Faculty Position - Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health

Overview: The Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research is located in the state-of-the-art Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion and will be hiring for multiple positions from 2025-2027. The mission of faculty within the institute is to conduct innovative translational, clinical and epidemiological research focused on assessment, etiology, prevention, and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. Learn more about the Institute at the link below: Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research | Nationwide Children's About the Faculty Position: Seeking Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor Highly collaborative researcher with expertise in areas such as m-health, artificial intelligence, data science, genomic medicine, implementation science, school-based intervention, prevention, cost-effectiveness, or evidence-based assessment is strongly encouraged Content areas of interest include assessment, mood, anxiety, attention problems, externalizing and aggressive behavior, trauma, sleep, early onset psychosis A generous start-up package is available for highly qualified candidates Qualifications Required: Doctoral degree in Clinical, School, or Quantitative Psychology, Nursing, Medicine, Health Services Research, or related field Two years of post-doctoral research training or equivalent experience Strong track record of publishing in high quality journals Current K level or R level federal funding About the Institute: Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research faculty can access a variety of world-class resources You will have the opportunity to conduct engaged research using data from ground-breaking programs including the nationally recognized Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families program and Partners for Kids®, the nation’s oldest and largest pediatric accountable care organization, with well over 400,000 covered children Principal Investigators are also Faculty members in the Department of Psychiatry or Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine Send correspondence, including curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests, and contact information for three references to Dr. Eric Youngstrom via in Faculty Recruitment . Job Description Summary: Designs experiment and develop protocols required to conduct meaningful research in a specific area of scientific research. Trains and guides technical staff involved in specific projects and performing techniques. Plans future directions and seeks sources of funding for a research group. Records, collects, and analyzes data from research studies, and publishes results in appropriate refereed scientific journals. Presents study results to Research Institute (RI) staff as well as at national scientific conferences. Collaborates with other RI investigators in a manner that will enrich the overall institutional research effort. Prepares for seeking and obtaining external research funding. Serves as a mentor to RI post-doctoral research fellows (Research Scientists). Job Description: Essential Functions: Designs experiments and develops protocols necessary to conduct meaningful research in a specific scientific area. Does “hands-on” performance of techniques as needed to complete projects. Ensures that research projects are conducted efficiently, correctly, and in a timely manner. Trains subordinate research staff such as technicians, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, etc. so that they can perform techniques required for conducting the studies. Records, collects, and analyzes study data to be able to reach valid conclusions. With the results in mind, plans for future research directions and studies. When study data has been analyzed statistically, prepares papers and publishes results in appropriate scientific journals. Presents results and conclusions to scientists at the weekly CRI research meetings and at national conferences. Collaborates with other RI and OSU investigators to mutually benefit research efforts. Serves as a resource in a particular area of scientific expertise. Provides mentorship to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows (Research Scientists) in preparing them to be independent researchers. Performs appropriate duties as a member of the faculty of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. Prepares scientific proposals to seek external research funding whenever possible. Prepares and monitors capital budget for the area of responsibility. Responsible for authorizing expenditures from approved grant funds. Recruits, hires, terminates and trains assigned staff. Trains staff for compliance to hospital policies, RI, NIH, NRC, AALAC requirements and OSHA standards and regulations. Also conducts training on animal care and use as appropriate. Education Requirement: Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. or equivalent degree and having completed a post-doctoral fellowship in a pertinent area of scientific expertise. Licensure Requirement: (not specified) Certifications: (not specified) Skills: Good communication skills, and ability to prepare scientific publications, presentations and proposals. Technical skills in an appropriate area of research. Ability to teach and train junior scientists. Desire to pursue a career in biomedical research, and knowledge of the research process. Experience: (not specified) Physical Requirements: OCCASIONALLY: (none specified) FREQUENTLY: (none specified) CONTINUOUSLY: (none specified) Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above: Pressure in this position will vary depending on the workload. The workload will be heavy but manageable most of the time. Pressure may arise in the face of deadlines associated with grants, required documentation related to the physician’s OSU faculty appointment, etc. "The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"