Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Elder Mistreatment Research (EMR), UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging - Open Department, School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health invites applications from exceptional investigators conducting research into healthy aging across the lifespan to fill a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. We have a strong core of faculty who are collaboratively engaged in cutting-edge, aging-related research, especially in research topics that are related to elder mistreatment (e.g., dementia, social isolation, and caregiving). Our group recently received funding from the National Institute on Aging to build the first ever Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences on Aging with a thematic focus on elder mistreatment. This is an exciting time at UTHealth Houston, and we want to hire talented, passionate, innovative researchers to help us build on our momentum. This position will provide you with the opportunity to join an innovative research team, and the intellectual space to collaborate with current programs, while developing new ideas and research directions. This position can be placed in any department within the School of Public Health. Joint appointments with other schools at UTHealth Houston are possible.

Example research areas the ideal applicant will be engaged in include, but are not limited to:

· Injury and violence prevention (especially elder mistreatment)

· Social isolation and loneliness

· Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias

· Epidemiology of aging

· Health care delivery and outcomes research

· Implementation science

· Health economics

· Health informatics

· Biostatistics and novel research methods

Position Key Accountabilities:

· Developing a funded research program and disseminating findings in peer-reviewed journals - focused on healthy aging, late-life quality of life, elder abuse, and/or social isolation intervention

· Mentoring emerging scholars in aging-related research.

· Teaching in MPH and/or doctoral programs.

· Serving in institutional and external capacities.

· Work collaboratively with UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging cores and collaborators on inter-professional projects and research

Qualifications:
• Doctoral degree in a traditional public health discipline, a behavioral health discipline, a clinical health discipline, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated proven track record or strong potential for securing peer-reviewed funding and publications.
• Commitment to excellence in teaching and advising graduate students and excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong passion for aging-related research and the ability to identify diverse funding sources.
• Possess content expertise and teaching capabilities in areas related to public health.

Interested applicants should complete the web application at Faculty (tmc.edu). Please attach a letter describing qualifications and interests, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for three professional references to the web application. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. Address any questions to Brad Cannell, PhD, MPH, Chair, Search Committee at [email protected].

This is a security-sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education Code §51.215. A background check will be required for the final candidates.

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