The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego (https://apptrkr.com/2216760) is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body and invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor rank faculty position in Epidemiology associated with our Master of Public Health (MPH) program.

The School has focal areas of Behavioral Medicine, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Policy, Health Equity, Public Mental Health, and Climate and Environmental Health and offers teaching and student mentoring opportunities in our Bachelor of Science in Public Health, MPH, PhD in Public Health (administered jointly with San Diego State University), and MS and PhD in Biostatistics degree programs. Further, the School has an MAS in Leadership of Healthcare Organizations run in conjunction with UCSD Extension and a Preventive Medicine Residency program. The School has strong collaborative research programs facilitated by Research Centers of Excellence focused on Health Promotion and Equity, Women's Health, Tobacco Control, and Wireless and Population Health Systems and has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, Jacobs School of Engineering, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Moores Cancer Center, the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and with other partners across the UC San Diego campus. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School. The School houses five recharge cores providing services to both UCSD and the external community, and the School’s faculty and academics hold ~$125M total awarded grants and contracts.

Assistant Professor: Candidates must have a PhD, DrPh, or related doctoral degree by the time of appointment. Competitive candidates must have current extramural funding or a strong promise of fundability and strong publications appropriate for the Assistant rank level.

Associate Professor: Candidates must have a PhD, DrPh, or related doctoral degree. Competitive candidates must have current extramural funding, strong publications appropriate for the Associate rank level, and a proven track record in obtaining extramural funding.

Competitive candidates must also have a demonstrated experience in teaching and mentoring undergraduate or graduate students in public health.

The successful candidate must have a demonstrated commitment to and experience in teaching undergraduate or graduate students in epidemiology and public health and in mentoring public health undergraduate or graduate students and must have experience developing graduate level courses in epidemiology including both basic and advanced current epidemiologic methods and approaches to causal inference.

Candidates with experience in community-based research, border health, or social determinants of health are preferred.

Candidates are required to show a demonstrated commitment to diversity and equity by submitting a Diversity Statement of past contributions and/or future plans of excellence in this area as part of their application for an academic appointment.

Appointment will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. Series will be 50% Ladder Rank (Tenure-Track / Tenured) / 50% In-Residence. Appointment requires candidates to be partially self-funded, e.g., with grants.

A link to full descriptions of the series is provided for your review:

Ladder Rank Professor - see: http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-220.pdf

In-Residence Professor - see: http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-270.pdf

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on the University of California pay scales. As a member of the Health Sciences Compensation Plan, the appointee should be aware that there are limitations on outside professional activities and clinical moonlighting is expressly prohibited. Additional information can be found here: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-671.pdf

Assistant Professor: Applications must be submitted through the University of California San Diego's Academic Personnel RECRUIT system at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF02704

Associate Professor: Applications must be submitted through the University of California San Diego's Academic Personnel RECRUIT system at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF02705

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment, UC San Diego requires all candidates for academic appointments with tenure or security of employment to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release” into RECRUIT as part of their application.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.