Instructional Faculty in Epidemiology - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

The Temple College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is hiring a non-tenure track instructional faculty member in Epidemiology, and we invite applications for an enthusiastic instructor to teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses in epidemiology starting in the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

Instructional faculty teach a combination of in-person and online courses. While Temple University offers excellent professional development in teaching, this position also provides collaborative research opportunities. Namely, 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. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience.

The College of Public Health's mission is to educate, innovate, and transform to bring about healthy, equitable, and thriving communities. 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.

QUALIFICATIONS. We seek collegial faculty with an earned doctorate in epidemiology or a related discipline before the start date. Because the Department offers courses for students in multiple disciplines (e.g., nursing, kinesiology, health sciences), successful candidates should be skilled in teaching quantitative courses to students with a range of aptitudes. Online teaching experience is highly desirable. We value diversity and seek individuals committed to inclusive practices in education. Rank is at the assistant or associate professor level.

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 14 full-time faculty with expertise in behavioral and chronic disease epidemiology, cancer prevention and control, environmental and occupational exposures, seroepidemiology and disease modeling, aging and cognitive decline, and cardiovascular disease as well as mediation, causal inference, missing data and measurement error, semiparametric regression, latent variable modeling, and psychometrics. 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. 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. 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 serve and understand our communities through the diversity of our faculty.

The College seeks to empower emerging leaders, advance excellence in interprofessional teaching and applied practice, drive innovation in research, develop sustainable community partnerships, lead through diversity and inclusion, and engage our CPH community worldwide. We focus much of our work on social determinants of health and social justice with strengths in cancer, obesity, HIV, substance abuse, mental health conditions, mobility research, cognition and language, developmental disabilities, organ transplantation and aging. College research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, major private foundations, and state and federal agencies. The College is staffed by a robust complement of seasoned professionals within our Offices of Admissions and Recruitment, Communications and Marketing, Information Technology, Research Administration, and Academic Affairs. Temple's Center for the Advancement of Teaching provides outstanding programs and one-on-one mentoring and consultation to faculty and instructors to promote and support excellence in teaching.

THE UNIVERSITY. Temple University is an urban, research-intensive Carnegie R1 university located in historic and culturally rich Philadelphia, the nation's 6th largest city. The city was ranked third by The New York Times as a world tourist destination. The National Science Foundation ranks Temple among the top 100 universities in the country for research expenditures. Temple is the 6th largest provider of professional education in the nation and includes Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, Law, and Dentistry, as well as research centers. It is also home to Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation's first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers.

Applicants should email a cover letter detailing their interest; curriculum vitae; a statement of teaching philosophy; and the names and contact information of 3-5 references to epibio@temple.edu. Application review begins immediately and will continue until filled.

Contact Dr. Resa M. Jones, Department Chair, at resa.jones@temple.edu with questions or to make nominations.