Assistant/Associate Professor Tenure-Track, Public Health

About This Role

The Assistant/Associate Professor will conduct research on health inequities, specifically preventing and treating chronic diseases in low-resourced populations, and teach within the Department of Public Health's educational programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead research programming that complements cluster, departmental, CEHHS, and CHS research initiatives
• Participate in related collaborative research programs
• Provide teaching in the Department of Public Health's educational programs
• Mentor MPH/PhD students

Requirements

• Doctorate degree in public health, a related social or behavioral science field or with research/work experience directly applicable to public health
• Familiarity with multi-level interventions
• Ability to apply health-relevant theoretical frameworks in research
• Strong quantitative or mixed methods research skills
• Experience with working with low-resourced populations
• Experience with interdisciplinary collaboration
• Research focus in health services research (outpatient health delivery and patient support, health systems planning, electronic health records/patient portals), chronic disease prevention, behavioral health/medicine, and/or dissemination and implementation science
• Demonstrated experience in productive interdisciplinary collaborations with nutrition and physical activity researchers
• Interest in community engaged work

Qualifications

• Doctorate in public health, a related social or behavioral science field or a doctorate in another field with a history of research or work experience with direct application to public health

Benefits