The Wisconsin ADRC and its campus partners are seeking applicants to fill these open positions:
Health Disparities Scientist
This position is located in the lab of Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo, within the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Okonkwo co-leads the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Engagement Core, which is dedicated to 1) increasing the engagement of underrepresented populations (URPs) in the landmark ADNI study; 2) cultivating a competent workforce to work with URPs; and 3) investigating ethnocultural disparities in dementia. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with members of the Engagement Core team to identify and address critical scientific questions related to recruitment science and health disparities.
Applications close: April 26, 2024
Epidemiologist (Researcher II or III)
The Merten Research Lab, under the direction of Dr. Natascha Merten, is looking to hire a researcher to join the growing program of NIH funded research studies of aging. The research program aims to assess general aging processes that affect multiple domains of brain aging focusing on sensory and cognitive aging and dementia. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a team on all aspects of planning and management of a large cohort study including recruitment and retention, field operations, data management, quality assurance, and storage and shipping of the program's large biorepository of blood samples. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a new phase of an established longitudinal cohort study.
Applications close: April 29, 2024
Epidemiologist (Scientist I or II)
The Merten Research Lab, under the direction of Dr. Natascha Merten, is looking to hire a scientist to join the growing program of NIH funded research studies of aging. The research program aims to assess general aging processes that affect multiple domains of brain aging focusing on sensory and cognitive aging and dementia. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a team on all aspects of planning and management of a large cohort study including recruitment and retention, field operations, data management, quality assurance, and storage and shipping of the program's large biorepository of blood samples. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a new phase of an established longitudinal cohort study.
Applications close: April 29, 2024
Research Specialist
This position will support the research program of Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, a leader in dementia care research and Associate Professor in the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine. The person in this position will serve as a primary Research Specialist for an NIH-funded study focused on examining lucidity among people with dementia surrounding end of life care. This individual will be responsible for the development and implementation of assigned research protocols, including recruitment, data collection, study conduct, compliance, monitoring, reporting, data quality control, and ongoing support with dissemination.
Applications close: April 30, 2024
Health Study Technician
The Merten Lab is looking to hire a Health Study Technician for a new federally funded epidemiological study: The Beaver Dam Offspring Study-Neurocognitive Aging Study (BOSS-NCAS). The health study technician will be engaged in and contribute to exciting research by collecting high-quality data to support the innovative research on blood-based measures on physiological aging and neurodegeneration as well as clinically relevant research on potentially modifiable risk factors for hearing loss, vision loss, loss of smell and cognitive impairment and dementia.
Applications close: May 7, 2024
Geriatrics Clinician Investigator
The Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics & Gerontology is seeking a geriatrics clinical investigator. It is expected that the incumbent will successfully obtain ongoing extramural support to conduct research in the area of aging and geriatrics research with a preference in physical function and mobility research.
Geriatrics Biofluid Multi-Etiology Research Faculty
The Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology welcomes applications for a new tenure track faculty position focused on development and application of biomarkers targeting the several common causes of neurodegeneration and dementia.
