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UT Health Open Rank (TT) Faculty/Open Department, Multi-Campus, Institute for Implementation Science (IIS) - School of Public Health in Texas
Open Rank (TT) Faculty/Open Department, Multi-Campus, Institute for Implementation Science (IIS) - School of Public Health
Location: Texas
Category: Faculty
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Requisition #: 230003OS
UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science (IIS)at theUTHealth Houston School of Public Healthinvites applications to fill a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor level.
We seek an exceptional team member with a desire to help us expand our research and teaching program in implementation science with an overarching focus on health equity and improving health outcomes for underserved populations within Texas, nationally, and internationally.
The successful candidate will join an innovative and growing team in the UTHealth Houton Institute for Implementation Science that seeks to forward the field of implementation science across a broad array of domains. They will be affiliated with IIS and their primary department affiliation may be Epidemiology, Behavioral Science, Management, Policy, or Community Health. The successful candidate can choose to be based in any one of the sixUTHealth Houston School of Public Health campuses across Texas (Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio).
Position Key Accountabilities:
Providing educational leadership, including classroom teaching and mentoring to graduate students;
Developing research grant applications,
Seeking extramural funding, and
Creating academic and/or community collaborations to support the research program.
Qualifications:
(1) Doctoral degree in health promotion-behavioral science, epidemiology, health economics, health services research, implementation science, or related disciplines;
(2) Track record of research publications commensurate with academic rank and demonstrated potential for securing external funding.
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to theOffice of Benefits Website.
Interested applicants should complete the web application and include a letter describing their qualifications and interests, unofficial transcripts of their degree, along with their curriculum vitae, and contact information for three professional references. Address correspondences and any questions to the Search Committee Chair: Ross Shegog, Ph.D. - email: ross.Shegog@uth.tmc.edu. Please be sure to add “IIS Faculty Search” to the message subject line. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is 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 candidates.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System 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 Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits Website.
https://www.uth.edu/benefits/
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
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.
UTHealth Houston has adopted a policy consistent with CMS regulations to protect our patients and university community from exposure to COVID-19. This policy affects all employees, residents, fellows, students, contractors, new hires, visiting scholars program participants, adjunct faculty, and volunteers who work, train, or collaborate at the John S. Dunn Behavioral Science Center.
In addition, all UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth’s Houston rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations, including COVID-19 vaccination and safety requirements.
Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.