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Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego

Pediatric/Perinatal Epidemiologist - Assistant or Associate Professor

(Division of Dysmorphology)

The Department of Pediatrics (http://www-pediatrics.ucsd.edu/) at the University of California, San Diego is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. The department has established a new Center for the Promotion of Maternal Health and Infant Development, and invites applications for a faculty position in this Center in epidemiology/public health. The Center has a focus on prenatal environmental exposures including medications, diseases, chemicals, alcohol and drugs, and the risk of birth defects and other developmental disabilities. The Center is interested in individuals with backgrounds in epidemiology broadly defined, including training and expertise in nutritional epidemiology, perinatal epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, molecular or genetic epidemiology.

The successful candidate will have a PhD or MD with advanced training in epidemiology or a related field. Candidates will be considered who are at an entry level for junior faculty or who are mid-career. Applicants should place high priority on teaching medical and graduate students. In addition, it is anticipated that the candidate will be competitive immediately or in the near future in applying for NIH funding. Applicants with experience working with underserved populations are particularly encouraged to apply. In addition the department is interested in candidates who have demonstrated commitment to excellence by providing leadership in teaching, research or service towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.

UCSD School of Medicine offers a research-intensive environment with multiple opportunities for collaboration with colleagues in Reproductive Medicine, Family and Preventive Medicine, the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, the UCSD Clinical and Translational Research Institute, the Sanford-Burnham Institute, and other departments and institutes. 

Salary is commensurate with University of California policy. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with University of California pay scales. Funding for these positions include partial salary support from the University of California. To apply, please send a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae including the list of publications and professional activities, and the names and email addresses of 3-5 references and a separate personal statement summarizing past or potential contributions to diversity and leadership.  

Please apply via the UCSD application collection system, Recruit, at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/

Please apply to the following opening:
Pediatrics - Assistant or Associate Professor (Dysmorphology-Epidemiologist) (10-384)

UCSD is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity.