Full Professor of Public Health Emory University, School Of Public Health
Job Description The Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, seeks scholars for faculty appointments at all academic ranks. Areas of special emphasis are chronic disease epidemiology (especially cardiovascular disease epidemiology) and infectious disease epidemiology, but we are seeking candidates in all areas. Candidates for senior positions should have a strong record of scholarship, extramural funding as a principal investigator and evidence of excellence in teaching. Candidates for tenure-track positions must demonstrate the potential to become independent investigators and graduate-level teachers. At all levels, candidates with strong methodological background will be preferred.
The Department of Epidemiology consists of 38 primary faculty with an additional 55 joint faculty members holding primary appointments in other departments (e.g., Environmental and Occupational Health, Global Health, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Medicine) and 84 adjunct faculty, many affiliated with the neighboring Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society. Departmental faculty hold >$22 million in yearly extramural research funding. Research interests of the current faculty include cancer, infectious diseases, nutrition, perinatal epidemiology, pediatric conditions, reproductive health, cardiovascular diseases, social epidemiology, genetic/molecular epidemiology, environmental health and epidemiological methods. The Department houses the regional NCI-supported Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program, the Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research and the Womens and Childrens Center. The Department offers the M.P.H., M.S.P.H. and Ph.D. degrees and collaborates in offering a Masters of Science in Clinical Research degree for biomedical investigators. The Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) is currently ranked 6th nationally among schools of public health by the US News and World Report. The RSPH is dedicated to research and teaching. In 2010, the school more than doubled its physical size with the opening of a second adjacent building with state-of-the-art teaching and laboratory facilities. It currently employs about 190 faculty and enrolls about 1500 graduate students in its masters and doctoral programs. The School is part of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, with such units as the Emory Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the Emory Heart and Vascular Center, and the Winship Cancer Institute. The school is located on the Emory University campus, adjacent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It includes six academic departments and offers joint MPH degrees with the schools of medicine, nursing, business and law. Emory University, a major research university, enrolls over 11,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Additional Job Details Please include Job Vacancy #51040 in your cover letter and indicated the rank for which you wish to be considered: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor. Screening of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. Starting dates are negotiable. Applications will be considered confidential and references will not be contacted without the permission of applicants. You may visit our website at: http://www.sph.emory.edu/cms/departments_centers/epi/index.html Emory is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer APPLICATION INFORMATIONContact:
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