Lecturer in Public Health

Position overview

Position title:

Lecturer in Public Health

Salary range: A reasonable salary range estimate for this position is starting at $92,609. The posted UC academic salary scales will depend on how many quarters and classes one teaches. The full salary scale is position:
Academic Year;
Fiscal Year.

Open date:
April 17, 2026

Most recent review date:
Sunday, Jul 12, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date:
Saturday, Apr 17, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego is committed to academic excellence within the faculty, staff, and student body and has occasional openings for temporary non-tenure track lecturers (Unit 18) for Academic years 26/27 and 27/28.

The HWSPH has focal areas of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Climate & Environmental Health, Community Health Services and Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Equity and Justice, Global Health, Health Behavior, Health Policy, Public Mental Health, and Technology & Precision Health and offers six degree programs: BS in Public Health, MPH, MS and PhD in Biostatistics, PhD in Public Health, and a Joint doctoral program with SDSU.

Further, the School has a Preventive Medicine Residency program. UC San Diego has initiated an undergraduate program partnership with Southwestern College in southeast San Diego, with the HWSPH BSPH being the first program to lead this partnership aimed at increasing access and pipeline to the UC system.

The School has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Moores Cancer Center, Rady School of Management, Jacobs School of Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and with other partners across the UC San Diego campus. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School. The School comprises more than 125 primary faculty and academics, 25 secondary faculty, and 150 staff members and provides instruction and mentorship to more than 900 BSPH majors and 225 postgraduate students, and the School's faculty and academics hold $~255M total awarded grants and contracts.

Position Duties:
Appointees must comply with School and University instructions, deadlines, and policies regarding course scheduling, and are expected to be flexible with regard to the scheduling of their classes to accommodate the limited space availability for classrooms during standard business hours. Classes will be in person and may be on the UC San Diego main campus or at our partner site at Southwestern College in the Chula Vista area of San Diego.

Appointments may be part-time or full-time, for 1, 2, or 3 classes per quarter and 1, 2, or 3 quarters in duration in an academic year.

Courses in which lecturers may be needed include BS undergraduate and graduate courses, including but not limited to:

• BS:
  • PH 40 - Introduction to Public Health
  • PH 101 - Epidemiology
  • PH 110 - Health Behavior and Chronic Diseases
  • PH 120 - Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles
  • PH 130 - Environmental and Occupational Health
  • PH 193,194 - Public Health Capstone sequence
  • PH 196a,b,c
    - Honors Program sequence
• MPH:
  • PH 401 - Introduction to Epidemiology
  • PH 402 - Introduction to Health Behavior
  • PH 403 - Public Health Research Methods
  • PH 404 - Environmental Health
  • PH 405 - Health Policy and Management
  • PH 406 - Scientific Writing
  • PH 410 - Health Behavior Interventions
  • PH 411 - Measurement and Program Evaluation
  • PH 412 - Scale Development for Behavioral Health Measurement
  • PH 413 - Ethics in Public Health Research/Practice
  • PH 415 - Advanced Epidemiological Methods
  • PH 416 - Environmental Epidemiology
  • PH 417 - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
  • PH 418 - Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
  • PH 467 - Cancer:
    Cause and Prevention

The full description of the Public Health degree programs and courses offered by the School of Public Health can be found in the online course catalog:
Undergrad;
Grad

In the application, please specify the courses or academic area(s) in which you are qualified to teach.

A link to the full description of the series is provided for your review:
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer Series

Salary is based on the University of California pay scales.

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Candidates must have demonstrated experience in teaching a minimum of one class in a Public Health related topic. Experience as a Teaching Assistant qualifies.

Candidates must have a PhD, DrPH, other related doctoral degree, or other related terminal degree (e.g., MPH, RD) by the start date of appointment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Candidates with…