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The Drexel University School of Public Health invites applications and nominations for the position of Associate Dean for Research. The candidate who fills this faculty position will provide vision and leadership around the School’s research mission as it builds its extramural funding base, expands its reputation for scholarly excellence, and maintains its commitment to practice-based research. The Associate Dean is expected to be both a catalyst and guiding force as the School plans and develops major new research initiatives, such as program projects or extramurally funded research centers. Current areas of research focus in the School include: the relationship between place and chronic disease, HIV epidemiology, governmental public health management, the study and prevention of hunger among children, health services and outcomes research, the epidemiology of neurodevelopmental disorders, innovative strategies and policies to prevent intentional violence, substance abuse, occupational safety research, impact of public health law, LGBT health issues, children’s environmental health, cardiac disease epidemiology, and predictors of healthy aging.
The Associate Dean reports to the Dean of the School and serves on the School’s Executive Committee. A successful candidate must qualify for a faculty appointment with tenure in one of the School’s four Departments.
Overview of the School of Public Health
The School, located in Center City Philadelphia, is the only accredited School of Public Health in the eastern Pennsylvania. It is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and is a full member of the Association of Schools of Public Health. Its mission is to promote the health of communities through an integrated program of education, research, service and practice with an emphasis on the importance of the connection between human rights and health status. The School has four academic departments (Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Management and Policy, and Community Health and Prevention), eight centers, and is home to 28 full-time tenured or tenure track faculty. The School has experienced tremendous growth over the past five years. Currently there are over 350 students enrolled in its academic programs - which include full-time and executive-format MPH programs, an MS program in Biostatistics, and doctoral programs in Community Health and Prevention, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Social Justice. Since fiscal year 2000 the School’s sponsored research expenditures have increased nearly four-fold.
Overview of Drexel University
Drexel University is one of the fifty top private doctoral/research- intensive schools nationally, and was ranked in the top five “Up and Coming” national universities in this year’s U.S. News and World Report. In addition to the School of Public Health, the University house twelve other schools and colleges (including medicine, nursing and health professions, biomedical engineering, law, engineering, information technology, business, arts and sciences, media arts, and education) which provide ample opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration. In 2008, sponsored research expenditures university-wide exceeded $100 million and the University is committed to doubling its research budget over the next several years.
Job Responsibilities:
The Associate Dean reports to the Dean of the School and will be expected to work closely with: the other Administrative Deans at the School; the School’s four Department Chairs; the University Vice Provost and Associate Vice Provosts for Research; and the Associate Research Deans at other schools and colleges of the University. The expectation is that the Associate Dean will:
•Implement policies and develop resources that promote and enhance the research enterprise at the School.
•Serve as a resource for School faculty seeking to develop strategic research initiatives and respond to emerging opportunities.
•Lead schoolwide efforts around research-related faculty development and mentoring programs.
•Cultivate research partnerships with other University units and with academic and nonacademic research entities outside the University.
•Build relationships with local, national and international foundations and facilitate communication and interaction with federal funders.
•Support effective interaction between the Departments, the School, and the University around grant and contract submission and management.
•Act as a liaison to the Vice Provost for Research and represent the School in University-wide activities relating to the research mission.
•Fulfill responsibilities of a faculty member in one of the School’s academic Departments as negotiated with the Dean and Department Chair.
Qualifications:
•Terminal degree in a public health field or in a closely related field
•Achievements commensurate with a tenured appointment including national recognition as a scholar
•Proven success as an extramurally funded researcher in one or more public health areas
•Management experience in an academic environment
•Commitment to promoting a culture that nurtures diverse forms of inquiry and scholarship
•Experience planning, implementing, and sustaining comprehensive interdisciplinary public health research centers or programs is highly desirable.
•Institutional research administration experience is helpful but not necessary.
Drexel University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, disabled individuals, and veterans. Applications will be handled with strictest confidence.
Applicants should apply electronically to www.drexeljobs.com. Click the “search postings” button on the left and enter “public health” in the keyword field. Then choose the Associate Dean for Research position title. The button to apply for the position appears at the bottom of the job description. Questions may be directed to Craig Newschaffer, Ph.D., Search Committee Chair, at cnewscha@drexel.edu or 215-762-7152.
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