Post by border health on Dec 5, 2012 12:39:21 GMT -5
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) invites applications for a tenure-track or tenure eligible Associate Professor or Professor position with a focus in Health Disparities with an anticipated appointment date Fall 2013. Leadership, expansion of research, collaboration with existing faculty, and mentorship of new faculty comprise goals within the position. Potential foci in Health Disparities on the U.S./Mexico Border include but are not limited to: 1) socioeconomic factors, including cultural, political, economic, and ethical aspects; 2) health factors, including personal behaviors, decision making, and health care systems; and 3) public policies and their implications, and 4) environmental factors, stemming from both natural and built environments. The successful applicant will demonstrate the ability to lead in an interdisciplinary manner and the ability to engage students and faculty across campus in collaborative research. The individual’s appointment will be in the Department and College consistent with expertise, and additional responsibilities will include teaching, mentoring, and service in or across relevant departments in the field of expertise.
Qualifications: Relevant qualifications include: a terminal degree in the area of expertise, a strong record of leading collaborative and interdisciplinary research in Health Disparities, demonstrated success in procuring extramural funding, a national/international reputation that would enable one to lead a highly visible effort on the U.S./Mexico border related to health disparities, and the demonstration of interdisciplinary collaborative research within a multicultural environment. Applicants from any relevant discipline are encouraged to apply.
The University: The University of Texas at El Paso is an emerging national research university at the heart of the U.S.-Mexico border region committed to the ideals of access and excellence. A leader among Hispanic-serving institutions, UTEP enrolls more than 22,000 students – about 77 percent of them Hispanic – and is the only doctoral research university in the nation with a student body that is a majority Mexican-American.
UTEP offers 70 bachelor’s, 79 master’s, and 19 doctoral programs – with more in development. UTEP’s research spending of nearly $70 million a year ranks the University among the top 200 universities in the nation, its federal research spending of more than $35 million ranks fourth among all Texas public universities, and UTEP was ranked 12th in the 2012 national university ranking by Washington Monthly.
The center for intellectual capital in the region, UTEP has awarded more than 100,000 degrees since its founding in 1914. A major economic engine in the Paso del Norte region, UTEP generates $438 million in local business volume and contributes over 6,900 jobs and $423 million in household income. UTEP offers exciting Division I athletic programs; award-winning theater, dance, and music programs; several art galleries and a museum; andcontinuing and lifelong education programs open to the public.
Our multidisciplinary faculty members currently have research programs focused on Hispanic health disparities, chronic and infectious disease prevention, global health, public health nutrition, environmental and occupational health, maternal-child health and nutrition,substance abuse, and health education and promotion. The University has ongoing collaborations with the Texas Tech University Health Science Center, University of Texas School of Public Health, local school districts, hospitals, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, international andnational universities. Our NIH funded Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center reflects a successful collaboration which has led to a multidisciplinary approach in seeking new and better ways in understanding and helping to eliminate disparities among our rapidly growing Hispanic population. The university also has a growing and on-campus collaborative faculty/student research efforts with LIMBS International, a non-profit entity that develops technology for the poorest of the poor in the developing world. Through this collaboration faculty and students have the opportunity to conduct on campus and field research in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Independently, other faculty have on-going international research collaborations at field sites in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. The University’s facilities are equipped for conducting laboratory and field research in immunology, molecular biology, infectious and chronic disease, exercise science, neurosciences, substance use and abuse, and nutrition and foods.
Qualifications: Relevant qualifications include: a terminal degree in the area of expertise, a strong record of leading collaborative and interdisciplinary research in Health Disparities, demonstrated success in procuring extramural funding, a national/international reputation that would enable one to lead a highly visible effort on the U.S./Mexico border related to health disparities, and the demonstration of interdisciplinary collaborative research within a multicultural environment. Applicants from any relevant discipline are encouraged to apply.
The University: The University of Texas at El Paso is an emerging national research university at the heart of the U.S.-Mexico border region committed to the ideals of access and excellence. A leader among Hispanic-serving institutions, UTEP enrolls more than 22,000 students – about 77 percent of them Hispanic – and is the only doctoral research university in the nation with a student body that is a majority Mexican-American.
UTEP offers 70 bachelor’s, 79 master’s, and 19 doctoral programs – with more in development. UTEP’s research spending of nearly $70 million a year ranks the University among the top 200 universities in the nation, its federal research spending of more than $35 million ranks fourth among all Texas public universities, and UTEP was ranked 12th in the 2012 national university ranking by Washington Monthly.
The center for intellectual capital in the region, UTEP has awarded more than 100,000 degrees since its founding in 1914. A major economic engine in the Paso del Norte region, UTEP generates $438 million in local business volume and contributes over 6,900 jobs and $423 million in household income. UTEP offers exciting Division I athletic programs; award-winning theater, dance, and music programs; several art galleries and a museum; andcontinuing and lifelong education programs open to the public.
Our multidisciplinary faculty members currently have research programs focused on Hispanic health disparities, chronic and infectious disease prevention, global health, public health nutrition, environmental and occupational health, maternal-child health and nutrition,substance abuse, and health education and promotion. The University has ongoing collaborations with the Texas Tech University Health Science Center, University of Texas School of Public Health, local school districts, hospitals, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, international andnational universities. Our NIH funded Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center reflects a successful collaboration which has led to a multidisciplinary approach in seeking new and better ways in understanding and helping to eliminate disparities among our rapidly growing Hispanic population. The university also has a growing and on-campus collaborative faculty/student research efforts with LIMBS International, a non-profit entity that develops technology for the poorest of the poor in the developing world. Through this collaboration faculty and students have the opportunity to conduct on campus and field research in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Independently, other faculty have on-going international research collaborations at field sites in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. The University’s facilities are equipped for conducting laboratory and field research in immunology, molecular biology, infectious and chronic disease, exercise science, neurosciences, substance use and abuse, and nutrition and foods.