George Pickering Professor of Stroke Medicine

The University of Oxford is seeking to appoint the George Pickering Professor of Stroke Medicine, a highly prestigious position within the Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM). As the George Pickering Professor, you will contribute scientific strategic direction and senior academic leadership to RDM and more widely to Oxford Medicine.

The ideal candidate will have an outstanding research record of international stature in translational science or experimental medicine related to stroke medicine, with a focus on acute stroke. There is also a particular interest in experimental therapies identified through integration of advanced imaging techniques and omic platforms to enhance patient stratification; and big data initiatives. The research you lead will aim to understand how disease mechanisms can be rapidly translated into therapeutic opportunities.

Your research in stroke may link with a broad range of clinical sub-specialties, including cardiovascular, metabolic medicine, haematology, immunology and inflammatory diseases, imaging, biomedical engineering or data science imaging, acute stroke treatment and intervention. You will be strongly committed to the recruitment, training and mentoring of the next generation of researchers in the area.

As the Pickering Chair you will be pivotal to connecting discovery science in RDM (including the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and other RDM divisions) with related activities in other departments in the Medical Sciences Division (MSD) and the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, and with translational activities in the NIHR Biomedical Research Centres in Oxford and other related programmes. You will take a complementary approach to other relevant professorial posts and developments in MSD, including the Wolfson Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Maintaining and expanding partnerships with industry, and engaging with current and emerging trends, is also a priority.

The ideal candidate will possess a compelling vision for the advancement of stroke medicine over the next 10-15 years and the strategic leadership skills to drive this vision forward. A demonstrated history of innovative, collaborative research with national and international impact, is essential.

This post is available as either a clinical or a non-clinical position. For a clinically-qualified and active applicant, the role may include clinical activities in stroke medicine as an Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) Honorary Consultant, aligning with research activities, and in conjunction with OUH NHS stroke physicians and clinical lead.