Job Posting Title: Assistant, Associate, or Full
Professor (Tenured or Tenure Track) Health
Disparities/ Health Equity Research
Florida International University is a top
public university that
drives real talent and innovation in Miami and
globally. Very high research (R1) activity and high
social mobility come together at FIU to uplift and
accelerate learner success in a global city by
focusing in the areas of environment, health,
innovation, and justice. Today, FIU has two campuses
and multiple centers. FIU serves a diverse student
body of more than 56,000 and 290,000 Panther alumni.
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Magazine ranks FIU among the top 20 public
universities contributing to the public good. For more
information about FIU, visit www.fiu.edu.
Job Information
Florida International University (FIU), located in
Miami, FL, invites applicants for multiple tenure or
tenure track faculty positions in minority
health/health disparities/health equity research, to
be hired at the Assistant, Associate, or Full
Professor level. We invite investigators with track
records of extramural funding (e.g., NIH, CDC, and/or
NSF), conducting research with underserved and
underrepresented populations including racial and
ethnic minorities, rural populations, people with
disabilities, and sexual and gender minorities.
Applicants should have experience in mentorship and
training of graduate students and/or early career
investigators, transdisciplinary collaboration,
community partnership and engagement, and research
dissemination. Investigators across all areas of
health disparities research will be considered.
This hiring initiative is part of
FIU’s NIMHD-funded Research Center in a Minority
Institution Program.
Home department appointments will be made based on
candidates’ areas of expertise and specialization. FIU
is committed to supporting and expanding health
disparities/health equity research, scholarship, and
mentorship at the University.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities for this faculty position may include
but are not limited to collaborative and applied
research with FIU-RCMI faculty and trainees conducting
health disparities research (including assistance with
grant applications and data analysis on funded
grants); and methodological research leading to
peer-reviewed publications and grant funding, teaching
graduate courses, and supervising of graduate and
post-doctoral trainees.
To apply, please go to
facultycareers.fiu.edu
and search Job Opening ID 531146. Applicants
must provide a cover letter that describes their
preferred home department, a description of their
program of research about health disparities/health
equity, as well as a brief statement about their
philosophy of teaching and mentorship. Please also
include an up-to-date curriculum vitae, a two-page
research statement, and a list of at least three (3)
references with contact information as
a single pdf file.
Multiple positions are available and will remain open
until the position is filled.
Applications and required materials should be received
by December 29, 2023 to receive full consideration.
Minimum Qualifications
Applicants should hold a PhD or MD and expertise in
public health or a social science discipline.
Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to and
excellence in interdisciplinary teaching and research.
Applicants should demonstrate skills in program
building to facilitate scholarly exchange and research
collaboration. An active program of scholarship and
publication on health disparities and minority health
is essential. For more senior scholars, a record of
accomplishment in large-scale extramural-funded
research is important; for more junior scholars, clear
potential and prospects for securing extramural
funding are important.
The
salary for this position is commensurate with
qualifications and experience.
FIU is a member of the State University System of
Florida and an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access
Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin,
disability or protected veteran status.
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply to Job
Opening ID 531146 at
facultycareers.fiu.edu
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