Academic Position in Child & Early Adult Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry, in the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary / Mental Health, Recovery Alberta invite applications for a Contingent Term appointment at the Professor level.

The successful candidate will be considered for the role of Director of the Mathison Centre.

The successful candidate will establish an active research program, integrated with clinical care during the unique developmental periods defined by childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood. They will lead an innovative clinical research program combining data from multiple levels of analysis in the prediction of treatment or disease outcomes. The ability to interact with existing research groups is required.

The role of the successful candidate involves providing patients with access to clinical care. It also requires teaching the next generation of health care professionals about conditions and illnesses that are treatable by demonstrating interventions through clinical teaching and supporting the learning of trainee physicians. The Administrative/leadership pillar engages the candidate in community outreach by providing medical expertise to health care planning and policy, and the continuous improvement of clinical care and academia. Through the research pillar, the candidate will aid in bringing innovations into clinical and academic practice and generating new knowledge that can lead to the development of further new innovations. The position provides 50% protected time for research and will include expectations to contribute to teaching as well as service to the department, faculty, Institute or University, particularly as this relates to advancing the area of child and adolescent mental health.

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The University of Calgary adheres to the principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and strives to evaluate research impact responsibly and inclusively by explicitly considering discipline-appropriate methods for demonstrating the quality, significance, and societal impact of a broad range of research contributions.

The University of Calgary recognizes that candidates have varying career paths and that career interruptions can be part of an excellent academic record. Candidates are encouraged but not required to provide any relevant information about their experience and/or career interruptions to allow for a fair assessment of their application. Selection committees have been instructed to give careful consideration to, and be sensitive to the impact of career interruptions, when assessing the candidate’s research productivity.

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