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The Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at the University
of Wisconsin – Milwaukee was founded in 2009 with an explicit
commitment to social and environmental justice. We seek ten
faculty members across all levels to join us in developing
novel, transdisciplinary research, education, and practice
programs that integrate divergent theoretical, epistemological,
methodological and pedagogical approaches to improve overall
population health and promote social and health equity. We have
openings for scholars with expertise in epidemiology (2),
biostatistics (2), public health policy/administration,
and environmental/occupational health. In valuing equity, we aim
to develop a faculty cohort with gender balance and that
reflects the social and racial/ethnic diversity of the
communities we serve. We will hire a strategic mix of talented
junior and senior faculty, with rank and salary commensurate
with the candidate’s credentials. All positions will be 100%
hard-funded tenure-track (Assistant Professor) or tenured
(Associate or Full Professor) 9-month academic year
appointments, with attractive benefits and start up packages,
and the opportunity to generate summer salary.
More on the Zilber School:
Initiated by a powerful combination of academic leaders,
community advocates and investors, and local officials, the
Zilber School strives to become an innovative,
interdisciplinary, ‘next generation’ School of Public Health.
Our School values excellence in education, research, and
leadership, and promotes participatory community engagement,
strategies and policies, all to foster transformational change
for improving health and health equity. Ours is the newest
school at the UW System’s major metropolitan campus, which is a
Carnegie-designated Doctoral/Research-Extensive institution
undergoing dynamic growth toward expanded research excellence.
Successful candidates will join our founding faculty in
preparing the Zilber School to become Wisconsin’s first
nationally-accredited School of Public Health. Zilber School
faculty are leading emerging research programs that address
public health and health equity from the molecular to the
societal levels. Current disciplinary expertise spans
epigenetics; developmental neurobiology and immunotoxicology;
social and environmental epidemiology; statistical genetics;
public health bioinformatics; social and behavioral sciences;
maternal and child health; and public health law and policy (see
http://publichealth.uwm.edu).
The Zilber School currently offers Master’s of Public Health
(MPH) and PhD degrees in Environmental / Occupational Health and
Community and Behavioral Health Promotion. Additional PhD
programs in Public Health Policy and in Epidemiology are being
planned. Remaining core MPH concentrations in Epidemiology,
Biostatistics and Public Health Policy/Administration are under
development.
The Zilber School’s newly completed, five-story LEED-certified
main facility near downtown provides ample space for
collaborative, interdisciplinary research and anchors one of
Milwaukee’s transforming historic neighborhoods. We are
establishing innovative practice partnerships, beginning with the
City of Milwaukee Health Department, a local academic health
department co-located in our new facility. Additional approved
dedicated wet laboratories on the main UW-Milwaukee campus will
provide complementary space for cutting-edge, laboratory-based
public health research.
Milwaukee is a vibrant, diverse urban area on the shores of Lake
Michigan with easy access to beaches, a thriving cultural scene,
an expansive urban parks system, and hundreds of miles of bike
lanes and paths. There is great enthusiasm within the Milwaukee
area for promoting public health and systems change.
Qualifications and Position Summary:
All candidates must possess a doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, MD, JD,
etc.) in a relevant core public health field or related discipline
at the time of appointment. ABD candidates will be considered for
assistant professor positions. We seek exceptional scholars with
strong publication and extramural funding records (or promise
thereof for new scholars), evidence of teaching excellence, and
commitment to building collaborative partnerships. All areas of
expertise within the disciplines described above will be
considered; priority will be given to candidates whose research
and teaching areas complement existing faculty interests and who
share our aspirations for the Zilber School. Successful candidates
will be expected to teach and mentor culturally and socially
diverse future public health researchers and practitioners;
develop and/or expand their own externally-funded research
program; and collaborate effectively with academic colleagues and
community partners.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Applicants must apply
online – see
www.publichealth.uwm.edu/aboutus/2012FacultyHirePortal.
Online submission materials must include (a) a cover letter
describing research and teaching interests, (b) a full CV, (c) a
research statement describing most significant contributions and
current and future research activities, (d) a teaching statement
describing approach, experience and evidence of teaching
excellence, and (e) contact information for three professional
references. The anticipated start date for these positions is
August 19, 2013, with other start dates negotiable. Review of
applications will begin November 30, 2012 and continue until all
positions are filled.
UW-Milwaukee is an AA/EEO Employer and is committed to increasing
diversity in recruitment and retention, and advancing our
University as an inclusive, caring, and accessible destination
campus for all people. UWM is committed to maintaining a safe
campus environment to mitigate the established health risks
associated with exposure to second-hand smoke. UWM prohibits
smoking of tobacco products in University facilities. Under
Wisconsin’s open records law, requests for confidentiality will be
honored, except that names and titles of all finalists must be
disclosed upon request. All finalists for this position will
require a criminal records review consistent with the Wisconsin
Fair Employment Act.
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