Assistant/Associate Professor
Listed on 2026-09-21
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic
Open Rank:
Assistant/ Associate Professor Job Type/Hours perWeek
Full-Time/40 hours
SalaryCommensurate with Experience
Hiring DepartmentPopulation Health Leadership & Analytics
LocationUT Tyler Campus;
Tyler, Texas
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Job SummaryThe department of population health leadership & analytics islooking for one tenure-track faculty member (atthe rank of Assistant or Associate Professor) for the undergraduate program. This faculty will teach Undergraduate Students primarilyand depending on expertise, may teach courses across the twograduate programs (MHA and MPH). This faculty appointment is basedon a 9-month schedule. The position is actively involved in scholarship/publications, seeking extramurally funding,multidisciplinary research, and projects.
The faculty member willteach classes, provide service, mentor students, and activelyrecruit program applicants. The faculty position will be hiredbased on open rank (Assistant or Associate Professor) based on education and experience. The successful candidate will have expertise in one or more of the following areas: epidemiology, population health, rural health,community health assessment, and behavioralhealth. Preference will be given to candidateswhose research and teaching align with these domains (epidemiology,population health, and rural health).
- Provides teaching and education to students, trainees, staff,and other participants in public health educational programs through lectures, didactics, and supervision in practicumsettings.
- Mentors and advises students and serves as faculty for internship/practicum and capstone experiences.
- Serves as subject matter expert on a variety of research studies.
- Provides expert support to collaborators and mentoring juniorinvestigators in research methods.
- Develops an independent and collaborative research program.
- Participates in committee functions as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Maintain regular on-campus presence.
- Attend departmental meetings.
- An earned doctorate in public health or related discipline.
- Associate-rank candidates must demonstrate a well-developedresearch portfolio, evidenced by previous funding and publications.
- Assistant-rank candidates must demonstrate a robust research pipeline with publication potential.
- Experience in a healthcare delivery setting, orpopulation/public health practice setting.
- Should have experience teaching online.
- Ability to plan and organize work.
- Excellent skills with people.
- Ability to achieve a common goal.
- Ability to lead a project timely and efficiently.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
The University of Texas at Tyler is part of the prestigious
University of Texas System that includes 14 institutions located throughout the state. Founded in 1971, UT Tyler today enrolls
10,000 students and consists of six colleges.
Designated an R2 research institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, UT Tylersupports our surrounding region through innovation intended touplift communities, spearhead sustainability initiatives, preserveecosystems and support entrepreneurship. UT Tyler has the highest
Carnegie classification in East Texas.
Our beautiful Tyler campus features more than 200 acres nestledalong a lake and surrounded by thick pine and oak forests,providing a picturesque location for study and recreation. We alsooffer instructional sites at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and in Palestine, Longview, and Houston.
With more than 80 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs offered, UT Tyler provides a wealth of learning opportunities and dynamic programs.
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