Scientific Director of the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience

Scientific Director of the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (1,0 fte) also professor at Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+)/Maastricht University

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The Scientific Director receives a permanent position as professor at MUMC+ and will be appointed as Scientific Director for a period of 6 years. He/she is responsible for strategic development of research policy, programs and organization of the School. Aside from running his/her own research group, he/she sets quality standards within MHeNs, identifies key developments within the field, translates these to the research areas, and also participates in several steering boards at Maastricht University and MUMC+. The Scientific Director should be able to bridge between clinical- translational research and psychology-behavioural sciences. She/he will encourage collaborations with other FHML Schools and with other Faculties of the Maastricht University with an emphasis on the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. He/she is also responsible for actively guiding young talent within the School towards new career challenges. Based on fundamental research the Scientific Director should lead research to valorization and clinical implementation. The Scientific Director is actively involved in raising funds, like Horizon 2020. Another important component is the active participation of the School MHeNs in the international graduate school EURON.

Requirements

* PhD – degree or MD/PhD – degree in (Translational) Neuroscience;

* Reputation as leading figure in research in neuroscience as evidenced by an outstanding list of peer reviewed publications and demonstrated ability to attract funding on national and international level;

* Recognition as invited lecturer at international meetings, memberships in editorial boards of scientific journals as well as memberships in national and international scientific advisory boards or grant committees;

*Minimum of 15 years of experience in academia and/or health care;

*Demonstrated leadership, project management and team development ability;

*Demonstrated ability to achieve collaboration and integration by being sensitive and open-minded for other ideas, needs and opportunities expressed by departments and research groups and creating support and acquiring consensus in decision making;

*Prior experience in management or general management preferred.

The Scientific Director receives a permanent position as professor at MUMC+ and will be appointed as Scientific Director for a period of 6 years.
Depending on experience and qualification, the gross monthly salary is scale Professor 2 (min. € 5219,- and max 7599,-) or salary scale Professor 1 (min. € 5813 and max. € 9174,-)(excl. 8% holiday allowance and 8.3%  end of the year bonus).

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl, employees, A-Z

http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 16,000 students and 4,000 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

https://mhens.mumc.maastrichtuniversity.nl/

The School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) is one of six graduate Schools within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) and the Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+). The principal focus of the School MHeNs is to conduct high-impact translational neuroscience research on neurological and psychiatric illness as well as mental health, and to provide state-of-the-art education to undergraduate and postgraduate students. To this end, MHeNs brings together basic and clinical neuroscience domains in translational focus areas and expert groups. This enables maximum synergy between research groups across its current three divisions, optimizing the use of available expertise, and forging alignment of animal model and human research projects.

The mission of MHeNs is threefold: 1. Focusing on a basic understanding of brain function and disease mechanisms, 2. Understanding the function of genes and proteins, cellular processes and neural and glial networks in relation to human health, and 3. Establishing translational links between laboratory and clinic and vice versa. This mission is made possible by building on multidisciplinary approaches. MHeNs is organized in three divisions: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Neuroscience. MHeNs staff will participate on the one hand in the NIC (Neuro Intervention Centre) of MUMC+ with an emphasis on Neuromodulation as part of the MUMC+ strategy Healthy Living and on the other hand by collaboration with the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience in CIN (Centre for Integrative Neuroscience), with also a strong link to the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences. Within FHML the challenge for the coming period will be the implementation of new developments in the field of (Translational) Neuroscience in research and education. Other spearheads will be formulated upon the advices and recommendations of the External Review Committee, that evaluated MHeNs in January 2016.

For more information, please contact prof. dr A.J.J.A. Scherpbier, Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences Phone 0031/433871325; E-mail: a.scherpbier@maastrichtuniversity.nl.