The School of Public Health at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full?time, non-tenure, Research Assistant Professor for the Center for Community Health and Aging. Faculty considering this opportunity will be asked to identify an academic home in any of the four departments in the School: Health Behavior, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, or Health Policy and Management.
The successful candidate will conduct applied research, support grant development, and focus on scientific dissemination. The candidate should conduct research in community health, systems science, healthy aging, social determinants of health, life course studies, economics of aging, or program evaluation. There is potential for limited opportunities to teach, mentor students, and engage in professional service. This 11-month appointment would ideally start January 1, 2025. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled; however, for best consideration candidates should apply prior to October 1, 2024.
About the Center for Community Health and Aging
The mission of the Center for Community Health and Aging is to increase the capacity of individuals, organizations, and communities, to improve population health and aging well across the life-course utilizing a community health development approach and multi-level evidence-based solutions.? In 2024, a new director, Dr. Whitney Garney, was appointed. The Center includes six core faculty members with expertise in aging and health promotion, systems science, health risk behaviors across the life course, community health, community capacity building, adolescent health, and technology interventions. The Center includes 20 full-time staff members working on a range of federally funded grants, service contracts, and state/community initiatives.
The Center has a vibrant research portfolio that primarily focuses on healthy aging across the life-course and community health. The Center has a nationally known training agenda, focusing on equipping the public health workforce through Community Health Worker (and CHW-I) training, evidence-based programs, and community capacity building. Funding sources have included the National Institutes of Health, Office of Population Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Administration for Community Living, as well as other federal and state agencies, private companies, and foundations. The Center is poised to grow its capacity with additional core faculty that can lead or co-lead the Center in the areas of healthy aging over the life course, the built environment, social determinants of health, digital health, older worker health and functioning, or other relevant topics.
Additional Information
Located in College Station, Texas on the flagship campus of the Texas A&M University System, the CEPH-accredited School of Public Health has more than 91 faculty in four departments. Texas A&M University, a land-, sea-, and space-grant institution, was the state’s first public institution of higher learning, is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) and boasts world-class resources available to all faculty.
Qualifications
Candidates must hold a doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) and demonstrate a strong record of scholarship as appropriate for their rank. A candidate’s scholarship must focus on public health and aging that aligns with the Center for Community Health and Aging’s mission.?
About Texas A&M University School of Public Health
The department has 18 tenured and tenure track faculty members, 13 non-tenure earning faculty and staff members, and is home to approximately 100 graduate students. The Department offers a traditional Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in health behavior as well as a concentration in the school-wide Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Public Health Sciences. Additionally, Health Behavior faculty teach in the School’s undergraduate generalist degree program, which has over 2,000 students.
Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment for all visitors, students, faculty, and staff by promoting a culture that embraces inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability. Diverse perspectives, talents, and identities are vital to accomplishing our mission and living our core values.
Texas A&M University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability employer committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment. Applications from women, minorities, and members of other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged and will be actively sought. The University is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty ...often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore implements policies that contribute to work-life balance.
The school engages in strategies to create and sustain an inclusive climate for all, building an environment in which diversity of experiences, thoughts, personal and professional backgrounds are valued and leveraged to strengthen our school. We seek individuals who are committed to eradicating institutionalized barriers to progress across all realms (health, economic, education) in their leadership, research, teaching and/or service. Ideal candidates should be eager to continue and expand their efforts upon joining our team.
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). The ideal candidate will have experience in working with, creating, and leading diverse groups.
