Assistant/Associate Professor, Center for Pediatric Population Health (CPPH) - UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas; OPEN DEPT
Position Key Accountabilities
Responsibilities will include research, teaching, and community service. The applicant(s) will develop and implement research related to community and clinical health initiatives in pediatric populations, including disease prevention, acute care, chronic illness management, and health risk behaviors during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. The applicant will contribute protocols and outcome metrics to community health and clinical sites, and work collaboratively with UTHealth SPH colleagues to submit research proposals for external funding. The successful candidate will provide guidance and mentorship to graduate and post-doctoral students. In addition, the candidate will participate in classroom instruction as agreed upon with the Department Chairs.
Qualifications include:
The applicant(s) must demonstrate potential as an independent researcher with successful experience developing and implementing research studies, conducting analyses, presenting research findings, and writing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication. The applicant must also demonstrate practical/applied expertise in pediatric psychology/public health, and the design, implementation, and evaluation of studies related to disease prevention or chronic illness management in pediatric populations. Successful applicants must have a Ph.D. or Dr.PH. in public health, epidemiology, economics, sociology, anthropology or a related field; or an M.D. with an accompanying public health graduate degree and 5+ years of research experience in public health or health psychology.
Address any questions to Katelyn Jetelina, Ph.D., Chair, Search Committee at katelyn.k.jetelina@uth.tmc.edu or 972-546-2942. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.
This is a security sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education code §51.215. A background check will be required for the final candidat
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical schiences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center and a growing network of clinics throughout the region. The university’s primary teaching hospitals include Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Herman Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon b. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
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