Dear All, We are currently seeking applicants for a Canada Research Chair (tenured faculty position) in Auditory Neuroscience/Binaural Hearing, in the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Western University in London, Canada. The official announcement is appended as text below. with best wishes, Ingrid Ingrid Johnsrude, PhD Western Research Chair School of Communication Sciences & Disorders and Department of Psychology Western University fax: 519-661-3613 e-mail: ijohnsru@xxxxxx Canada Research Chair (Tier 2):
Auditory Neuroscience/Binaural Hearing Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University The Faculty of Health Sciences at Western, one of Canada's leading research-intensive universities, is
seeking applicants for
a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in
Auditory Neuroscience/Binaural Hearing. In accordance with the regulations set for Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca), the
successful candidate will
be an exceptional emerging world-class researcher with demonstrated
research activity and creativity; acknowledged by peers as possessing the
potential to achieve international recognition and to lead in their field in
the next five to ten years; and possess the potential to attract, develop and
retain excellent trainees, students, and future researchers. The Tier 2
CRC successful candidate will be expected to pursue an independent,
externally funded, original and innovative research program of
high quality that helps build synergy among the areas of basic, clinical, and
applied hearing science and those of auditory and cognitive neuroscience. The chairholder will be eligible to apply for
infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to help
acquire the state-of-the-art equipment essential to his or her research. The position
will provide excellent opportunities to collaborate with distinguished researchers in disciplines and professions such as hearing science,
audiology, auditory neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging,
psychology, and engineering, among others. The
successful candidate will hold a primary appointment in the School of Communication Sciences and
Disorders and will
have affiliations with the National Centre for Audiology (NCA) and with Western’s Research Cluster in
Cognitive Neuroscience. The successful
candidate will mesh well within the existing strengths and provide additional
breadth and depth of research activities within the NCA. The successful
candidate also will significantly advance the international research standing
of the NCA. Other potential collaborative
links
include the Brain and Mind Institute, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Faculty
of Social Science, Faculty of Engineering, Lawson
Health Research Institute, and
the
Robarts Research Institute, among others. The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers professional master’s level degrees in audiology and speech-language pathology, and participates in Western’s Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences that
offers both MSc and PhD research-based degrees. The School maintains the clinical-oriented and
research-oriented H.A. Leeper Speech and Hearing Clinic,
which also functions as a service provider associated with the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services for the Preschool Speech and Language and Infant Hearing Programs.
The NCA provides excellent facilities for hearing research including a
dedicated EEG suite and a large anechoic chamber. Advanced neuroimaging
facilities (including 3T, 7T, and 9T MRI) are available to researchers at
Western at the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping at Robarts Research
Institute. Western has a full-time enrolment
of
approximately 32,000 in a range of academic and professional programs.
Further information about
the
Faculty of Health Sciences can be found at
www.uwo.ca/fhs and Western at www.uwo.ca. Western's Recruitment & Retention Office is available to assist in the transition of successful
applicants and their families. The successful candidate will hold a PhD and be appointed with tenure at the rank of Associate
Professor. The appointment will
be made to the School
of
Communication Sciences and Disorders
in the Faculty of Health Sciences. The anticipated start date of the appointment
is
July 1, 2015. Interested applicants are asked to complete the form available at http://uwo.ca/facultyrelations/pdf/careers/Faculty/Application-FullTime-Faculty-Position- Form.pdf and submit it
along with: i) a cover
letter,
ii)
a detailed curriculum
vitae, iii) a brief description of
the candidate’s current research program, past accomplishments and future plans, iv) copies of representative publications, and v) the names and contact information of
three references to: Dr. JB Orange, Director, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University Elborn College, Room 1510 London, Ontario N6G 1H1 The deadline for receipt of applications is October 15, 2014. Please quote number HS 138 on all correspondence. |