University of Pittsburgh
Full Time Audiology Faculty Position Tenure Stream
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, us, 15289
University of Pittsburgh
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AND DISORDERS
AUDIOLOGY FACULTY POSITION
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Assistant/Associate/Full, Tenure Stream, Full-Time 9-month faculty member in Communication Science and Disorders in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.
CONTENT AREA: Applicants with a focus on hearing science, auditory neuroscience, or a related field are preferred.
STARTING DATE: Between September 1, 2024 and September 1, 2025
RESEARCH FOCUS:
Development of a systematic research program in their area of expertise. The preferred candidate will have expertise in hearing science, auditory neuroscience, auditory diagnostics, auditory rehabilitation, or a related field. The successful candidate will be expected to establish an extramurally funded research program in their area of expertise. Ideally, the successful candidate will complement one of our existing research clusters, which include:
The Brain and Auditory Sciences Research Initiative BASRI, including six principal investigators
The Pediatric Auditory, Speech, and Language Initiative PALS, including two principal investigators
The Research Enterprise in Voice and Swallowing REVS, including five principal investigators
The Pittsburgh Translational Aphasia Research Initiative PTARI, including five principal investigators
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engage in projects that seek to advance outcomes associated with hearing science and hearing disorders or a related field.
Lead an extramurally funded research program in their area of research expertise and provide students with access to high-quality research training experiences in their laboratory.
Leverage collaborative relationships with clinical and research collaborators within a vibrant healthcare community that includes the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC, Veteran's Administration Medical Center VAMC, and Carnegie Mellon University CMU.
Engage in didactic, seminar, and/or clinical teaching and mentoring of students teaching assignments may vary depending on salary support from funded research.
Direct student research within areas of expertise at all levels of the curriculum e.g., Undergraduate Honors Theses, Doctor of Audiology AuD, and PhD research experiences.
Participate in departmental, school, university, and professional services.
Demonstrate successful experience and/or a strong motivation for excellence and innovation in classroom, clinical, and/or laboratory instruction and teaching.
Demonstrate high potential for or evidence of successful academic collaboration and/or a strong motivation for such collaboration and building and maintaining excellence in scholarly research and teaching in a research-intensive department, school, and university.
COLLABORATION EXPECTATIONS: The University of Pittsburgh offers exciting opportunities for research collaborations across several departments, centers, programs, and Universities. This includes the Department of BioEngineering, the Department of Otolaryngology, the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, and the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint venture between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain school, university, and community collaborations with other departments as well as UPMC and VAMC to advance research and clinical outcomes in their area of scholarship, locally, regionally, and nationally. It is expected that these collaborations may include audiologists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, occupational and/or physical therapists, rehabilitation science and technology engineers, other health services researchers, and educators. The tenure home will be in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders. Competitive candid tes may also be offered secondary appointments in other collaborating units.
QUALIFICATIONS: A doctoral degree in Communication Science and Disorders and/or related fields with demonstrated expertise in specified subject areas. Priority will be given to candidates whose scholarship and discovery will contribute to advancing the science of hearing and hearing disorders in adults.
While no candidate will embody every quality, the successful candidate will demonstrate many of the following professional and personal qualifications:
Evidence of collaboration and successful partnerships in hearing science, auditory neuroscience, or related areas with a focus on adult populations.
Evidence of research and scholarship and the potential to secure extramural funding.
Experience with pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training.
Ability to mentor students to achieve personal, departmental, school, and university goals.
Familiarity with and experience with diverse types of funding sources, including federal and non-federal sources, private foundations, industry, training grants, and private-public partnerships.
The Department of Communication Science and Disorders
CSD is one of nine departments in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences SHRS. CSD offers BA, MA, MS, AuD, and PhD degrees. We are a vibrant department with innovative research, teaching, and clinical education opportunities for faculty and students. We have experienced significant growth over the past four years, including hiring a new department chair, four new program directors, nine new faculty, and multiple staff positions. The department now employs 24 full-time faculty and 19 full-time staff. Four collaborative research initiatives, the Brain and Auditory Sciences Research Initiative BASRI, the Pediatric Auditory, Language and Speech Initiative, the Research Enterprise in Voice and Swallowing REVS, and the Pittsburgh Translational Aphasia Research Initiative PTARI house sixteen research labs with over $15M in external research awards NIH, NSF, PCORI, NIDILRR, DARPA, and non-federal agencies. The departments mission centers on promoting equity, justice, and inclusion in the department, in clinical activities, research endeavors, and across the field. This mission is expected to be woven throughout all departmental practices and policies. Additional information on CSD can be found at http://www.shrs.pitt.edu/CSD/.
The US News and World Report ranks the SLP-MA program 3rd and the AuD program 7th nationally. Faculty are engaged in local, state, national, and international collaborations and have a strong reputation in their areas of expertise to which they contribute through research, teaching, and professional service.
CSD reaps many benefits as part of a research-intensive university, as a member of cohesive and well-organized departments and programs in SHRS, and as one of the Schools of the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. The department has strong connections across SHRS and the University. Additionally, CSD enjoys ongoing collaborations with the world-class University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC, the Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Carnegie Mellon University and other local universities, Pittsburgh public and private school systems, and local specialized schools and agencies.
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Since its founding in 1969, the School has created the notion of Rehabilitation Science as a discipline, grown to over 20-degree programs,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AND DISORDERS
AUDIOLOGY FACULTY POSITION
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Assistant/Associate/Full, Tenure Stream, Full-Time 9-month faculty member in Communication Science and Disorders in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.
CONTENT AREA: Applicants with a focus on hearing science, auditory neuroscience, or a related field are preferred.
STARTING DATE: Between September 1, 2024 and September 1, 2025
RESEARCH FOCUS:
Development of a systematic research program in their area of expertise. The preferred candidate will have expertise in hearing science, auditory neuroscience, auditory diagnostics, auditory rehabilitation, or a related field. The successful candidate will be expected to establish an extramurally funded research program in their area of expertise. Ideally, the successful candidate will complement one of our existing research clusters, which include:
The Brain and Auditory Sciences Research Initiative BASRI, including six principal investigators
The Pediatric Auditory, Speech, and Language Initiative PALS, including two principal investigators
The Research Enterprise in Voice and Swallowing REVS, including five principal investigators
The Pittsburgh Translational Aphasia Research Initiative PTARI, including five principal investigators
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engage in projects that seek to advance outcomes associated with hearing science and hearing disorders or a related field.
Lead an extramurally funded research program in their area of research expertise and provide students with access to high-quality research training experiences in their laboratory.
Leverage collaborative relationships with clinical and research collaborators within a vibrant healthcare community that includes the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC, Veteran's Administration Medical Center VAMC, and Carnegie Mellon University CMU.
Engage in didactic, seminar, and/or clinical teaching and mentoring of students teaching assignments may vary depending on salary support from funded research.
Direct student research within areas of expertise at all levels of the curriculum e.g., Undergraduate Honors Theses, Doctor of Audiology AuD, and PhD research experiences.
Participate in departmental, school, university, and professional services.
Demonstrate successful experience and/or a strong motivation for excellence and innovation in classroom, clinical, and/or laboratory instruction and teaching.
Demonstrate high potential for or evidence of successful academic collaboration and/or a strong motivation for such collaboration and building and maintaining excellence in scholarly research and teaching in a research-intensive department, school, and university.
COLLABORATION EXPECTATIONS: The University of Pittsburgh offers exciting opportunities for research collaborations across several departments, centers, programs, and Universities. This includes the Department of BioEngineering, the Department of Otolaryngology, the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, and the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint venture between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain school, university, and community collaborations with other departments as well as UPMC and VAMC to advance research and clinical outcomes in their area of scholarship, locally, regionally, and nationally. It is expected that these collaborations may include audiologists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, occupational and/or physical therapists, rehabilitation science and technology engineers, other health services researchers, and educators. The tenure home will be in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders. Competitive candid tes may also be offered secondary appointments in other collaborating units.
QUALIFICATIONS: A doctoral degree in Communication Science and Disorders and/or related fields with demonstrated expertise in specified subject areas. Priority will be given to candidates whose scholarship and discovery will contribute to advancing the science of hearing and hearing disorders in adults.
While no candidate will embody every quality, the successful candidate will demonstrate many of the following professional and personal qualifications:
Evidence of collaboration and successful partnerships in hearing science, auditory neuroscience, or related areas with a focus on adult populations.
Evidence of research and scholarship and the potential to secure extramural funding.
Experience with pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training.
Ability to mentor students to achieve personal, departmental, school, and university goals.
Familiarity with and experience with diverse types of funding sources, including federal and non-federal sources, private foundations, industry, training grants, and private-public partnerships.
The Department of Communication Science and Disorders
CSD is one of nine departments in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences SHRS. CSD offers BA, MA, MS, AuD, and PhD degrees. We are a vibrant department with innovative research, teaching, and clinical education opportunities for faculty and students. We have experienced significant growth over the past four years, including hiring a new department chair, four new program directors, nine new faculty, and multiple staff positions. The department now employs 24 full-time faculty and 19 full-time staff. Four collaborative research initiatives, the Brain and Auditory Sciences Research Initiative BASRI, the Pediatric Auditory, Language and Speech Initiative, the Research Enterprise in Voice and Swallowing REVS, and the Pittsburgh Translational Aphasia Research Initiative PTARI house sixteen research labs with over $15M in external research awards NIH, NSF, PCORI, NIDILRR, DARPA, and non-federal agencies. The departments mission centers on promoting equity, justice, and inclusion in the department, in clinical activities, research endeavors, and across the field. This mission is expected to be woven throughout all departmental practices and policies. Additional information on CSD can be found at http://www.shrs.pitt.edu/CSD/.
The US News and World Report ranks the SLP-MA program 3rd and the AuD program 7th nationally. Faculty are engaged in local, state, national, and international collaborations and have a strong reputation in their areas of expertise to which they contribute through research, teaching, and professional service.
CSD reaps many benefits as part of a research-intensive university, as a member of cohesive and well-organized departments and programs in SHRS, and as one of the Schools of the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. The department has strong connections across SHRS and the University. Additionally, CSD enjoys ongoing collaborations with the world-class University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC, the Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Carnegie Mellon University and other local universities, Pittsburgh public and private school systems, and local specialized schools and agencies.
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Since its founding in 1969, the School has created the notion of Rehabilitation Science as a discipline, grown to over 20-degree programs,