Full Professor at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders - Tenure Track

Full Professor at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders - Tenure Track


Location: Philadelphia, PA
Open Date: Feb 07, 2025
Deadline: Feb 07, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

The Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for a Full Professor position in the tenure track. Expertise is required in the specific area of etiology, treatment, or prevention of obesity and/or eating disorders. Applicants must have an Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree.

Teaching responsibilities may include didactics for psychology interns, practicum students, or postdoctoral fellows, individual clinical supervision of trainees, and in vivo supervision of students in bariatric surgery behavioral assessments. Seminars for medical students and residents on eating disorders may also be required.

Clinical responsibilities may include providing evidence-based therapy for obesity and disordered eating and bariatric surgery psychological evaluations. Psychosocial assessment batteries and weight management interventions for clinical research trials may also be included.

Research or scholarship responsibilities may include securing grant funding for independent or innovative collaborative research projects that extend or advance our understanding of obesity and eating disorders, and publishing research-based papers that are ultimately important to the field. Experience in developing and running clinical trials in the area of weight and eating disorders is required, including a widely recognized record of publication and extramural funding demonstrating the candidate's ability to support an independent research program.

We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE. Minorities/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply.


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