Asst/Assoc Professor, Tenure Track Faculty
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Location: Lubbock, TX 79424
Description:
Position Description
Recognized as a "Great College to Work For - Honor Roll," TTUHSC provides much more than just a job! Ready for a rewarding career where you can develop and grow? Join us as we change the future of health care.
Values-Based Culture
Carnegie Classification
Hispanic-Serving Institution
The Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and the Garrison Institute on Aging at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are seeking a faculty candidate with a Ph.D. in one of the following fields, epidemiologist, statistician, public health, health psychology, or social psychology who will have an appointment in the Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience but the primary responsibility is to work in the Garrison Institute on Aging. We seek candidates with strong research methodology and implementation, history of funding, excellent publication record, and publications with rural participants. Rank of Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor and applicable salary are dependent upon candidate's qualifications and experience.
Major/Essential Functions
Pay Statement
Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan website.
EEO Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.
Required Qualifications
Jeanne Clery Act
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal statute requiring colleges and universities participating in federal financial aid programs to maintain and disclose campus crime statistics and security information. By October 1 of each year, institutions must publish and distribute their Annual Campus Security Policy & Crime Statistics Report (ASR) to current and prospective students and employees. To view this report, visit the TTUHSC Clery Act website.
Recognized as a "Great College to Work For - Honor Roll," TTUHSC provides much more than just a job! Ready for a rewarding career where you can develop and grow? Join us as we change the future of health care.
Values-Based Culture
Carnegie Classification
Hispanic-Serving Institution
The Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and the Garrison Institute on Aging at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are seeking a faculty candidate with a Ph.D. in one of the following fields, epidemiologist, statistician, public health, health psychology, or social psychology who will have an appointment in the Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience but the primary responsibility is to work in the Garrison Institute on Aging. We seek candidates with strong research methodology and implementation, history of funding, excellent publication record, and publications with rural participants. Rank of Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor and applicable salary are dependent upon candidate's qualifications and experience.
Major/Essential Functions
- Serves as the principal investigator of the ongoing Project FRONTIER , a longitudinal study of adults over 40 years of age living in four rural counties, which has collected an abundance of data focusing on aging and biospecimens.
- Develops an independent research program by utilizing Project FRONTIER data for grant applications, as well as serving as a principal or co-investigator on other funded research
projects by collaborating across disciplines with academic colleagues at TTUHSC. - Participate in medical and graduate training, including facilitating students' ability to write up posters for conferences and manuscripts for publications.
- Create and enforce institutional/departmental policies for effective data management.
Pay Statement
Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan website.
EEO Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.
Required Qualifications
- Doctoral degree in Epidemiology, Statistics, Public Health, Health Psychology or Social Psychology.
Jeanne Clery Act
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal statute requiring colleges and universities participating in federal financial aid programs to maintain and disclose campus crime statistics and security information. By October 1 of each year, institutions must publish and distribute their Annual Campus Security Policy & Crime Statistics Report (ASR) to current and prospective students and employees. To view this report, visit the TTUHSC Clery Act website.