Associate Professor-Tenure System

The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Pharm Tox) and the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health (CSM DPH) invite applications for a tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the area of environmental toxicology. This candidate will study environmental contaminants and their relation to improving public health. Ideal applicants will be expected to focus their research on environmental contaminants within the United States and, when possible, within the Midwest, with the goal of improving public health.

Successful candidates will be expected to bring or develop a successful independent research program funded by NIH or other federal sources. They will also be expected to participate in advising, mentoring, and teaching graduate students in the Pharm Tox program and/or CSM DPH. This position will be shared by the MSU College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The successful candidate will spend most of their time (60%) conducting community-engaged research (centered on current and emerging environmental contaminants, how exposure to them is distributed throughout populations, methods to understand and reduce their effects on those who are socially and medically vulnerable, and methods to advance public health. This research could be a wet lab or computational (including health services research, qualitative/survey research, etc.)

in nature, focusing on understanding the pathophysiological impact of environmental contaminants. The research should also have an environmental health component. The position will also have a significant service/outreach component (30%) to foster relationships with communities disproportionately impacted by the contaminants studied, incorporate their priorities and perspectives into the research, and engage with them in environmental policy advocacy, stewardship, or other partnerships.

Finally, the successful candidate will develop teaching modules on environmental toxicology (10%) for the Pharm Tox MS program and the MPH program in the CSM DPH.

The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology strives to pioneer new therapies, unravel toxicant mechanisms, and develop leaders in science and healthcare who will make substantial contributions to society. Our Pharm Tox faculty and students engage in groundbreaking research that explores various aspects of pharmacology and toxicology including drug discovery, chemical and food safety, and translational impact woven throughout our funded research activities.

Since the inauguration of the Department in 1966, faculty in the Department have been leaders within professional societies, and students have gone onto highly successful careers spanning industry, government, and academia. Pharm Tox is home to doctoral- and masters-level degree programs, an undergraduate minor, multiple training grants for students and postdoctoral scholars, and summer programs to support research immersion. Our partnerships with departments and centers spanning the breadth of the university help to strengthen research collaboration.

The Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, based in Flint, Michigan, is the first academic department to be co-developed and co-governed in partnership with the communities it serves. Flint community members had the idea to build a medical school department in Flint; they co-founded the Department, set academic priorities for the Department, and they served on Department search committees and in other Department leadership roles.

As a result of this innovative community-partnered approach, the Department has obtained more than $193 million in external funding since it began