Assistant Professor

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking to fill up to four full-time tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. The application review begins September 15 and continues until positions are filled. Successful candidates will possess a strong capacity for research that impacts public health, advances the field of epidemiology, and contributes to the department’s teaching mission. Faculty members 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. The department's core mission involves the development and application of research methods to understand health and disease patterns and causes, and to apply this knowledge to improve population health. The department offers robust training in research methods and opportunities to apply epidemiology to diverse health issues.

Requirements

Capacity for research that impacts public health.
Capacity for research that advances the field of epidemiology.
Capacity for research that contributes to the department’s teaching mission.
Ability to develop independently funded research portfolios.
Ability to contribute impactful scholarly products.
Ability to mentor master’s and doctoral students.
Ability to teach core epidemiology methods and/or substantive area courses.
Demonstrate excellence in teaching, service and scholarship.
Demonstrate scholarly contributions to science.
Demonstrate capacity to obtain extramural funding that supports independent research.
Demonstrate capacity for classroom instruction.
Demonstrate capacity for mentoring master’s and doctoral students.

Nice To Haves

Future promotion to the rank of Associate Professor will require demonstrating a successful record of scholarship, leadership of funded epidemiologic research (in the role of PI/ MPI role on grants or contracts) and a track record for training graduate students (demonstrated through both mentoring and teaching).

Responsibilities

Develop independently funded research portfolios.
Contribute impactful scholarly products.
Mentor master’s and doctoral students.
Teach core epidemiology methods and/or substantive area courses in epidemiology.
Demonstrate excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship.
Contribute to science through scholarly contributions.
Obtain extramural funding to support independent research.
Provide classroom instruction.
Mentor graduate students.
Demonstrate a successful record of scholarship for future promotion.
Demonstrate leadership of funded epidemiologic research (as PI/MPI on grants or contracts) for future promotion.
Demonstrate a track record for training graduate students (through mentoring and teaching) for future promotion.