with their individual interests
  
  
  

Applicants must have received a Ph.D., M.D., or a comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution, and must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (green card holder)

• Salary is commensurate with experience as specified by NIH stipend levels.
  
  
  

Interested candidates should visit the

website

for more information or complete the

T32 Fellowship application

• For any questions, contact the project manager, Elizabeth Owens, MS, at sesimpso@wakehealth.edu

Wake Forest School of Medicine is ranked nationally in the areas of aging, neuroscience, and public health sciences. We are located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, an area known for high quality of life and low cost of living. Wake Forest School of Medicine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff.

About Us

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is a U.S. News and World Report top 50 ranked medical school, integrated with a world-class health system, Atrium Health. WFUSM, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. WFUSM, has over $300M in annual, extramural funding that drives a cutting-edge Academic Learning Health System by integrating innovative research with excellent patient care across our enterprise.

Atrium Health is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. AHWFB is an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians.

Our highly integrated academic and clinical environment is deeply committed to improving health, elevating hope, and advancing healing – for all.

It should be noted that while you are applying on the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Career Site, you will receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process. Thanks in advance for your flexibility.

About The Team

Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments

Mission

To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all.

Vision

To be the first and best choice for care.

Culture Commitments

We create a space where all Belong

We Work as One to make great things happen

We earn Trust in all we do

We Innovate to better the now and create the future

We drive for Excellence – always