INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY IN EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Temple College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is hiring a non-tenure track instructional faculty member in Epidemiology, and we invite applications for an enthusiastic instructor to teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses in epidemiology star ting in the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

Instructional faculty teach a combination of in-person and online courses. While Temple University offers excellent professional development in teaching, this position  also  provides  collaborative  research  opportunities,  including participation in the Department’s Biostatistics Core, which offers comprehensive biostatistical consultation and computational ser vices to researchers in the College of Public Health and throughout Temple University, as well as those in other institutions. Salar y and benefits are competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience.

The College of Public Health’s mission is to educate, innovate, and transform to bring about healthy, equitable, and thriving communities. We engage in interprofessional education, community and clinical practice, impactful research, and ser vice learning, approaching our work with cultural humility as we advocate for positive change and prepare leaders to address the most pressing issues of our time. Social justice has always driven our efforts, and we understand that individual health outcomes are intricately tied to the larger systems we inhabit.

QUALIFICATIONS

We seek collegial faculty with an earned doctorate in epidemiology or related discipline before the start date. Because the Department offers courses for students in multiple disciplines (e.g., nursing, kinesiology), successful candidates should be skilled in teaching quantitative courses to student s with a range of aptitudes. Online teaching experience is highly desirable. We value diversity and seek individuals committed to inclusive practices in education. Rank is at the assistant professor level.

THE DEPARTMENT

The  Department  of  Epidemiology  and  Biostatistics  combines  curiosity  with rigorous, applied methods that lead to compelling questions and impactful results to improve public health. This is a great opportunity to join a department experiencing growth with research expenditures increasing >80% in the past 5 years and multiple agreements for academic programming and research with international universities

The Department has 15 full-time faculty with expertise in behavioral and chronic disease epidemiology, cancer prevention and control, environmental and occupational exposures, seroepidemiology and disease modeling, aging and cognitive decline, and cardiovascular disease as well as mediation, causal inference, missing data and measurement error, semiparametric regression, latent variable modeling, psychometric s, and statistical methods for neuroimaging data. The Department annually enrolls over 1,800 undergraduate and graduate student s with diverse backgrounds and offers five graduate programs: PhD in Epidemiology; MPH degrees in Epidemiology ( in-person and online), Applied Biostatistics, and Environmental Health; and MS in Public Health Data Science. We also administer a graduate certificate in Applied Clinical Research.

The Department contributes to the College’ s nationally recognized BS in Public Health and administers a minor in Applied Epidemiology.

THE COLLEGE

Our CEPH-accredited College of Public Health embraces public health in all its disciplinary  forms, fostering impactful teaching, scholarship, and interdisciplinary  collaborations within and outside the college. The College consist s of academic unit s in the public health disciplines, health professions, and the School of Social Work, enrolling approximately 4,200 student s. We value differences among our faculty and believe that we can better serve and understand our communities through the diversity of our faculty.

The College seek s to empower emerging leaders, advance excellence in interprofessional teaching and applied practice, drive innovation in research, develop sustainable community partnerships, lead through diversity and inclusion, and engage our CPH community worldwide. We focus much of our work on social determinant s of health and social justice with strengths in cancer, obesity, HIV, substance abuse, mental health conditions, mobility research, cognition and language, developmental disabilities, organ transplantation, and aging. College research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, major private foundations, and state and federal agencies. The College is staffed by a robust complement of seasoned professionals within our Offices of Communications and Marketing, Information Technology, Research Administration, and Academic Affairs. Temple’ s Center for the Advancement of Teaching provides outstanding programs and one-on-one mentoring to instructors to promote and support  excellent teaching.

THE UNIVERSITY

Temple University is an urban, research-intensive Carnegie R1 university located in historic and culturally rich Philadelphia, the nation’ s 6th largest city. The city was ranked third by The New York Times as a world tourist destination. The National Science Foundation rank s Temple among the top 100 universities in the country for research expenditures. Temple is the 6th largest provider of professional education in the nation and includes Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, L aw, and Dentistry, as well as research centers. It is also home to Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation’s first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers.

APPLICANTS

Please email a cover letter detailing you interest; curriculum vitae; a statement of teaching philosophy with specific attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the names and contact information of 3-5 references to epibio@temple.edu . Application review begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Contact Dr. Resa M. Jones, Department Chair, at resa.jones@temple.edu  with questions or to make nominations.

Temple University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. People of color, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.