UIC Department of Psychiatry

 October 7, 2011

Bell Receives DHPE David Satcher Award

Carl Bell, MD, was awarded the David Satcher Award at a Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) ceremony held in Jackson, Mississippi on Thursday, October 6, 2011. This award “honors Dr. David Satcher, former Surgeon General and CDC Director, whose persistent efforts focused national attention on evidence that race and ethnicity correlate with on-going, and often increasing, health disparities among U.S. populations. Dr. Satcher was the first African American Director of the CDC and was Surgeon General during the release of the Health People 2010 national health objectives, which included for the first time a national focus on reducing health disparities. The recipient of this award is a person whose leadership in reducing health disparities has resulted in the improvement of health promotion and health education programs at the state or local level. Through state or local efforts, the recipient has demonstrated successful program implementation, which has reduced health disparities by sharing new knowledge about the causes of health disparities, translating research to practice, or using innovative methods of promoting health and delivering culturally competent and linguistically specific preventive and/or clinical services.” See: http://www.dhpe.org/awards_desc.asp

Maki Recognized for Hormones and Memory Research

Pauline M. Maki, PhD has been elected Secretary of the North American Menopause Society. See: http://www.menopause.org/. In addition, Dr. Maki reports she was quoted in the October issue of Chicago Magazine about hormones and memory.

Wrzosek and Blitzstein Awarded Third Place for AAP Poster

Marika Wrzosek (Chief Resident/PGY-4) and Sean M. Blitzstein, MD were awarded third place at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, held in Scottsdale, Arizona on September 21-24, 2011 for their poster entitled, “Training RATs (Residents as Teachers): A pilot RAT Curriculum in a general psychiatry residency.” See: http://www.academicpsychiatry.org/

Exhibition of Research Core Facilities, Resources and Services on October 12th

CCTS announces that the Research Resources Center will sponsor an “Exhibition of Research Core Facilities, Resources and Services” and “DNAS, Genomics, Flow and Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics seminars” on Wednesday, October 12, 10 am – 2 pm in Room 3175, COMRB, 909 S. Wolcott. Open to all investigators. If you would like to attend the seminars and food reception, please register online at: http://fs4.formsite.com/uicrrc/form1/. Download the flyer in PDF format:  http://media.rrc.uic.edu/flyers/RRC_Expo_2011.pdf.

DEPARTMENT JOB POSTINGS:

Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience

Faculty – University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

Department of Psychiatry

We are seeking an enthusiastic, well-trained molecular/cellular neurobiologist with an interest in the developing nervous system. The Department of Psychiatry brings together scientists and clinicians from different disciplines and departments who study neural and behavioral processes and how these relate to the etiology and treatment of psychiatric illness, including neurodevelopmental disorders. UIC is a research intensive university that boasts a rich and interdisciplinary neuroscience community within a vibrant, cosmopolitan, city that offers a rich and varied academic environment.

Faculty will be expected to oversee an active competitively-funded research program in the general area of cell and molecular neuroscience pertinent to the nervous system, especially the developing nervous system. Faculty will train graduate students (Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D.) in neuroscience in the classroom and as a dissertation advisor, and will have opportunities to teach medical students and psychiatry residents. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D., and/or M.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant area of biomedical sciences, and be an established investigator with a track record of active funding. Teaching experience is highly desirable. Rank/tenure is commensurate with qualifications. Joint appointment in a suitable basic science department is an option. The department is willing to make a substantial commitment to this recruitment including a competitive package, with new laboratory space and ongoing institutional support for research. Start as early as June 1, 2012. For full consideration, submit a CV and letter of interest (preferably as a pdf) to Search Committee c/o Saundra E. Brady via e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by December 1, 2011. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an AA/EO Employer.

Faculty – University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

Department of Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago is expanding and is looking to fill four (4) full-time non-tenured faculty positions in the Clinician-Educator track at the Assistant Professor level. This is one of the largest Psychiatry departments in the Midwest, with 125 faculty, an excellent General Psychiatry Residency Training Program, and several fellowships - including a nationally known Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency, and Addictions and Women’s Mental Health fellowships. Our Department has a large and varied portfolio of research grants and contracts, which is only second to the Dept. of Medicine at UIC. We have a strong commitment to providing health care to the underserved populations in Chicago, and are well positioned to participate in many new and exciting developments in the area of mental health and behavior.

Of the four faculty positions, three (3) will be in General Psychiatry, with two of those positions in the Mood and Anxiety Program and one in the Psychosis Program. The General Psychiatry positions will have both outpatient and some inpatient duties and may include supervision of the ER, depending on candidate preference, as well as teaching and supervision of residents and medical students. The fourth position is in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The Child and Adolescent position will be exclusively outpatient, and involve teaching and supervision of child and adolescent residents, general residents and medical students.

The successful candidate will have an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D., eligible or Board Certified in Psychiatry, and eligible or licensed in Illinois. Training, teaching, and familiarity with hospital/clinic day-to-day operations are desirable. There are opportunities for research and community outreach with generous vacation and retirement benefits. For full consideration, applicants must apply online at http://jobs.uic.edu and submit a CV and a letter of interest indicating the position of interest, and three (3) letters of references by December 1, 2011. Women and minority applicants are encouraged to apply. UIC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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