Instructional Faculty in Biostatistics - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

The Temple University Barnett College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is hiring a non-tenure track instructional faculty member in Biostatistics, and we invite applications for an enthusiastic instructor to teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses in biostatistics starting in the  Academic Year.

Instructional faculty teach a combination of in-person and online courses, and the University offers excellent professional development in teaching. Instructional faculty may engage in collaborative research with colleagues and participate in the Department's Biostatistics Core, which offers comprehensive biostatistical consultation and computational services to researchers in the College of Public Health and throughout Temple University, as well as those in other institutions.

Faculty also are expected to contribute meaningfully to campus life through engagement in departmental, college, and university service. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience.

QUALIFICATIONS. We seek collegial faculty with an earned doctorate in biostatistics or a related discipline before the start date. Faculty should demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching, and a commitment to creating inclusive, accessible spaces for all students. Because the Department offers courses for students in multiple disciplines (e.g., nursing, kinesiology, health sciences), we prefer candidates experienced in teaching and mentoring students from different backgrounds in an inclusive setting and skilled in teaching quantitative courses to students with a range of aptitudes and using a variety of statistical software (e.g., SAS, R).

Online teaching experience also is highly desirable. Rank is at the assistant professor of instruction.

THE DEPARTMENT. The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics combines curiosity with rigorous, applied methods that lead to compelling questions and impactful results to improve public health. This is an excellent opportunity to join a department experiencing growth with research expenditures increasing >80% in the past 5 years and agreements for academic programming and research with international universities. The Department has 15 full-time faculty with expertise in mediation, causal inference, missing data and measurement error, semiparametric regression, latent variable modeling, and psychometrics as well as behavioral and chronic disease epidemiology, cancer prevention and control, environmental and occupational exposures, seroepidemiology and disease modeling, aging and cognitive decline, and cardiovascular disease.

The Department annually enrolls over 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students with diverse backgrounds and offers five graduate programs:
PhD in Epidemiology; MPH degrees in Epidemiology (in-person and online), Applied Biostatistics, and Environmental Health; and MS in Public Health Data Science. We also administer a graduate certificate in Applied Clinical Research. The Department also contributes to the College's nationally recognized BS in Public Health and administers a minor in Applied Epidemiology.

THE COLLEGE. The Barnett College of Public Health's mission is to educate, innovate, and transform to bring about healthy, equitable, and thriving communities. Our CEPH-accredited College of Public Health embraces public health in all its disciplinary forms, fostering impactful teaching, scholarship, and interdisciplinary collaborations within and outside the college. We engage in interprofessional education, community and clinical practice, impactful research, and service learning, approaching our work with cultural humility as we advocate for positive change and prepare leaders to address the most pressing issues of our time.

Social justice has always driven our efforts, and we understand that individual health outcomes are intricately tied to the larger systems we inhabit. The College consists of academic units in the public health disciplines, health professions, and the School of Social Work, enrolling approximately 4,200 students. We value differences among our faculty and believe that we can better…