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| Job Title: |
Assistant Professor
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| Job Number: |
FAC0005372
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| Organization: |
UNC-CH Department of Epidemiology
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| Posted: |
12/12/2024
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Full-Time
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| Classification: |
Epidemiology
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| Industry: |
Academic Institutions
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| Number of Openings: |
1
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| Location: |
Chapel Hill, NC USA
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| Compensation: |
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| Position Description: |
The Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is recruiting one full-time tenure-track faculty at the rank of assistant professor focused on cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Outstanding candidates will have expertise in the epidemiology, biology, etiology, prevention, and impact of cardiovascular disease or its risk factors. Other areas of interest include clinical epidemiology, outcomes research, and implementation science as applied to cardiovascular disease.
UNC Department of Epidemiology faculty are expected to develop and maintain an independently funded research portfolios, serve as academic advisors to doctoral and masters epidemiology students, and contribute to classroom teaching in their discipline (e.g. cardiovascular disease epidemiology).
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| Qualifications: |
Candidates for the rank of Assistant Professor must demonstrate strong potential to become independent investigator, teacher, and mentor. Future promotion to Associate Professor with tenure will require a strong record of scholarship, including substantial experience as a principal investigator and key collaborator on epidemiology research, a funded research program, and a strong record of teaching and mentoring graduate students.
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| Organization Description: |
The Department of Epidemiology (http://www.sph.unc.edu/epid/) is internationally recognized as a leader in epidemiologic research, practice, and training and is housed within the Gillings School of Global Public Health, the number one ranked public school of Public Health in the US.
Departmental faculty lead research programs, engage with multiple interdisciplinary research centers and programs, and utilize a variety of state, national, and international data repositories. Extensive opportunities exist to collaborate on new and ongoing studies with faculty across the Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, and UNC more broadly. Relevant UNC centers and institutes include The Carolina Population Center (CPC), the Sheps Center for Health Services Research, the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology (CPE), the Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS), The Causal Inference Research Group (CIRG), the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCs), Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC), and the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID). Faculty also engage in collaborations across regional research agencies and institutions including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Institute (RTI), Duke University, and NC State University.
The Department of Epidemiology provides strong training in epidemiology through residential and online programs that serve ~200 students (60% PhD, 35% MPH, 5% MSCR). This training allows students to work with faculty to develop and apply innovative research studies that address a wide range of public health challenges domestically and internationally. Support for exceptional predoctoral scholars is available through NHLBI-funded training grants.
The achievements of faculty, staff, students, and alumni contribute to an international reputation as a leading academic department of epidemiology. The department has an annual operating budget of approximately $30 million and supports approximately 40 Tenured- Tenure Track Faculty, 10 Joint Tenure-Track Faculty, and 25 Fixed Term Faculty.
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| Closing Date: |
3/12/2025
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| Contact Name: |
Sharon Sullivan, Assistant Professor
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| Contact Email: |
sharon_sullivan@unc.edu
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| Web Address: |
https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/291096
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| How to Apply: |
Applications should be submitted electronically through the following website: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/291096.
Applicants should provide a cover letter describing their qualifications, a curriculum vitae, contact information for at least three professional references and three in press or published manuscripts (please add your second and third in press or published manuscripts to other document 2 and 3 slots).
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6/10/2025
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