Open Rank

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

12h

About The Position

The Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring one or two full-time, tenure-track faculty members at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Application review begins September 15 and continues until the positions are filled.

Faculty are expected to develop independently funded research portfolios, produce impactful scholarly work, mentor master’s and doctoral students, and teach core epidemiology methods and/or substantive-area courses. Competitive candidates will conduct research that affects public health, advances epidemiology, and supports the department’s teaching mission. The department focuses on developing and applying research methods to understand patterns and causes of health and disease and using that knowledge to improve population health. It offers strong research-methods training and opportunities to apply epidemiology across a wide range of health problems.

At all ranks, faculty are expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship through scientific contributions, the capacity to obtain extramural funding for independent research, classroom instruction, and graduate-student mentoring. Associate Professor candidates must also demonstrate research leadership through funded epidemiologic research as a PI or MPI on grants or contracts, and a track record of graduate-student training through mentoring and teaching. Full Professor candidates must additionally demonstrate scholarship excellence with national or international recognition and research leadership supported by sustained funding as a PI or MPI on grants or contracts.

Requirements

• Capacity to conduct research that impacts public health, advances epidemiology, and contributes to the department’s teaching mission.
• Capacity to obtain extramural funding that supports independent research.
• Excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship.
• For Associate Professor candidates: funded epidemiologic research leadership as a PI or MPI on grants or contracts and a track record of training graduate students through mentoring and teaching.
• For Full Professor candidates: scholarship excellence with national or international recognition and research leadership with sustained research funding as a PI or MPI on grants or contracts.

Responsibilities

• Develop independently funded research portfolios.
• Produce impactful scholarly work.
• Mentor master’s and doctoral students.
• Teach core epidemiology methods and/or substantive-area courses in epidemiology.
• Contribute to teaching, service, and scholarship through scientific contributions, classroom instruction, and graduate-student mentoring.
• For Associate Professor candidates: demonstrate research leadership through funded epidemiologic research as a PI or MPI on grants or contracts, and graduate-student training through mentoring and teaching.
• For Full Professor candidates: demonstrate scholarship excellence with national or international recognition and research leadership with sustained funding as a PI or MPI on grants or contracts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed