Professor or Associate Professor; Program Administration

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment, Queens College, CUNY, is an environmental and occupational health research center celebrating its 60th year of existence. It addresses real world environmental and occupational health threats in a manner that includes communities and seeks solutions that ameliorate the health impacts of those threats. BCCHE emphasizes a scientific approach that facilitates public participation in gathering information and developing solutions and that interacts extensively with people and organizations that determine or are affected by these policy choices.

Current research at the Commoner Center addresses early detection of occupational disease in a national medical screening program of nuclear weapons workers; extensive monitoring of air pollution in New York City; salient occupational health problems of New York City immigrant workers; and the long-term impact of World Trade Center-related exposures on health.

Queens College is part of CUNY, the City University of New York, the nation’s leading urban public university that consistently ranks at or near the top of social mobility rankings. Queens College is an urban, minority-serving public institution dedicated to serving the people of New York by delivering an accessible, affordable, and excellent education. We serve nearly 16,000 students taught by 621 full-time faculty and 787 adjuncts on a beautiful 80-acre mid-Queens campus.

The mission of Queens College is to prepare students to become leading citizens of an increasingly global society. Queens College students represent a vibrant mix of cultures; they hail from 170 different countries and speak more than 90 native languages, providing an extraordinary educational environment. Queens College students graduate with the ability to think critically, address complex problems, explore various cultures, and use modern technologies and information resources.

In support of the campus mission, strategic plans and values, the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment invites applications for the position of Director at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor with an anticipated start date of August 26, 2026. A successful candidate will possess the intellectual and administrative leadership ability and proven academic and professional record to sustain the current Center program and to expand Center research and engagement in new important areas in environmental and occupational health.

They will be expected to have or develop interactions with other institutions or organizations in the New York region and beyond, including universities, government, community-based organizations, labor, and the private sector.

The Center Director oversees 7 MD and PhD faculty (4 supported by CUNY) and 35 additional Center staff with an annual budget of approximately $11 million. The Center Director promotes interaction within and outside the Center within and beyond the University; ensures that Center activities are adherent to Queens College and CUNY mission and policies; monitors research opportunities to collaborate within CUNY;

and ensures that the Center provides teaching and student opportunities at Queens College.

Appointment will be at the Professor or Associate Professor level, tenure track or with tenure.

M.D. or Ph.D. degree in occupational and environmental medicine, epidemiology, and exposure science or related professional disciplines. They must have a strong record of research in occupational and environmental health.

Appropriate candidates for the Center Director position will have a PhD and/or MD in relevant public health disciplines/specialties. Occupational and environmental medicine, epidemiology, and exposure science are desired areas of principal focus. They will have a strong record of published environmental and occupational health research; consistent evidence of successful research funding support; demonstrated intellectual and professional leadership in an academic or government setting;

substantive experience interacting with communities and organizations affected by environmental and occupational health threats; a record of regional, national, or international leadership within the profession; and evidence of commitment to the mission of CUNY.

Professor: $141,643-$155,388 (9 months) plus administrative supplement (to be negotiated) plus 3 months of summer salary (guaranteed for 3…