Assistant Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Position Overview

School / Campus / College: School of Public Health

Organization: Health Systems and Population Health

Title: Assistant Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Position Details

Position Description

The Department of Health Systems and Population Health (HSPop) seeks a creative, collaborative, and forward-thinking individual to join the faculty as a tenure track Assistant Professor. The chosen individual will work to advance the department’s teaching mission as well as the scholarship of the Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH) at the University of Washington (UW) School of Public Health (SPH).  The ARCH Center aims to advance anti-racism, decolonizing, strengths-based, and community-engaged scholarship to support the collaborative design, implementation, and evaluation of community-driven solutions to address structural racism in health. Through raising race consciousness and structural change to support meaningful community engagement in academic public health, the ARCH Center strives to amplify the wisdom and champion the leadership of Black and Brown communities working for health equity and justice.

This is a full-time 100% FTE, 12-month service period position, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. The base monthly salary range for this position is $10,000 - $12,500, commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination. Other compensation associated with the position may include start-up funds, lump sum moving allowance and/or a relocation incentive.

A successful candidate for this position will be expected to:

  • Provide educational leadership, including classroom teaching, student mentoring, and community trainings with emphasis on using innovative pedagogy that centers equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and/or decolonizing principles;
  • Develop and maintain a high-impact research program including extramurally funded projects;
  • Support the School’s mission of advancing health equity, including methods and approaches that are grounded in anti-racism praxis, Black feminism, intersectionality, Indigenous or decolonizing methodologies, or other critical frameworks that challenge systems of oppression;
  • Collaboratively advance the scholarly portfolio of the ARCH Center through research and evaluation related to public safety and alternatives to policing, carceral system impacts, immigrant and refugee health, Black health and well-being, racial trauma and healing, LGBTQ health, Indigenous social determinants of health, or other lines of inquiry dedicated to the disruption of structural racism and discrimination and/or building of community capacity using strengths-based approaches;
  • Successfully conduct research or evaluation using methods and approaches that center racially marginalized communities;
  • Contribute to the advancement of public health practice through interdisciplinary and community partnerships and collaboration;
  • Disseminate scholarly work for diverse audiences via peer-reviewed publications as well as evaluation reports, infographics, toolkits, community reports and presentations, public scholarship, and/or convenings; 
  • Contribute to the Department’s teaching and practice mission through serving on committees and collaborating with other faculty members, staff, students, and community partners to build individual, institutional, and community capacity to advance public health.

Environment

The Department of Health Systems and Population Health (HSPop) is a diverse department (60 regular faculty and 280 adjunct, affiliate, and clinical faculty) with faculty expertise in health care systems, health promotion, social determinants of health, health equity, health economics, and social science. In addition to collaborating with the ARCH Center, the successful candidate may have an opportunity to be affiliated with several centers within the department and University, including the Health Promotion Research Center, the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, the Manning Price Spratlen Center for Anti-Racism and Equity in Nursing, the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, Seven Directions Indigenous Public Health Institute, the Latino Center for Health, the Center for the Study of Demography and Ecology, and the Center for the Communication of Difference and Equity.

The School of Public Health has five departments: Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Global Health. Depending on the interests and qualifications of the successful candidate, an adjunct appointment may be considered with other UW departments or affiliate institutions. For the latest campus data on student and faculty diversity visit https://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-statistics-policies/.

In addition to collaboration opportunities across the UW, there are opportunities for collaboration with public health agencies (e.g., Public Health – Seattle & King County, WA Department of Health), research institutions (e.g., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle Children's Research Institute), and community-based organizations (e.g., Tubman Center for Health and Freedom, Byrd Barr Place, Community Health Board Coalition, HealthierHere, Pandemic and Racism Community Advisory Group, Greater Health Now, LatinX Outreach) in Seattle and across Washington State. The Pacific Northwest region is also home to American Indian/Alaska Native, immigrant, refugee, Latine/x, Black and African-American, Asian, Pacific Islander, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), and disability communities with whom many of our faculty have longstanding partnerships.

Commitment to Diversity

The work of equity, diversity and inclusion is the work of public health. The Department of Health Systems and Population Health and the UW School of Public Health are committed to a future that is free of health inequities, that promotes the highest level of wellness for the communities we serve, and a diverse and inclusive public health workforce that embodies humility, respect, leadership and service on behalf of, and with, the diverse communities we are privileged to serve. For more information, please see: http://sph.washington.edu/diversity/ and depts.washington.edu/hserv/diversity-equity-inclusion.

UW and the SPH have developed specific programs to support new faculty, with a specific eye towards supporting faculty around diversity, equity, and inclusion in research, teaching, and service. Our faculty development offerings are listed here.

Qualifications

Applicants must have a doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) in fields or disciplines related to researching human populations including but not limited to public health, health promotion, epidemiology, biostatistics, nursing, public policy, public administration, history, ethnic studies, sociology, or anthropology. Demonstration of high quality teaching, mentoring, scholarship, service, research and/or community engagement grounded in anti-racism and/or decolonizing principles or approaches is required.

Instructions

This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge. The applicantion deadline has been extended to December 31, 2024. Applicants who submit by this date are guaranteed full consideration. Applications received after that date will be reviewed at the discretion of the search committee until the position is filled or the search is closed. As part of the initial application stage, please submit the documents below through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/156753

If the UW website "apply now" link doesn't work, you can apply directly via Interfolio.

  • A cover letter of approximately 600 words describing the applicant’s interest in the position and vision of future potential contribution to the mission of the ARCH Center, Department, and School based on their past accomplishments, experiences, and leadership;
  • A curriculum vitae detailing teaching, mentorship, scholarly publications, research funding, practice, service, and professional and leadership experiences;
  • A statement of approximately 600 words describing demonstrated commitment and activity in support of equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and/or decolonizing principles in academic or other settings;
  • A statement of approximately 600 words describing the applicant’s accomplishments and interests in teaching and/or mentoring;
  • A statement of approximately 600 words describing the applicant’s accomplishments and interests in research/scholarship and/or public health practice;
  • Contact information (name and email address) for four (4) references, including one from a community-based organization or community leader. Letters will be requested after the initial review stages.

Search Manager contact Information

For questions, please contact Tyneshia Valdez, Academic HR Manager at hspopahr@uw.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.

Benefits Information

A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.

Commitment to Diversity

The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University’s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty member’s academic profile and responsibilities (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).

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Disability Services

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.