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Johns Hopkins University Tenure Track Faculty Position, Environmental Epidemiology in Baltimore, Maryland
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health invites applications for a full-time, tenure track research and teaching faculty position. We are seeking applicants with specific expertise in epidemiologic investigation of environmental exposures, risks, and health outcomes, as well as broader research and teaching expertise in the environmental health sciences. A range of environmental and community conditions and exposures and related health outcomes across the lifespan are of interest to the department.
Qualified applicants must hold a doctoral degree (e.g., MD, PhD, DrPH), specific training in epidemiology and environmental health sciences, and documented success in epidemiologic research. The rank of the appointment will be in accordance with the successful candidate's experience.
Successful applicants will demonstrate a solid record of scholarship and extramurally funded research commensurate with rank; strong skills to contribute to advancing their field and teaching; and a commitment to addressing the challenges in their identified areas of research through translation of research to policy. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a sustainable sponsored research program in the Bloomberg School's highly collaborative environment; be an active contributor to the educational mission of the Department; and should have experience in teaching, mentoring, and advising students at the graduate level. The candidate should enjoy working in a highly interdisciplinary team environment. Candidates should also be committed to fostering justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout their research, teaching, and mentoring activities.
The Department offers excellent opportunities for cross cutting interdisciplinary research in many areas in the environmental health sciences, including environmental epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, toxicology, physiology, climate sciences, exposure sciences, risk assessment, environmental justice, and environmental engineering. Excellent collaboration opportunities exist within the Department and throughout the top ranked Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as other local partners including the Kennedy Krieger Institute, the Center for Women's Health, Sex and Gender Research and the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Data Analysis Center (https://www.jhsph.edu/departments/epidemiology/echo/), which are conveniently located on the East Baltimore Campus. Please visit our departmental website at https://ehe.jhu.edu/.
Applications can be submitted at any time and will be reviewed as received. We anticipate the submission period will be closed by early Autumn 2023, but may continue as needed until the position is filled.
Applications must be submitted using Interfolio and include: Cover letter addressed to Brian S. Schwartz, MD, MS, Chair of Faculty Search Committee, Curriculum Vitae, a statement outlining research and teaching interests, and names and contact information of three references. In addition, applications should include a statement of demonstrated commitment to inclusion, diversity, anti-racism, and equity (IDARE) in scholarship, teaching, policy, and practice, and ways to continue to foster and promote these principles as a member of the Bloomberg School faculty.
Job Type: Full Time Johns Hopkins University is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Consistent with the University’s goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will assess the comprehensive qualifications of each applicant.