Non-Tenure Track Faculty - DrPH Director - Health Policy and Administration

Position: Open Rank Non-Tenure Track Faculty - DrPH Director - Health Policy and Administration
Open Rank Non-Tenure Track Faculty
- DrPH Director
- Health Policy and Administration Hiring Department:
Health Policy and Administration

Location:

Chicago, IL USA Requisition y:  The salary range of employees currently holding equivalent positions is $95,000 - $175,000 per academic (9-month) year.

POSITION SUMMARY The Division of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health (SPH) seeks applications for a DrPH Program Director at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Clinical Professor, with a start date in Fall 2027. We are looking for a visionary leader committed to advancing the program's academic excellence, growth, and public health impact.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life
Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid Time Off, and Tuition Waivers for employees
and dependents. About the DrPH Program, HPA
Division, SPH, and UIC:

The Doctor of Public Health
(DrPH) in Leadership program explicitly focuses on strengthening
practitioner-student knowledge, skills, and ability to understand and address
the persistent root causes of inequity. We emphasize whole-person,
transformational, and action- learning centered pedagogical approaches through
a cohort-based collective learning approach. The curriculum integrates and
assures achievement of learning aligned with the Council on Education in Public
Health (CEPH) and UIC DrPH program competencies grounded in transformational
leadership. Our courses are delivered in a synchronous distance-based model
that is supported by an ever-growing global community of student-practitioners,
faculty, alumni, staff, and strategic partners.

The
Division of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) at the UIC SPH is an interprofessional, transdisciplinary
community addressing the underlying structural and social drivers of population
health and disparities. Through mutually reinforcing teaching, research, and
practice, we analyze, identify, and implement evidence-based solutions across
policy, systems, and organizations in Chicago, nationally, and globally.
Anchored in community and cross-sector partnerships, our work responds to lived
experiences and real-world environments to achieve lasting impact. Our
expertise—centered on health disparities and equity—spans policy, law,
economics, health services, healthcare administration, and leadership. The UIC School of Public Health is the only Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited
school of public health in Illinois. UIC SPH is dedicated to enhancing quality
of life by improving public health and plays a vital role in educating the
nation’s public health workforce. UIC SPH consistently ranks among the top 10%
of all schools and programs of public health nationally (ranked 22nd nationally
in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report). For more than 50 years, UIC SPH has
been the state's principal educator of public health professionals as well as researchers,
academic faculty, policymakers, and activists whose work positively affects
health and well-being in communities that are diverse with respect to race,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and
religion. UIC SPH is one of seven health science colleges that comprise UI
Health, the only academic public health center in Chicago.

UIC is
among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie
RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves
over 37,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the
nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian
American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and
a Hispanic Serving…