Forrest Scogin University of Alabama
DIRECTOR CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
The University of Alabama seeks a director for its interdisciplinary Center for Mental Health and Aging. Building on a tradition of more than thirty years of scholarship in aging at the University, the Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) facilitates the research of more than 30 faculty associates in departments throughout the campus. The Center reports directly to the Provost and has stable, core University funding. In the last five years CMHA faculty and students have obtained more than $18 million in research funding. Grant proposals currently under review total more than $5 million. Most CMHA research is focused in four areas: elder caregiving, mental health of rural elders, quality of care in institutional settings, and palliative and end-of-life care.
Qualifications for the director include a doctoral degree in a social science or mental health-related discipline. Also required is a substantial record of research and scholarship in aging and mental health that merits the award of tenure in the department of the director's discipline on appointment. The director should have a history of accomplishment in obtaining and administering external research funding as a principal investigator and a documented record of sound administrative skills. The director should be able to represent the CMHA to a variety of constituencies and be skilled in mentoring and developing junior faculty members and graduate students.
The University of Alabama (approximately 25,000 students) is located in Tuscaloosa, a moderate-sized city with excellent quality of life characteristics. It is within easy driving distance of Birmingham, New Orleans, Atlanta, the Smoky Mountains and Gulf Coast beaches. The Center for Mental Health and Aging occupies a suite of 12 offices equipped with up-to-date computing, communications, and data entry technology. Staff members include a doctoral-level administrator, data manager/analyst, consulting statisticians, and office associate.
Please submit a letter of interest and curriculum vita to:
Lucinda Lee Roff, Ph.D., Search Committee Chair Center for Mental Health and Aging Box 870315 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 205.348.7518 Lroff@bama.ua.edu
The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution.
