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The Department of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) Arnold School of Public Health (ASPH; www.sph.sc.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 2022. Highly qualified applicants may be considered for Associate Professor. The successful candidates will have, or be able to develop, collaborative multi-disciplinary, translational research programs with a focus on applied physiology, exercise, and health which complement or enhance research within the department and across the ASPH.

Exercise and Brain Health. Research programs of particular interest will be focused on exercise neuroscience, including, but not limited to, traumatic brain injury, exercise and cognition, performance psychology, nutritional/nutraceutical interventions, and/or autonomic regulation. 

The Department offers degrees at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level with programs in exercise science, athletic training, and physical therapy. The PhD program is currently the top ranked program in the US and among the top ranked in the world. The department currently serves approximately 1100 undergraduates and over 250 graduate students across all programs. The successful applicants will be expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching and research, as well as supervise graduate students. 

The Department and Arnold School of Public Health have numerous brain and behavioral health researchers with faculty focusing on traumatic brain injury, stroke, neuromotor disorders, human and cognitive performance, and health psychology. Faculty members in the Department have established relationships with University Athletics, Prisma Health, the Columbia VA Medical Center, and US Special Operations Command. The larger University has a vibrant brain and behavioral science community spread across multiple departments and schools; and faculty members benefit from organizations such as the Institute for Mind and Brain and Network for Neurocultures. The Department, School, and University also have excellent facilities to conduct neuroscientific research and faculty members have access to high-density EEG and fNIRS systems, and 3-Tesla Magnet at the McCausland Center for Neuroimaging.

The successful candidates will have an earned doctoral degree at the time of appointment in exercise science, kinesiology, nutrition, neuroscience, or related fields, and demonstrated potential for an outstanding record of research accomplishments, publications, and extramural funding to support a research program and for serving as an effective instructor and mentor. Applicants wishing to be considered for the rank of Associate Professor must have a strong record of scholarship and funded research, with at least 5 years of experience as an effective instructor, student mentor, and researcher by the beginning date of employment.