Assistant/Associate Professor, Tenure Track, in Chronic Disease Epidemiology

The School of Public Health at Yale University invites applications for a faculty position to help build the school’s emerging focus on the evaluation and prevention of violence as a public health problem, with a particular emphasis on firearm injury prevention.

The position is an Assistant or Associate Professor faculty appointment on the traditional tenure track in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology. The successful applicant will have expertise in the design and analysis of studies that elucidate novel frameworks, theories, evaluations, or interventions related to the reduction of violence – especially firearm injury - and its correlates throughout the lifespan. We are interested in researchers working across the spectrum of the social-ecological model of violence, with a particular interest in scholars evaluating, preventing, and mitigating the cycle of both violence and fear. A demonstrated interest in, and ideally success with, community engaged participatory research (or similar methods) is expected.

The successful candidate will be part of the Yale School of Public Health’s new firearm injury prevention initiative and will have the opportunity to help shape the direction of this programming. In addition to working directly with researchers at the School of Public Health, including Dean Megan Ranney, they will have the opportunity to collaborate with scholars across the Yale campus, including leading violence prevention scholars at the Law School, School of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and elsewhere.

The selected candidate(s) will be expected to demonstrate a track record of high-quality scholarship, representing early demonstration of intellectual leadership in the prevention of violence and related structural, social, or behavioral health conditions. They will also have a demonstrated history of successful competition for extramural funding appropriate to the rank sought. The ideal applicant will show aptitude in both rigorous research and in translation of science consistent with a national thought leader in the field. As the tenure-track position requires teaching a graduate- and/or Ph.D.-level course and advising and mentoring graduate students, the successful candidate will also have demonstrated excellence in teaching.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. or other doctoral degree in a relevant field by the start of appointment. In addition to new graduates and postdoctoral fellows, we are eager to consider qualified candidates who have been in an academic position for a few years. Appointment as Associate Professor may be possible for more experienced applicants who meet the University’s qualifications for that rank.

To apply

Review of applications will commence immediately and will continue until a candidate is identified. Please submit a cover letter; curriculum vitae; teaching statement; statement of research accomplishments and interests; and three names of references via Interfolio.

Submit your materials and application here.

For additional information about YSPH please visit publichealth.yale.edu.

The Yale School of Public Health is committed to hiring, mentoring, and advocating for promotion of colleagues who will contribute to equity, inclusion, and excellence in our community through their research, teaching, and service. The candidate’s plans to promote these values will be an integral part of their application and should demonstrate an understanding of the barriers facing historically disenfranchised groups in academia, including but not limited to women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from women, members of minority groups, persons with disabilities and protected veterans.