UTHealth Houston School of Public Health is expanding its environmental and occupational health sciences (EOHS) multidisciplinary program. UTHealth Houston School of Public Health aims to hire full-time faculty members to grow its EOHS department and support interdisciplinary scholarship in EOHS-related topics, with a particular interest in developing new areas of inquiry that will place the EOHS program and the School as a whole in a strategic position of strength in this area of science. The EOHS department provides interdisciplinary educational and professional opportunities for students in the physical and social sciences, including a targeted focus on the health of workers and their communities, as well as providing solutions to natural and man-made environmental problems. We are a nationally and internationally recognized department that provides high-quality educational programs (MPH and Ph.D. in Environmental Health), high-impact research, and interactive field and laboratory work. Additionally, the department fosters public health practice and professional service opportunities to better serve the community.
We are seeking exceptional and innovative candidates who investigate and solve complex problems associated with environmental and occupational factors to improve the public’s health, safety, and well-being. The Department aims to include a diverse research portfolio that prioritizes discovery and innovative solutions to today’s most pressing environmental and occupational health problems. Priority topics include environmental exposures and sustainability, emerging workplace hazards and risks, a holistic approach to worker well-being that embraces Total Worker Health®, risk science and policy, research translation, infectious diseases, social and community determinants of environmental and occupational health, and health disparities, climate risks and communication, and air pollution.
To achieve this goal, we are hiring two tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant or Associate level, commensurate with background, record, and experience. These positions offer the opportunity to develop innovative research directions and collaborate with existing programs. Also, the positions will have a possible affiliation with the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH)*.
Pay: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Houston, TX 77054
