Assistant/Associate Professor Tenure-Track, Public Health

Inside Higher Ed Knoxville, TN
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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

Competitive benefits package
Summer salary eligibility for 9-month tenure-track faculty

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