Assistant​/Associate Professor in Integrated Health Lifecycle and Systems

Purdue University Main Campus | Indianapolis and West Lafayette, IN
Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Positions at Assistant and Associate Ranks

Purdue University invites applications for multiple tenured or tenure-track faculty positions as part of a multi-department strategic faculty recruitment initiative in Integrated Health Across Lifecycle and Systems. This strategic recruitment will help advance Purdue’s One Health initiative ( https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). ) which seeks to tackle complex challenges with real-world impact at the intersection of human, animal, and plant health.

This cross-disciplinary faculty recruitment aims to transform research and impact in the areas of human, animal, and environmental health by bridging silos and fostering collaboration across disciplines. Addressing health not as isolated episodes of illness but as a continuum shaped by systems, environments, and behavior, this cluster will amplify Purdue’s research strengths and catalyze meaningful public impact across Indiana and beyond.

Participating colleges (and departments) include:

• College of Agriculture (Agriculture Economics, ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon ;
  Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, ag.purdue.edu/department/hla ; Food Science, ag.purdue.edu/department/foodsci)
• Daniels School of Business (Daniels School of Business (Management Information Systems, business.purdue.edu/academics/mis/ ;
  Supply Chain and Operations Management,  ;
  Marketing,  ; Economics, business.purdue.edu/academics/economics))
• College of Pharmacy (Pharmacy Practice, phpr.purdue.edu)
• College of Liberal Arts (Sociology, cla.purdue.edu/academic/sociology)
• College of Health and Human Sciences (Human Development and Family Science, hhs.purdue.edu/hdfs ) Health and Kinesiology, hhs.purdue.edu/hk ; Psychological Sciences, hhs.purdue.edu/psy ) Public Health, hhs.purdue.edu/public-health ;
  Health Sciences, hhs.purdue.edu/hsci ;
  Nutrition Science, hhs.purdue.edu/nutr ; Nursing, hhs.purdue.edu/nur ; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, hhs.purdue.edu/slhs )

We invite applications from scholars working in the following areas, as well as related or emerging fields that complement the cluster’s interdisciplinary goals:

• Workplace and Environmental Health. Indiana’s workforce—especially in agriculture, manufacturing, and healthcare—faces unique health risks related to environmental exposures, occupational safety, and disparities in preventative health. Environmental stressors often transcend species and systems, affecting ecosystems, humans, and animals alike. Faculty may leverage advanced tools such as imaging (e.g., MRI), biomonitoring, and wearable technology to examine how workplace conditions, environmental hazards, and health behaviors intersect, with an emphasis on both preventative and promotive strategies, improving organizational practices, community training, and policy translation.
  
  The goal is to reduce healthcare costs, increase productivity, and improve quality of life, particularly for rural and urban communities.
• Food as Medicine movement, which emphasizes foods for health and food intake by integrating food science, nutritional science, and public health with clinical care. Food components, dietary patterns, and processing innovations play a vital role in preventing chronic illness and supporting both physical and emotional well-being. This pillar will explore how to embed evidence-based dietary programs into health systems and communities, addressing challenges of production, formulation, distribution, and personalization (e.g., microbiome- or culturally informed diets).
  
  It will also highlight the role of food science in advancing sustainable agricultural practices, novel food technologies, and manufacturing approaches that improve accessibility while maintaining nutritional quality. Close collaboration across agriculture, dietetics, food science, clinical medicine, public health, and economics will be essential to scalable and impactful solutions.
• Aging, Economics/Pharmacoeconomics, and Resource Optimization to…