New York University: NYU - NY: School of Global Public Health

Position: Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Location: New York, NY

Open Date: Sep 20, 2024

Description

The School of Global Public Health (GPH) at New York University seeks applications for Assistant Professor (tenure track) within the Department of Epidemiology. We seek an energetic, innovative researcher and teacher who works collaboratively to join our growing faculty. We are interested in applicants with expertise in the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors, with a strong foundation in biological and epidemiological methods. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the Department’s teaching mission, including participation in the methods sequence (based on R).

The Department of Epidemiology is home to a group of vibrant researchers from different disciplines including infectious diseases, tobacco and drug use, health inequalities, mental health disorders, and social determinants of health. Epidemiology has about 120 Masters students and several PhD students, and teaches courses in the school’s undergraduate program. The candidate will be expected to teach departmental courses, serve on committees and mentor students, as well as maintaining an active and productive research agenda.

GPH seeks candidates of exceptional potential and emerging scholarship who can contribute to the academic and research enterprise in NYC and throughout New York University’s key Global Network University (GNU) campuses and study-away sites (3 portal campuses and 12 global academic centers in Africa, South America, North America, China, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East). The unique GNU arrangement allows GPH faculty to establish training and degree programs and research efforts worldwide; offers faculty and students truly unique opportunities to engage in their research and study around the world and informs public health practice both locally and globally through the exchange of knowledge.

GPH offers academic degrees at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels. The undergraduate program includes 13 joint majors where students study public health with other relevant subjects. The CEPH-accredited Master of Public Health degree allows students to obtain an MPH in one of nine concentrations, and the PhD in Public Health is offered in one of four areas of study – Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Public Health Policy & Management.  In addition, a new school-wide, interdisciplinary DrPH degree launched in September 2021.

Diversity & Inclusion Statement: At NYU we are committed to inclusive excellence. Inclusion is foundational to scholarly excellence and critical to developing pathways to training for students traditionally underrepresented in the academy and/or particular disciplines. The diversity and inclusion statement offers each applicant the opportunity to highlight their past, present, and future contributions to creating inclusive excellence.  

We recognize that local contexts vary across departments and disciplines and that contributions to diversity and inclusion may take many forms.  Efforts to cultivate inclusive excellence might include, for example, creating opportunities for students, faculty, and staff traditionally underrepresented in the U.S. academy and/or particular disciplines; public or primary school outreach (particularly to underserved communities); contributions to the diversity of thought and perspective; efforts to increase inclusion and equity at the university or in the local community; as well as one’s own life experience.

Below are a few examples of contributions to inclusion that might be developed in a diversity & inclusion statement.  These are by no means exhaustive.  Your statement might expand on how you have gone about:

Fostering inclusion and building pathways in your discipline by

♦         Creating an inclusive and accessible classroom/course (including developing your skills for so doing)

♦         Working with campus organizations that support underrepresented, first-generation, differently-abled or non-traditional undergraduate or graduate students

♦         Developing discipline or area-specific pathways to majors for such students (e.g., Women in Science)

♦         Mentoring individual students, faculty or staff from diverse backgrounds

♦         Training international students or mentoring faculty from developing countries

♦         Working with your national scholarly organization on diversity, inclusion or equity issues,

or

Broadening the influence of your work for the public and enhancing underserved communities by

♦         Participating in K-12 classroom, museums, or other afterschool programming aimed at fostering general education, excitement, and possibility (particularly in underserved populations)

♦         Providing apprenticeships and internships for pre-college students

♦         Participating in prison education or other adult education programs that serve under-resourced populations

♦         Developing educational programming thru the media or social media

♦         Bringing results of research back to local or international communities

♦         Participating as a ‘public intellectual’ on timely issues

♦         Engaging in community activities around education, social justice, equity, and inclusion.

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $160,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Qualifications

Applicants must have an earned doctorate in epidemiology, public health or other relevant disciplines. Applicants also must have a strong record of peer-reviewed publications, commensurate with level of appointment.

Application Instructions

Applicants must submit: 

♦         Cover letter addressing candidate’s qualifications for the position

♦         A statement of research and teaching interests

♦         A diversity and inclusion statement

♦         Curriculum vitae

♦         Three recent publications

♦         Name and contact information of three references  

Apply via the position URL:        apply.interfolio.com/155276

Review of applications will begin November 30, 2024, and continue until the position is filled.

For further questions, please contact Dr. Diana Silver at: diana.silver@nyu.edu