Subject: [AUDITORY] Open Position: Hearing Aids Researcher From: Melissa Papesh <papeshmelissa@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:57:09 -0700--Apple-Mail-23FE5166-D69A-4E26-80A3-D07CDC0F671A Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Do you l= ove to study hearing aids and hearing aid technology? Would your research be= nefit from access to the largest healthcare data system in the United States= along with millions of military Veterans eager to improve the lives of othe= rs through research participation? If so, please see the attached job postin= g announcing an open position at the VA=E2=80=99s National Center for Rehabi= litative Auditory Research!</div><div><br></div><div>Best Wishes,</div><div>= Melissa</div><div><br></div><div>Melissa Papesh</div><div>Research Investiga= tor, NCRAR</div><div>Assistant Professor, OHSU</div><div><br></div><div><br i= d=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><p style=3D"margin: 0= px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; fon= t-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia; font-size-adjust: n= one; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligat= ures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;= font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-set= tings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; c= olor: rgb(0, 63, 114); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-c= olor: rgb(0, 63, 114); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=3D= "font-kerning: none;">Hearing Aid Investigator</span></p><p style=3D"margin:= 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; l= ine-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant= -alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: n= ormal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-= feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings= : normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);"><span style=3D"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: Arial; font-size: 2= 6px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(46, 46, 46);">The VA=E2=80=99s National C= enter for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR) is seeking a researcher a= t the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank with specialization in hea= ring aid rehabilitation and/or hearing aid signal processing.</span></p><p s= tyle=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-str= etch: normal; font-size: 26px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; font= -size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; fon= t-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east= -asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; f= ont-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-sett= ings: normal; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webki= t-text-stroke-color: rgb(46, 46, 46);"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-= kerning: none;"> <br> </span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-weight: bold; font-ker= ning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Required qualifications:<= /span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 Ph.D. in hearing science, audiology or a related field (= e.g., psychology, neuroscience, engineering)</span><span style=3D"font-size:= 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 Strong record of research/scholarly activity</span><span= style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 Track record of successfully obtaining independent resea= rch funding</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 Rank & Salary: Commensurate with experience</span><s= pan style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 U.S. Citizen</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-= kerning: none;"><br> <br> </span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-weight: bold; font-ker= ning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The NCRAR</span><span sty= le=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is ho= used within a dedicated 20,000 sq. ft. research facility located at the VA P= ortland Health Care System, and includes ten double-wall sound-attenuation s= uites, a large anechoic chamber, and balance laboratories. Continuously fund= ed since 1997, NCRAR is one of fourteen national Centers funded by the VA Re= habilitation Research and Development Service, but the only such Center dedi= cated to the discovery and delivery of cutting-edge solutions to auditory sy= stem impairments and balance dysfunction. NCRAR rehabilitation researchers e= ffectively leverage the Center=E2=80=99s substantial infrastructure of share= d equipment and facilities resources, biostatistics, engineering and researc= h administration support services to compete for investigator-initiated, pee= r-reviewed research funding. NCRAR carries out clinical trials, develops tec= hnologies, and plays an important role in cultivating the next generation of= auditory researchers through education and mentoring programs. The Center i= s closely allied with the Oregon Health & Science University Departments= of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Bioengineering, Neurology and Ps= ychiatry. Partial salary support or start-up funding may be available, depen= ding on the qualifications of the investigator.</span><span style=3D"font-si= ze: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> <br> </span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-weight: bold; font-ker= ning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Duties and responsibiliti= es of the position include</span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; backgrou= nd-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">: a) preparing and submitting grant proposals= to intramural and extramural peer review funding agencies, with the goal of= achieving and maintaining independent funding; b) publishing articles in pe= er review journals having respectable impact factors in the field of study; c= ) presenting abstracts, papers and/or instructional courses at regional, nat= ional and international scientific conferences and meetings; d) mentoring ju= nior rehabilitation research investigators; and e) customer service and supp= ort to the NCRAR.</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"= ><br> <br> </span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-weight: bold; font-ker= ning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Prospective applicants sh= ould provide:</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br= > </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 Letter of interest (including qualifications for the position= , philosophy and research goals)</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-= kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 Curriculum vitae</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-k= erning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">=E2=80=A2 Complete contact information of three professional references= =E2=80=93 including names, addresses and email addresses.</span><span style= =3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> <br> </span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial-BoldMT; font-weight: bold; font-ker= ning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Questions regarding this p= osition may be directed to:</span><span style=3D"font-family: Arial-BoldMT; f= ont-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">M. Patrick Feeney, Ph.D., Director/NCRAR</span><span style=3D"font-size= : 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research</span>= <span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">VA Portland Health Care System,</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; f= ont-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, NCRAR</span><span style=3D"font-size= : 16px; font-kerning: none;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">Portland, OR 97239</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: n= one;"><br> <a href=3D"mailto:Patrick.Feeney@xxxxxxxx"><span style=3D"font-size: 26px; fon= t-kerning: none; color: rgb(11, 108, 178); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 2= 55); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(11, 108, 178);">Patrick.Feeney@xxxxxxxx</s= pan></a></span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255,= 255, 255);"> </span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: none= ;"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 25= 5);">Phone 503-273-5306</span><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; font-kerning: n= one;"><br> <a href=3D"http://www.ncrar.research.va.gov/"><span style=3D"font-size: 26px= ; font-kerning: none; color: rgb(11, 108, 178); background-color: rgb(255, 2= 55, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(11, 108, 178);">www.ncrar.research.= va.gov</span></a></span><span style=3D"font-kerning: none; background-color:= rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 10.7px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: n= ormal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-fami= ly: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alte= rnates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal= ; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-varia= nt-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; f= ont-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text= -stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=3D"font-kerning: none;"> </sp= an></p><div><span style=3D"font-kerning: none;"><br></span></div></div></div= ></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-23FE5166-D69A-4E26-80A3-D07CDC0F671A--