Tenured/Tenure-Track: Assistant/Associate Professor

Description

The School of Public Health at Texas A&M University invites applications for four full‐time tenure track/tenured Assistant/Associate Professors for the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. The successful candidate will conduct cutting edge research and provide mentoring for masters and doctoral students. Our multidisciplinary department provides courses in environmental health, occupational safety, ergonomics and other areas of public health. The candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses, collaborate with academic teams on scholarship and curriculum, and engage in service to the profession. This tenure track/tenured position is a 9-month appointment would ideally start on or before August 1, 2024. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled; however for best consideration candidates should apply prior to December 31, 2023.

 

Qualifications

Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in environmental health, occupational safety, or a related field. The successful candidate’s scholarship will focus on occupational safety or environmental health (e.g., ergonomics, human factors, industrial hygiene, toxicology, exposure science, risk assessment) and will be aligned with at least one of the school’s six centers:

• Ergonomics Center,
• Center for Health and Nature,
• Center for Community Health and Aging,
• the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness,
• Southwest Rural Health Research Center,
• Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research.

 

The candidate will be expected to pursue collaborations with institutes, centers, and programs across the Texas A&M University campus (e.g., TAMU Superfund Research Center, Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center)

About the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health 
The department has 16 full time faculty members, is the administrative home of the Ergonomics Center and the Center for Population Health and Aging and trains approximately 60 graduate students annually. It offers a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Environmental Health, Occupational Safety and Health, and Doctor of Public Health (DrPH). Additionally, Environmental and Occupational Health faculty teach in the School’s undergraduate degree program, which has nearly 2,600 students, including a minor in Occupational Safety and Health, available to all Texas A&M majors.

The School of Public Health is the only unit among the Health Science Center holding qualifications and membership in the Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS).

 

Application Instructions

All applications materials should be submitted through or uploaded to Interfolio http://apply.interfolio.com/125838. Please provide: 1) curriculum vitae, 2)  a cover letter, 3) personal statement to include teaching, research, and service as applicable, and 4) a list of five (5) references; references will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. Questions regarding this posting may be sent to Dr. David Douphrate, search committee Co-Chair.

 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.