Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Built Environment & Health, Brown School, Washington University - St. Louis, MO

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Built Environment & Health

Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis

Professional Area: 

Academia

Location: 

Saint Louis, MO

Tenure-track Faculty Position in Built Environment & Health

The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis offers MPH and PhD programs in public health in a vibrant, interdisciplinary environment that supports innovative research and excellence in teaching to achieve social impact.  We invite applications for tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor for Fall 2016. Areas of interest include:

Built Environment & Health. The Brown School offers a unique MPH specialization in Urban Design in partnership with Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.  Candidates should bring an interdisciplinary approach to understanding, preventing and controlling the health consequences and inequities associated with the built environment, conduct cutting edge research and help students understand how a complex matrix of landscapes, transportation systems, food and recreation access, housing, worksites, and land use policies affect human health. 

The Brown School (brownschool.wustl.edu) is also home to the nation’s top-ranked school of social work, where path-breaking work on social policy, social and economic development, mental health and welfare of children, youth and families is conducted.  Together with Washington University’s world class School of Medicine and campus-wide Institute for Public Health, it is a dynamic environment for transdisciplinary research and problem solving in public health. 

Salary and rank are commensurate with qualifications.  The Brown School seeks an exceptionally qualified and diverse faculty: women, minorities, protected veterans and disabled candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.  We strive to attract a diverse community of scholars and to identify new opportunities to participate in increasingly diverse urban and community life of St. Louis. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, protected veteran, or disability status. 

Applications should be submitted prior to October 31, 2015.  Early application is encouraged.  Positions will be filled when suitable candidates are selected.  Candidates should submit a cover letter describing their research agenda, curriculum vitae, three professional references, and up to three writing samples.  Submit application materials electronically in a single .pdf file, sequenced as listed above to:

Chair, Personnel Advisory Committee, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, 
brown-faculty-recruitment@brownschool.wustl.edu.