Endowed faculty positions such as professorships and chairs provide unique opportunities, precious time and resources to help our faculty make advances in patient care, education, and research. They also confer prestige to the holder, to our department, and to UW Medicine, and they are an important tool to attract and retain outstanding faculty. We are now happy to begin recruiting for two new endowed positions supported by generous philanthropic support, one with a focus on addiction psychiatry and another with a focus on adult cognitive aging.

The K. Warner Schaie Endowed Chair in Adult Cognitive Development will contribute to the department’s work in developing, testing, and deploying innovative approaches to prevent and treat cognitive decline and to strengthen cognitive resilience. They will provide leadership and mentorship for department faculty, staff, and trainees with an interest in Geriatric Psychiatry and cognitive aging, facilitate productive connections and collaborations with other clinicians and scientists at UW and beyond, and work closely with PBSCI leadership on strategic initiatives related to the department’s work in cognitive aging and Geriatric Psychiatry. This endowed position is supported by a generous gift from K. Warner Schaie PhD and Sherry Willis PhD. Apply here

The Nicole K. Engle Endowed Professorship for Addiction Medicine will serve as director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry. They will be charged with providing leadership for an exceptional clinical, educational, and translational research program focused on improving the lives of individuals and families affected by substance use disorders, adapting or developing preventive or therapeutic approaches and solutions for individuals and families struggling with addiction problems, and facilitating productive collaborations among a diverse group of addiction researchers, clinicians, educators, and policy makers who collectively make up the department’s Division of Addictions. The holder of this position is expected to make significant contributions to teaching and research in this field and to support and facilitate impactful contributions and collaboration of their colleagues. This position will be supported by a generous endowment from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions. Apply here

Both positions have an anticipated start date of September 1. Please help us recruit outstanding candidates for these important roles by sharing this information among your networks!