[Jobs] [Paa-info] Faculty Position Announcement, Health Demographer, University of Minnesota (fwd)

Tue Nov 17 09:22:21 PST 2009

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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:43:06 -0600
From: Rob Warren <warre046 at umn.edu>
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Organization: University of Minnesota
Subject: [Paa-info] Faculty Position Announcement, Health Demographer,
      University of Minnesota

The Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and the Division of Health Policy & 
Management
(HP&M) at the University of Minnesota are jointly searching for a health 
demographer.
As detailed in the job description below, we will hire an Assistant or 
Associate
Professor (to begin fall 2010) who will serve the research, teaching, and 
service
missions of both units. 

Please feel free to contact me or Lynn Blewett (blewe001 at umn.edu) with 
questions.

Thank you,
Rob Warren
Acting Director, Minnesota Population Center
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Job Description
Assistant/Associate Professor  (Requisition 163856 / 163857)

Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
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Minnesota Population Center
University of Minnesota

The Division of Health Policy and Management (HPM), School of Public Health and 
the
Minnesota Population Center (MPC) at the University of Minnesota invite 
applications
for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor with interests in
interdisciplinary population and health research. We seek a health demographer 
who can
actively contribute to the research and training missions of both HPM and 
MPC. The
tenure home for this position is in the Division of Health Policy and 
Management in the
School of Public Health.

A doctoral degree in health services research, demography or a related 
discipline such
as economics or sociology is required. Suitable candidates will have background 
and
experience in both population studies and health services research, and will 
engage in
scholarship that bridges these areas of inquiry. We are especially interested 
in
candidates who use secondary data to understand issues related to population 
health
and/or access to care. Special consideration will be given to candidates with 
(1)
research experience and publications using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 
the
National Center for Health Statistics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality,
and related agencies; (2) expertise in survey methodology and/or formal 
demographic
techniques; and (3) substantive interests in issues related to access to health 
care
for vulnerable populations.

The successful candidate will play an active role in the training of graduate 
students
with interests in population health who may be pursuing degrees in health 
services
research, sociology, public health, public administration, or other 
fields. Candidates
also should be willing to prepare courses on formal demographic techniques 
and/or
survey research methods.

The Division of Health Policy and Management is located in the School of Public
Health. Its mission is to improve the public's health by stimulating, 
coordinating, and
conducting high quality research and teaching programs that are focused on 
improving
the organization, financing and delivery of health care services. The Division 
is home
to several vibrant research centers including the State Health Access Data 
Assistance
Center (SHADAC), whose faculty conducts research and technical assistance on 
the
collection and use of data related to health insurance coverage and access to 
care.

The Minnesota Population Center is a University-wide interdisciplinary 
cooperative for
demographic research. With core support from NICHD, the center provides shared
infrastructure for demographic research and training and coordinates 
collaborative
research across the University. Although best known for its large-scale 
demographic
data infrastructure projects, MPC houses numerous substantive, 
interdisciplinary
research projects on population, health, the environment, and related issues. 

Researchers from MPC and HPM successfully led an effort to establish a new 
Census
Bureau Research Data Center which will open in January 2010. The Minnesota 
Research
Data Center (MnRDC) provides access to confidential (non-public) data for 
research in a
highly secure environment. The MnRDC will provide Minnesota researchers access 
to
restricted datasets from the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center for Health
Statistics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other
agencies. Minnesota researchers in demography, business, economics, 
epidemiology,
geography, health services, public policy, sociology, and elsewhere will 
benefit from
this important new research infrastructure. We seek someone who will take 
advantage of
role in the new center. 

Researchers in MPC and HPM have long had collaborative research relationships. 
For
example, the Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS) provides integrated data 
and
documentation from the U.S. National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS) from 1969 
to the
present. Over 1000 integrated variables are now available, and linking keys 
enable
users to include other, not yet integrated variables from the NHIS files 
facilitating
research on health of populations over time. This project is lead by an HPM 
faculty
member and housed at the MPC.  

This 12-month, 100% time appointment offers the standard University benefits 
(see
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/benefits/bensum/index.html). Salary and rank are based 
on
experience and qualifications.  The position is open until filled. Review of
applications begins on December 1, 2009 and continues until filled. Candidates 
applying
at the assistant professor level should go to
http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=84031, where they should 
provide
contact and demographic information, and 1) a letter describing their scholarly
interests, background, experiences, and accomplishments; 2) a curriculum vitae; 
and 3)
two samples of written scholarship. Candidates applying at the associate 
professor
level should go to 
http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=84032, and
provide the information shown above. Applicants should also be prepared, upon
invitation, to have three letters of reference sent on their behalf. Contact 
Lynn
Blewett at blewe001 at umn.edu with questions. E-mailed applications are not 
accepted.

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
_______________________________________________________________________________
John Robert ("Rob") Warren
Professor, University of Minnesota
Department of Sociology
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Acting Director, Minnesota Population Center

909 Social Sciences - 267 19th Ave S - Minneapolis, MN 55455
Ph: 612.624.2310 - Fx: 612.624.7020 - Web: www.soc.umn.edu/-warren

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