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

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 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 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.

UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to receive both honors.

For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine’s list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review’s list of Top Value Colleges.

UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.

Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.

The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff, with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF CAREER Award, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.