Global and Community Health, Assistant/Associate Professor in Epidemiology

Department: College of Public Health

Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

Founded in 2006, the Department of Global and Community Health offers CEPH-accredited programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including a BS in Community Health with concentrations in Clinical Science, Global Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity; a MS in Global Health; a MPH with concentrations in Community Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Food Security and Nutrition, Global Health, Health Policy, Health Equity and Social Justice, and Public Health Practice; and a PhD in Public Health with concentrations in Epidemiology and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The Department’s programs enroll nearly 600 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate students. The Department includes 25 full-time faculty members with backgrounds in epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, global health, and social and behavioral sciences. The Department has an active research portfolio of more than $2 million focused on public health research, with support from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Institute for Justice, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Department prepares students for careers in public health just minutes from the nation's capital. Further information about the Department may be found at: https://gch.gmu.edu/.

About the Position:

• The Assistant/Associate faculty member in Epidemiology with the Department of Global and Community Health, within the CEPH-accredited College of Public Health, is committed to academic excellence and conducting original research in public health.
• Early career candidates will demonstrate strong evidence of potential as an independent researcher to obtain external funding and show promise of effective classroom teaching.
• Mid-career candidates are expected to have an active or recent history of externally-funded research, an established publication record, and evidence of effective classroom teaching commensurate for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate Professor.
• This is a state-funded, full-time (9-month) tenure-track/tenured faculty position with additional summer research and teaching opportunities. Appointment will begin in August 2026.

Responsibilities:

• Develops or continues a program of original epidemiologic research;
• Engages in collaborative research;
• Establishes or sustains an extramurally funded research program;
• Teaches and mentors epidemiology students; and
• Engages in departmental, institutional, and professional service in support of advancing the College’s mission. To the extent possible, faculty will be expected to contribute synergistically to development of courses, degree programs, and research. 

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in a related field;
• Experience conducting epidemiologic research;
• Experience or potential to teach graduate-level epidemiology courses, specifically for Master of Public Health (MPH) students;
• Experience or potential to instruct doctoral-level public health students in epidemiology;
• Ability to teach graduate-level epidemiology courses and mentor undergraduate and graduate students; and
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Record of refereed publications;
• Active or recent history of extramurally funded research for mid-career candidates; and
• Demonstrated ability to lead an externally funded program of research in public health or epidemiology.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Global and Community Health, Assistant/Associate Professor in Epidemiology<