Open Rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor )

University of South Carolina • Columbia, SC

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About The Position

Arnold School of Public Health Open Rank Faculty Position (Part of a Cluster Hire in Environmental Health) The Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB) at the University of South Carolina (USC) Arnold School of Public Health invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor. This position is part of the campus-wide Environmental Health Cluster Initiative, a strategic effort to expand the University's leadership in advancing research, clinical care, and educational excellence in environmental health. The cluster will broaden expertise across disciplines to foster innovation and address the complexity of environmental health challenges through multidisciplinary scholarship. This initiative focuses on the impact of chemical, physical, behavioral, biological, and social environmental stressors across the lifespan, and emphasizes designing, testing, and scaling programmatic and policy interventions that address these stressors. We seek an Implementation Science Scholar whose research focuses on learning how to improve the implementation of interventions that will reduce environmental stressors on health in real-world settings. The Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior emphasizes both impactful research and meaningful community engagement. Faculty examine how policy, environmental, institutional, and individual actions influence health, and work collaboratively to reduce health disparities. Many HPEB faculty are engaged in implementation science, community-based research, and translation of interventions into practice and policy, making this position well aligned with departmental strengths. USC also provides a rich interdisciplinary environment, with faculty across the Arnold School and campus contributing to initiatives such as the Global Health Initiative, Nutrition Consortium, Prevention Research Center, Office for the Study of Aging, Consortium for Latino Health Studies, Big Data Health Science Center, and SmartState Centers. The University has been designated by the Carnegie Foundation as a "doctoral institution with highest research activity" and a "community-engaged institution." The successful candidate will be expected to develop a robust, extramurally funded research program in implementation science applied to environmental health, to contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching (in-person and online), and to mentor master's and doctoral students. The candidate will also be expected to collaborate across disciplines, especially within the Environmental Health Cluster, to accelerate solutions that improve community and population health.

Requirements

• Applicants must have a doctoral degree in public health or a closely related field by the start date of employment.
• Successful candidates will have demonstrated potential for high scholarly achievement and grantsmanship.
• Applicants for the rank of Assistant Professor must demonstrate strong potential for obtaining competitive funding to support a research program and serving as an effective instructor and student mentor.
• Applicants for the rank of Associate Professor must have a strong record of scholarship and funded research, with at least 5 years of experience as an effective instructor, mentor, and researcher by the start date of employment.
• Applicants for the rank of Professor must have a sustained record of distinguished scholarship and externally funded research, a demonstrably excellent record of teaching and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, evidence of meaningful service to the discipline and to the institution (including leadership roles), and typically a minimum of 9 years of effective, relevant experience by the start date of employment.

Responsibilities

• Develop a robust, extramurally funded research program in implementation science applied to environmental health
• Contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching (in-person and online)
• Mentor master's and doctoral students
• Collaborate across disciplines, especially within the Environmental Health Cluster, to accelerate solutions that improve community and population health.

Benefits

• The University of South Carolina (USC), through the State of SC and Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA), offers state employees a valuable benefits package, including health and life insurance, generous paid leave and retirement programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees