CCHS - Assistant/Associate Professor Community Medicine and Population Health – Renewable Contract - 527342

Department/Organization
208122 - Community Med & Population Health

Rank
Assistant/Associate Professor

Position Summary
The Department of Community Medicine and Population Health (CMPH) at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS) invites applications for a renewable contract, non-tenure earning Assistant Professor position. Appointments to the faculty of The University of Alabama are based on the personnel requirements of the University’s academic programs and on the goal of achieving and maintaining excellence in its teaching, research, and service/academic citizenship activities.

Detailed Position Information
The Department of Community Medicine and Population Health (CMPH) at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. We seek a dynamic individual to lead innovative teaching in population health and epidemiology; we are particularly interested in individuals with expertise in sports and exercise medicine. The Department of CMPH is committed to applied evidence-based research and teaching. Additionally, we foster student-centered learning and train students to integrate clinical care with public health practices through our master’s program in Population Health Sciences.

Minimum Qualifications
PhD, DrPH, or MD with advanced training in sports and exercise science, epidemiology, and population health.
Familiarity with the US healthcare and public health systems is required

Preferred Qualifications
Ability to teach graduate-level courses and engage in graduate-level advising, mentoring, and teaching excellence in diverse and inclusive environment.

Instructions and Required Materials for Application
1. Curriculum Vitae including a list of publications. 2. Teaching Statement summarizing past instructional experiences, teaching interests, potential course development, and teaching philosophy. 3. Contact information for 3 references

About the Division/College/School
The College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS) was founded in 1972 by William Willard, MD, author of the “Willard Report” and considered the “Father of Family Medicine,” with a mandate to train family physicians for Alabama, particularly its rural areas. The College also provides medical student education as the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus of the four-campus University of Alabama School of Medicine, based at UAB in Birmingham. The College’s mission focuses on improving the health of individuals and communities in Alabama and the region through leadership in medical education and primary care; the provision of high-quality, accessible health care services; and scholarship.

CCHS is sponsor of the UA Family Medicine Residency and seven fellowships for family physicians. The Residency, a 16-16-16 program now in its 45th year, is the second largest family medicine residency in the country. Of the more than 470 Residency graduates, 85% practice in the five-state area of the Southeast, with half in rural areas, and comprise 1 of 7 family physicians practicing in Alabama. Nearly 900 medical students have completed their clinical training at the College since 1974, entering Family Medicine and primary care careers at more than twice the national average.

The College’s nationally recognized Rural Pipeline Programs and the Institute for Rural Health Research, along with basic sciences, social sciences, and health professional faculty and resources on the UA campus and innumerable specialty and medical research faculty among the School of Medicine faculty, create a uniquely resource-rich environment for a medical educator. The College’s clinical enterprise also conducts 150,000 ambulatory visits and more than 10,000 admissions a year to a broad patient population, including UA faculty and staff and the general population of West Alabama.

For more information about the College, visit http://cchs.ua.edu.

About the University
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel + Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.

In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200