Next review date: Sunday, Oct 22, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego (hwsph.ucsd.edu) is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body and has occasional openings for temporary non-tenure track lecturers (Unit 18) for Academic years Winter 23/24 and 24/25.
The HWSPH has focal areas of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Climate & Environmental Health, Community Health Services and Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Equity and Justice, Global Health, Health Behavior, Health Policy, Public Mental Health, and Technology & Precision Health and offers teaching and student mentoring opportunities in our BS in Public Health, MPH, PhD in Public Health (administered jointly with SDSU), and MS and PhD in Biostatistics degree programs. Further, the School has a Preventive Medicine Residency program. The School has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Moores Cancer Center, Jacobs School of Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Rady School of Management, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and with other partners across the UC San Diego campus. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School. The School is comprised of more than 125 primary faculty and academics, 25 secondary faculty, and 200 staff members and provides instruction and mentorship to 700 BSPH majors and 225 postgraduate students, and the School's faculty and academics hold ~$125M total awarded grants and contracts.
Courses in which lecturers may be needed include BS undergraduate and graduate courses including but not limited to:
BS: FMPH 40 - Introduction to Public Health FMPH 101 - Epidemiology FMPH 110 - Health Behavior and Chronic Diseases FMPH 120 - Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles FMPH 130 - Environmental and Occupational Health FMPH 193,194 - Public Health Capstone sequence FMPH 196a,b,c - Honors Program sequence
MPH: FMPH 401 - Introduction to Epidemiology FMPH 402 - Introduction to Health Behavior FMPH 403 - Public Health Research Methods FMPH 404 - Environmental Health FMPH 405 - Health Policy and Management FMPH 406 - Scientific Writing FMPH 410 - Health Behavior Interventions FMPH 411 - Measurement and Program Evaluation FMPH 412 - Scale Development for Behavioral Health Measurement FMPH 413 - Ethics in Public Health Research/Practice FMPH 415 - Advanced Epidemiological Methods FMPH 416 - Environmental Epidemiology FMPH 417 - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology FMPH 418 - Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases FMPH 467 - Cancer: Cause and Prevention
Appointees must comply with School and University instructions, deadlines, and policies regarding course scheduling, and are expected to be flexible with regard to the scheduling of their classes to accommodate the limited space availability for classrooms during standard business hours. Classes may be in person, online, or mixed. Appointments may be part or full-time, for 1, 2, or 3 classes per quarter and 1, 2, or 3 quarters in duration in an academic year. In the application, please specify the courses or academic area(s) in which you are qualified to teach. We are especially interested in recruiting candidates committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and who will make a strong and meaningful contribution to the development of a campus climate that supports that commitment.
Basic qualifications (required at time of application) Candidates must be in the process of obtaining or have obtained an advanced terminal degree in a program related to public health. Additional qualifications (required at time of start) Candidates must have a PhD, DrPh, other related doctoral degree, or other related terminal degree (e.g. MPH, RD) by the start date of appointment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred qualifications Candidates with research or practice experience relevant to the course(s) to which they are applying to teach and/or prior college-level teaching experience are preferred; experience can be as a teaching assistant. Application Requirements
Document requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Teaching Evaluations
Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Candidates are required to show a demonstrated commitment to diversity and equity by submitting a Diversity Statement of past contributions and/or future plans of excellence in this area as part of their application for an academic appointment.
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