Assistant Professor

Overview

The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health  invites applications from exceptional investigators conducting research into healthy aging across the lifespan to fill a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. We have a strong core of faculty who are collaboratively engaged in cutting-edge, aging-related research, especially in research topics that are related to elder mistreatment (e.g., dementia, social isolation, and caregiving). Our group recently received funding from the National Institute on Aging to build the first ever Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences on Aging with a thematic focus on elder mistreatment. This is an exciting time at UTHealth, and we want to hire talented, passionate, innovative researchers to help us build on our momentum. This position will provide you with the opportunity to join an innovative research team, and the intellectual space to collaborate with current programs, while developing new ideas and research directions. This position can be placed in any department within the School of Public Health. Joint appointments with other schools at UTHealth Houston are possible.

Example research areas the ideal applicant will be engaged in include, but are not limited to:

• Injury and violence prevention (especially elder mistreatment)
• Social isolation and loneliness
• Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias
• Epidemiology of aging
• Health care delivery and outcomes research
• Implementation science
•  Health economics
• Health informatics
• Biostatistics and novel research methods

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Developing a funded research program and disseminating findings in peer-reviewed journals – focused on healthy aging, late-life quality of life, elder abuse, and/or social isolation intervention
•  Mentoring emerging scholars in aging-related research.
• Teaching in MPH and/or doctoral programs.
•  Serving in institutional and external capacities.
• Work collaboratively with UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging cores and collaborators on inter-professional projects and research

Qualifications:

1. Applicants must hold a Doctoral degree in a traditional public health discipline, a behavioral health discipline, a clinical health discipline, or a related discipline.
2. Applicants should demonstrate a proven track record or strong potential for securing peer-reviewed funding and publications.
3. Applicants must exhibit a commitment to excellence in teaching and advising graduate students, along with excellent written and oral communication skills.
4. The successful candidate should have a strong passion for aging-related research and the ability to identify diverse funding sources.
5. Interested faculty must possess content expertise and teaching capabilities in areas related to public health.

Interested applicants should complete the web application (job number req 2400030H) at Faculty (tmc.edu). Please attach a letter describing qualifications and interests, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for three professional references to the web application. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.  Address any questions to Brad Cannell, PhD, MPH, Chair, Search Committee at Michael.B.Cannell@uth.tmc.edu

UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment‐related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law or university policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. The University maintains affirmative action programs with respect to women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and eligible veterans in accordance with applicable law