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Position Summary
Seeking wellfunded senior and midcareer implementation and intervention scientists to expand a new communitypartnered equity and policyfocused medical school department
The College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for multiple tenured fulltime research positions (Associate or Full Professor) in the highly prolific and rapidly growing Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health in Flint Michigan. These generous positions offer a unique opportunity for established researchers who seek to continue highly impactful programs of implementation intervention and policy research in topics that are both relevant to Flint and widely applicable. These include equity social determinants of health behavioral health healthy behaviors chronic disease maternalchild health and environmental justice among others.A $25 million gift from the Flintbased Charles Stewart Mott Foundationallows us to largely or fully guarantee salary coverage for researchers who are willing to move their substantial research portfolios to MSU.
The current opportunity.Led by Founding Department Chair Jennifer Johnson PhD we seek to attract and generously support new research colleagues who are committed to conducting the high caliber high impact and communitypartnered research that has come to characterize the department. To maximize the realworld impact of our findings the Department is currently working to: 1 expand our strength in implementation and dissemination science; 2 continue innovation in sharing departmental governance with the Flint community; and 3 leverage a dedicated Departmental health policy advocate to move findings into policy.
We seek exceptional midtoadvanced career investigators with innovative research portfolios focused on addressing the needs of underserved communities to join our energetic missiondriven Department. Public health issues of high importance originally identified by the Flint community included health equity social determinants of health (violence safety the built environment education employment) behavioral health (i.e. mental health and substance use) healthy behaviors (including screening/prevention) and chronic disease. Recent events have also highlighted maternalchild health and environmental justice. Primary research methodologies are actionoriented: implementation science (including sustainment) dissemination and communication intervention and services research and research to change health policy. The Department also includes three health geographers whose work focuses on identifying and eliminating the effects of racism on the built environment. Community members are ready to work alongside researchers to improve conditions here nationally and globally.
These are tenured fulltime research medical school faculty positions through which we canlargely or fully guarantee salary coverage for researchers who are willing to move their substantial research portfolios to MSU. There are no classroom teaching responsibilities but numerous opportunities for research mentorship if desired. Leadership opportunities in implementation science in developing a health equity focused postdoctoral T32 training program and in other areas are available. Because the Department is young many things are possible.
Salaries are very competitive and the cost of living is low. Michigan offers a good quality of life with many outdoor activities more than 3000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline (the longest freshwater coastline in the world) and a rich cultural heritage and diversity which includes Motown Indigenous peoples and the most Arab Americans of any U.S. state. Michigan has a rich history in the automobile industry and a thriving arts scene.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin citizenship age disability or protected veteran status.
Required Degree
Doctorate Public Health or Related
Minimum Requirements
- A PhD DrPH or similar in a field such as public health health services research health economics social/health psychology developmental psychology clinical disciplines (including clinical psychology social work medicine pediatrics nutrition etc. sociology food science/human nutrition health communications and epidemiology;
- Successful applicants will have an established investigatorinitiated research program and a record of NIH or related federal funding (i.e. PCORI AHRQ CDC DoD USDA etc. and peerreviewed journal/articles.
- Assistant Professor level positions require postdoctoral training or experience a Kaward and/or other evidence of preparation to become an R01level principal investigator.
- Associate Professor or Professor level applicants are expected to possess an established record of external funding and scholarship and the ability to build teams/clusters of scientists focusing on related topics.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams is essential.
Desired Qualifications
- Identified areas of need include research and instruction to address substance abuse mental health smoking obesity maternal and child health chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular illness stress and coping prevention/detection health behaviors health disparities sexually transmitted infections access to care and social and built environmental determinants of health including violence safety education poverty and unemployment.
- The required degree is a PhD or equivalent in a field related to public health. MD or DO degrees with public health research interests may also be considered.
Required Application Materials
- Cover letter
- CV
- Names and contact information for 3 people who could serve as professional references
Special Instructions
Our department is equityfocused. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled. Questions may be directed to Jennifer Johnson PhD Department Chair or Todd Lucas PhD Search Committee Chair .
Review of Applications Begins On
09/11/2024
Remote Work Statement
MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remotefriendly. Remotefriendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.
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Statement
An innovative premise.Located in Flint Michigan the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health seeks to build on strong and energetic growth in has a long history of community activism and involvement. It is one of the birthplaces of communitybased participatory research (CBPR) and includes nationally recognized community pioneers and citizen scientists. For example the first community representative to be President of the American Public Health Association in its 100 year history beginning her term in 2023 is a member of the Flint community. In 2011 the Flint community (including Flintarea hospitals) approached MSU with a proposal to create an academic Department of Public Health in Flint. Their idea was that the department would improve health through communityidentified public health solutions provide an economic driver for Flint and lead the nation in health equity informed policy change. MSU agreed and took an unprecedented communityparticipatory approach building the Flint community into the Department and its governance including focus areas priorities and faculty to hire. Through 1000 surveys and more than 100 interviews community members identified the top public health needs of Flint providing the areas of focus for the new unit which began as a Division in 2015. Community members make up and continue to make up much of the faculty search committee tasked with hiring the best public health researchers in the country to address these issues.
This radical experiment in communitypartnered departmental administration has been wildly successful both in funding and in realworld impact. Departmental facultyhave obtained over $175 million in extramural funding. Among its many projects the Department currently includes two NIHfunded Centers (one in maternal health equity and the other in suicide prevention) and the first citywide unconditional and universal cash prescription program for pregnant/postpartum people and infants. What began as a Division in 2015 became a Department in 2022 spurring a new phase of growth and development.
MSU Statement
Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing lifechanging opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degreegranting colleges.
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Employment Type
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