School of Medicine
Georgia Institute for the Prevention of Human Disease & Accidents
aka - Georgia Prevention Institute (GPI)


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Contact Information:
Lisa Turner
Manager
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Room BT 1854
Augusta, Georgia 30912
Phone: 706-721-4166
lturner@mcg.edu

 

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
Georgia Prevention Institute
Position No. 00005612 / 57435
Posted: 07/08/2008

Description: The Georgia Prevention Institute (GPI) is a research division of the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia.  We seek a full-time tenure-track faculty member (rank commensurate with experience) with PhD in exercise science (physiology, behavior) to pursue an independent research program in disease prevention/health promotion, and to contribute to existing projects at the Georgia Prevention Institute, a research division of Pediatrics. Evidence of scholarly productivity (publications, funding) and postdoctoral training are preferred. Clinical research experience with children is preferred, but not necessary. NIH-funded projects include a program project grant on stress-related mechanisms of hypertension risk in youth and a clinical trial of an after-school aerobic exercise program in overweight children. GPI research investigates cardiovascular risk factors, mechanisms, and interventions (race, stress, SES, obesity, sleep, hemodynamics, arterial stiffness, cardiac structure and function, stress-induced pressure natriuresis, stress management, smoking, exercise, genetic and behavioral approaches).  Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Application Deadline: Until Filled

Please send cover letter, CV, sample publications, and 3 letters of recommendation to:

Dr. Catherine Davis
Georgia Prevention Institute (www.mcg.edu/institutes/gpi)
1499 Walton Way (HS-1755)
Augusta GA 30912

cadavis@mcg.edu

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor

Georgia Prevention Institute

Position No.  00001579 / 58182

Posted:  10/29/2008

Description: Description: We seek a full-time tenure-track faculty member (rank and compensation commensurate with experience) with a PhD in clinical, cognitive, developmental, health or neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, or related field. The successful candidate will expected to pursue a program of independent research in disease prevention/health promotion, emphasizing risks for and sequelae of chronic disease.  Clinical research experience with cognition in children is preferred but not necessary. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with physicians in Pediatrics and scientists at the Georgia Prevention Institute (GPI), a division of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia. Areas currently funded at the GPI include race, stress, obesity, exercise, smoking, cognition, functional MRI, arterial stiffness, cardiac structure and function, stress-induced pressure natriuresis, gene environment interactions, eating disordered behavior, and behavioral interventions.
Application Deadline: Until Filled

 

Please send cover letter, CV, sample publications, and three letters of recommendation to:

 

Dr. Catherine Davis

Georgia Prevention Institute / www.mcg.edu/institutes/gpi

1499 Walton Way (HS-1711)

Augusta GA 30912

cadavis@mcg.edu