[Jobs] Latin American Health tenure-track at UCLA

[Leora Lawton]

Description

The Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public
Health, seeks to fill a tenured or tenure-track faculty position in
Latin American health. Scholarly emphasis of the applicant should be
on evidence-based practice, policies, and programs that impact
community and population health. Our multidisciplinary faculty has a
strong history of ongoing research and graduate education (MPH, MSPH,
DrPH, PhD programs), and conducts research programs in both domestic
and global contexts.

Candidates at all levels are invited to apply. Substantive specialty
must be in health in Latin America, which may include Latin American
migrants, with research conducted at the community, policy, or
programmatic level. Candidates must have a terminal degree (e.g., PhD,
DrPH, MD) with a focus in the social and behavioral sciences, and must
demonstrate: substantial independent research and peer-reviewed
publications in areas central to Latin American health; potential for
success (junior faculty) or documented success (associate and higher
appointments) in obtaining extramural funding; interdisciplinary
research collaborations; and a commitment to teaching.
Review of applications will commence November 15, 2013 and continue
until the position is filled. Applicants and should provide curriculum
vitae, statement of research interests, three recent publications, and
contact information for at least three references.

UCLA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and has a
strong commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among
its faculty and staff.

Learn More

More information about this recruitment: http://chs.ph.ucla.edu

CHS has a multidisciplinary faculty including those with degrees in
sociology, demography, psychology, anthropology, public health,
medicine, and other disciplines. Applicants may apply online at
https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF00055. Review of applications
will commence November 15, 2013.




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Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
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