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| Public and Environmental Health |
| Assistant/Associate Professor (Epidemiology) |
| The University of Tennessee |
| Knoxville, TN |
The University of Tennessee
Applications are invited for a faculty position with the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, which has a nationally accredited MPH Program.
Assistant/Associate Professor (Epidemiology) for nationally accredited MPH Program with the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, Department of Nutrition (nine month tenure-track position).
Required: Earned doctorate with a graduate degree in epidemiology, evidence of published research in refereed journals; and commitment to obtaining extramural support for research.
Desired: Earned doctorate in epidemiology; MPH, MSPH, or MS-MPH degree in addition to doctorate; research focus nutrition and/or health-related, including obesity and public health nutrition; other research focus in physical activity or public health practice; university teaching experience; public health practice field experience; community-based research experience; effective interpersonal & communication skills; experience with professional and community organizations.
Responsibilities: Teach graduate courses in epidemiology and other public health core disciplines as appropriate. Establish an independent, extramurally-funded research program whose research results in publications in refereed journals. Contribute to the further development of the public health academic program. Collaborate with academic colleagues, including the local interest group of epidemiologists. Advise graduate students and direct graduate projects, theses and dissertations. Provide professional and community service.
Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the state’s flagship research institution, a campus of
choice for outstanding undergraduates and a premier graduate institution. Academic programs
on the Knoxville campus enroll approximately 20,000 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students. The University welcomes and honors people of all races, genders, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. The university intends that its graduates will promote the values and institutions of representative democracy, and be prepared to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility. Visit http://www.utk.edu for detailed information.
Review of applications will begin in the fall of 2009 and continue until the position is filled.
Submit letter of application addressing the required and desired qualifications; curriculum vitae, and names,
Mail and e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three references to:
Paul Campbell Erwin, MD, MPH
Chair, Epidemiology Search Committee
Center for Public Health
302 Bailey Education Complex
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2710
865-974-5249 (office) 865-974-8718 (fax) |
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