[visionlist] Open Associate Professor position University of Lausanne

[Murray Micah]

Dear community,
The University of Lausanne is seeking exceptional candidates for an open Associate Professor position. Deadline is 7 November 2021.


Associate Professor

in visual neuropsychology and technology for visual rehabilitation



The Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital (HOJG) is part of the Fondation Asile des Aveugles, a private institution which provides diagnosis, treatment and care for eye diseases and people with visual impairment. The HOJG includes specialised medico-social units for visually impaired adults and children while ensuring an academic research and training activities. By its missions, the hospital, including inpatient wards and outpatient clinics, is affiliated with the University Medical Centre of Lausanne and the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne.



The appointee will be tasked to promote and develop translational research in the field of visual science, in particular neuropsychology and innovative technologies for the visually impaired. The research programme should in particular focus on human neuroscience across the life span in visual health/disease, empowering rehabilitation, and technological development encompassing both rehabilitation of blindness, human developmental and/or ageing, as well as the interface of technical innovations and their practical implementation with patients ranging from children and adults to the elderly.

The appointee's main task will be to expand interactions with clinical, rehabilitation, and education research groups at the Fondation Asile des Aveugles and with other institutions, leading to collaborative translational research efforts, and participate in the training of students (primarily at the post-graduate level) as well as continuing education of low-vision rehabilitation staff.




Professor Micah M. Murray, Ph.D
CHUV | Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois
Radiology Department
Rue du Bugnon 46, RC07, 04.021
1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
www.unil.ch/line<http://www.unil.ch/line>

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