Research Assistant Professor in Global Health

The University of Washington Department of Global Health (DGH) which bridges the Schools of Medicine (SOM) and Public Health (SPH) invites applications for one faculty position at the rank of Research Assistant Professor to join the Global Center for the Integrated Health of Women Adolescents and Children (Global WACh). Our department values and honors excellence in research teaching mentoring and service in order to achieve our mission:to improve health for all through research education training and service; to understand and address the causes of disease and health inequities at multiple levels; and to collaborate with partners to develop and sustain locally-led quality health systems programs and policies.We are dedicated to hiring faculty who are committed to fostering an inclusive respectful and welcoming community for all.

This is a full-time 100% FTE 12-month service period position with an anticipated start date of summer 2026. This is a non-tenured position. The base salary range for this position will be $9766-$12750 per month commensurate with experience and qualifications or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination. Other compensation associated with this position may include start-up funds lump sum moving allowance and/or a relocation incentive.

The Department values equitable compensation among its faculty and follows established faculty compensation guidelines. All faculty particularly on the professional tracks such as this position are expected to engage in substantial and substantive externally-funded scholarly work. Base Salary Coverage (10%) facilitates that scholarship. Research faculty are expected to support the remaining 90% of position salary with grant or other external funding. TheSPH Compensation Planoutlines the base salary coverage for Research track faculty.

The successful candidate for this position will be expected to:

• Lead high-impact innovative and collaborative research in the field of maternal/child health pediatric HIV and neurodevelopment and biological aging among children and adolescents.
• Provide research program leadership uphold equitable research practices and contribute to Global WACh including writing and managing grant-funding research.
• Collaborate with researchers engage with broad network of community partners and provide mentorship to trainees.
• Actively promote inclusivity mutual respect welcoming and equal opportunityin the Department and specifically Global WACh.
• Communicate their research findings effectivelyto a variety of audiences including other researchers policy makers and the public.

As a member of the Department of Global Health the candidate would be expected to regularly participate in Departmental activities such as mentoring seminar participation or guest speaking orientation(s) program and department faculty meetings graduation ceremonies search committees conducting research and other relevant academic activities in the Department. Teaching of courses is not an expectation of the research professorial track. Mentoring graduate students is an expectation of this research track. These include supervision of student research projects related or unrelated to their thesis or dissertation supervision of practicum or fieldwork placements.

Environment

The Department of Global Healths major research educational and capacity-building programs focus on a broad range of health issues including several with strong synergistic links to woman adolescent and child health; HIV and other infectious diseases; mental health; injury and violence prevention; drug safety; health metrics; and health systems strengthening and program delivery. The departments research programs range from interdisciplinary laboratory-based investigation through multi-center clinical trials metrics development program evaluation and implementation science.

The position will sit in the Global Center for the Integrated Health of Women Adolescents and Children (Global WACh) a University-chartered Center that is home to 12 full-time and 8 affiliate faculty 30 staff 4 postdoctoral scholar and 6 student research assistants working towards our mission to make scientific discoveries cultivate leaders and bridge disciplines to advance the tightly connected health and well-being of women adolescents and children. Global WACh brings together expertise in maternal health from the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology neonatal child and adolescent health expertise from the Department of Pediatrics and vast experience working in infectious disease health metrics and evaluation education clinical research and service delivery within the Department of Global Health. These disciplines combine under a methodology that views women children and adolescents as three populations interconnected along a shared life course. Global WACh is home to over 40 grants that span clinical research observational trials infectious disease program evaluation education and training and service delivery within the Department of Global Health.

The University of Washington is situated between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington in the city of Seattle on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. Seattle is a dynamic and diverse metropolitan area. It is a hub of innovation and growth for global health and public health organizations and institutions. The UW has established strong partnerships with a diverse array of local state and global public health organizations to offer exceptional research practice and training opportunities for its faculty and students. The Department of Global Health is located primarily in the new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health ( with additional offices at the Ninth and Jefferson Building near Harborview Medical Center UW and the DGH have developed specific programs to support new faculty in all areas of their research teaching and service development. These programs focus on bolstering peer and mentor support affinity groups grant writing and leadership workshops. Our faculty development offerings are listed at the bottom of our websitehere.