Rutgers University

Recruitment/Posting Title Assistant/Associate/Professor in Global Health (Multiple Positions)

Department Rutgers Global Health Inst

Salary Commensurate With Experience

Posting Summary 

Rutgers Global Health Institute invites applications for faculty positions that focus on broad areas of global health, such as epidemics and infectious diseases, nutrition and health, health systems, health economics, and the effects of climate change on health.

We are seeking committed investigators at assistant or associate/full professor level (tenured or tenure tracked) to join RGHI and the appropriate affiliated Rutgers school or health system to contribute to rigorous science and knowledge development. Faculty are anticipated to engage in research and scholarly activities, but residence location is not restricted to New Jersey.

This position seeks to identify extraordinary scholars in their fields. Responsibilities include a combination of research and education. Interdisciplinary researchers are desired.

Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit the following optional documents. Please limit your documents to no more than 1-2 pages each.

• Research Statement (A summary of your research accomplishments, current work, and future direction and potential of your work.)
• Teaching Statement (A brief narrative describing your beliefs and practices related to teaching and learning.)
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement (A brief summary of your values, experiences, plans, and capabilities related to diversity, equity and inclusion.)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include:

• Establishes an innovative, independent, collaborative and extramurally funded research program
• Provides thought leadership in the respective global health research area
• Understands and adheres to legacy UMDNJ’s compliance standards as they appear in legacy UMDNJ’s Corporate Compliance Policy and Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy.

Position Status

COVID-19 Immunization RequirementUnder Policy 60.1.35, Rutgers University requires all prospective employees to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated and have received a booster (where eligible) against COVID-19 prior to commencement of employment, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Prospective employees who are not eligible for a booster at the time of an offer of employment must provide proof they have received a booster within two weeks (14 calendar days) of eligibility. Based on current guidance, individuals are considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two weeks after receiving the final dose of any COVID-19 vaccine authorized or approved for use in the United States by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eligibility for a booster against COVID-19 varies and is explained on the University’s web site located at https://coronavirus.rutgers.edu/covid-19-vaccine. Failure to provide proof of primary vaccination and booster will result in rescission of a prospective employee’s offer of employment and/or disciplinary action up to and including termination.

Posting Number 21FA1270

Posting Open Date 10/29/2021

Posting Close Date 

Minimum Education and Experience 

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Candidates for Assistant Professor should have strong research potential (as demonstrated by relevant publications and funding potential).
• Candidates for Associate Professor should have a strong track record of research publication, and funding.
• Candidates for Full Professor position should have a track record of research, publication, and funding that distinguishes them, nationally or internationally, as leaders in their fields.

Successful candidates should possess a doctoral degree in epidemiology, medicine, public health, or related field with a strong publication record, and a history of external grant funding (or demonstrated potential to obtain funding) in their field of research.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five years post-doctorate employment.
• Excellent research/publication record
• Experience leading, supervising and/or working with multidisciplinary research teams
• Experience teaching at the graduate level (Master’s degree or higher degree), with responsibility for directing the research of others
• Strong communication, writing, problem solving and interpersonal abilities.

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Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

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Physical Demands and Work Environment 

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OverviewRBHS Overview:

New Jersey’s premier academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers, health researchers and providers, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty, staff, and learners.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

School Overview:

Rutgers Global Health Institute offices are located on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The institute was founded in 2017 and is a vibrant, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to

scholarly collaboration and research that focuses on critical questions related to access to healthcare, health services, population health, and health equity. Rutgers Global Health Institute is a universitywide entity that can jointly recruit with any other Rutgers school. Rutgers Global Health Institute’s core and affiliate members include over 100 outstanding faculty who have generated award-winning scholarship that has influenced fields such as infectious diseases, women’s and gender studies, biomedical informatics, epidemiology, health systems, and translational medicine. The institute is home to many faculty elected to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine advisory committees, named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and recipients of multiple awards such as the Edison Patent Award.

Faculty are actively involved in mentoring future scholars at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The institute is housed in a 57,000 square foot state-of-the-art, custom-built academic and research facility located in the heart of New Brunswick, an ethnically diverse city with easy access to public transportation to New York City and Philadelphia.

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Quick Link to Postinghttps://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/146584

Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus Downtown New Brunswick

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