Open Rank

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

One or two full-time tenure-track faculty positions in the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (open rank) in the Department of Epidemiology. Competitive candidates will demonstrate strong capacity for research that impacts public health, advances the field of epidemiology, and contributes to the department’s teaching mission. As members of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, faculty are expected to develop independently funded research portfolios, contribute impactful scholarly products, mentor master’s and doctoral students, and teach core epidemiology methods and/or substantive area courses in epidemiology. The department’s primary focus is the development and application of research methods to understand the patterns and causes of health and disease, and the application of that knowledge to improving the health of populations. The department provides strong training in research methods and opportunities to apply epidemiology to a wide range of health problems.

Requirements

Strong capacity for research that impacts public health
Strong capacity for research that advances the field of epidemiology
Strong capacity for research that contributes to the department’s teaching mission
Excellence in teaching
Excellence in service
Excellence in scholarship
Scholarly contributions to science
Capacity to obtain extramural funding that supports independent research
Classroom instruction
Mentoring master’s and doctoral students
Funded epidemiologic research (in the role of PI/ MPI role on grants or contracts) (for Associate Professor)
Track record for training graduate students (demonstrated through both mentoring and teaching) (for Associate Professor)
Excellence in scholarship with national or international recognition (for Full Professor)
Research leadership with sustained research funding (in the role of PI/ MPI on grants or contracts) (for Full Professor)

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 through their scholarly contributions to science
Demonstrate capacity to obtain extramural funding that supports independent research
Demonstrate classroom instruction
Demonstrate mentoring of master’s and doctoral students
Demonstrate research leadership through 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) (for Associate Professor)
Demonstrate excellence in scholarship with national or international recognition, research leadership with sustained research funding (in the role of PI/ MPI on grants or contracts) (for Full Professor)