Overview

The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (DMSP) in the School of Public Health at the Université de Montréal (ESPUM) is recruiting for a position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor for a teaching and research career in Epidemiology, with a focus on public health issues (e.g., environmental health, climate change).

Responsibilities

  • Teach epidemiology at the undergraduate and graduate levels in both general and specialist courses;
  • Supervise master’s and doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in the completion of directed studies, theses and research projects;
  • Develop and conduct a research program in epidemiology and publish in academic journals;
  • Contribute actively to the functioning of the Department and the School through participation in administrative, teaching and research activities;
  • Contribute to the reputation of the DMSP, the ESPUM and the Université de Montréal by participating in various academic and extra-academic activities, both in scientific and practical settings.

What you’ll need to succeed 

  • A PhD in epidemiology;
  • Expertise in epidemiology with a focus on public health issues (e.g., environmental health, climate change);
  • Solid specialist training in modern epidemiological and biostatistics methods;
  • Demonstrate the ability to teach epidemiological methods at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels to a variety of audiences;
  • Demonstrate the potential to supervise graduate students;
  • Demonstrate an ability to conduct high-level research focusing on public health analysis or intervention;
  • Demonstrate the potential to develop local, national and international collaborations;
  • Have sufficient knowledge of the French language or be determined to learn it once in the position via the French language support program offered by UdeM, in accordance with the Language Policy of the Université de Montréal.

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About School of Public Health, Université de Montréal

The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (DMSP) employs more than 90 regular professors, adjunct professors, clinical professors and researchers divided into five areas of excellence: health promotion, global health, epidemiology, biostatistics and bioethics. The DMSP’s mission is to actively contribute, through teaching and research, to the development and promotion of knowledge and practices favourable to the health of the population, by creating and maintaining a stimulating and multidisciplinary university environment.