Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine; Research Assist

Tufts University:
The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Location

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; and the Tufts University School of Medicine;
Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

Open Date

Aug 02, 2023

Description

Joint search of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; and the Tufts University School of Medicine;
Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

Ranks – Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine;
Research Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor at the Friedman School

The Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Tufts University School of Medicine jointly seek to hire at least two new faculty members with passion, expertise, and scholarship in the area of Food is Medicine (FIM).

Tufts University is making a major new investment to launch a new, cross-university Food is Medicine Institute. Directed by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian and bringing together research, training, patient services, policy development, and community engagement, this first-of-its-kind Institute will serve as a catalyst to drive change, improve health, reduce health disparities, and create a more equitable and resilient healthcare system that recognizes the power of nourishing food.

Its efforts will be centered in health equity to work collaboratively with and improve the lives of traditionally marginalized, vulnerable populations. The Institute will also host and build a national network of partnerships with stakeholders within and beyond healthcare to ensure that efforts advance well-being and policy broadly and reach the people who need them most.

Tufts is already the nation’s academic leader in FIM research, with more than a dozen active projects and over $20 million in grant funding secured in the past 2 years. The Food is Medicine Institute will build upon and advance this leadership with additional university and external investments. This faculty search is part of a cluster hire to recruit and bring together multiple new faculty across domains of scholarship that jointly focus on novel and rigorous approaches to advance FIM.

Faculty may be appointed at the Friedman School, the School of Medicine, or both, depending on their background, training, scholarship, and interests.

The successful candidate(s) will expand upon, complement, and synergize with our current strengths and bring new expertise and scholarship focused on FIM, including around food and nutrition security, clinical trials, policy evaluation, health services and care delivery, and health disparities. Areas of focus could include, for example:

Across all these areas, novel and rigorous approaches to investigate and address structural disparities and inequities are of special interest.

Qualifications

Candidates must possess a relevant medical or doctoral degree, with additional background and training in health sciences (e.g., medicine, nutrition, public health, health services, etc.), social sciences (e.g., economics, political science, sociology, etc.), or related professions (e.g., public policy, business, law, etc.). Faculty who work well across disciplines, are collegial and collaborative, and have interest in the intersections of medicine, nutrition, health, and equity will particularly thrive in this role.

Candidates should have a track record of…