Reminder: Search for the Director of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging

UC San Diego is pleased to invite nominations and applications for the position of Director of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging. Judy Pa, Ph.D., Professor of Neurosciences, has agreed to chair the Search Advisory Committee, whose members are listed below.

UC San Diego seeks in its next Stein Institute for Research on Aging Director. This position serves as an inspirational scientific leader with a deep background in aging, including both research and administrative experience, to work closely with faculty, staff, and administrators within the Stein Institute and beyond, fostering excellence in research and discovery, training, and community outreach to promote healthy aging. The director will work closely with staff, fellows, trainees, and faculty members to ensure the mission of the Institute, which is to advance lifelong health and well-being through innovative healthy aging research, aging training, and community outreach. The director leads the Stein Institute for Research on Aging, providing overall strategic and intellectual direction for the Institute’s research programs, administrative structure, training programs and community outreach.

Reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, the director partners with academic leaders to guide and promote healthy aging research and provides advice and counsel to campus- and University-level committees, as appropriate. The director chairs the Stein Institute Steering Committee, which is charged with developing and implementing plans that foster interdisciplinary collaborations focused on healthy aging. The director manages the day-to-day operations of the Stein Institute, including its scientific and education programs and community outreach. The director oversees the dedicated space in the Stein building, including authority over space assignments in alignment with Health Sciences Space Policy guidelines.

Interested candidates must provide a letter of interest, current CV, vision statement (3-5 bullet points), and leadership statement (500 words or less) to the Search Advisory Committee via Kareen Escobedo at kaescobedo@health.ucsd.edu. Materials must be submitted by Monday, March 20, 2023. The committee will begin reviewing candidates immediately thereafter, and will continue until the position is filled.

John M. Carethers, MD
Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences

MEMBERS OF THE SEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE STEIN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING:

Judy Pa, Professor, Neurosciences, Chair
Eliah Aronoff-Spencer, Assistant Professor, Medicine; Director, Center for Health Design
James Brewer, Professor and Chair, Neurosciences
Kyle Edmonds, Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine
Danielle Glorioso, Executive Director, Stein Institute for Research on Aging, Staff consultant
Laura Hart, Assistant Clinical Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Aladdin Shadyab, Assistant Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science

Please refer to the original announcement for the full job description: https://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2023/2023-2-28-2.html