Associate/Full Professor & Director of Human Performance

Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions (CHS) is seeking a full-time, tenure-eligible faculty member at the rank of either Associate or Full Professor. This position would also serve as the Director of Human Performance (HP) for the college.

About Human Performance at CHS

The College of Health Solution’s mission is to optimize health and function across the lifespan. Human performance has important implications for current and future health concerns and populations, including healthy aging, wellness in the workplace, performance optimization, neuroplasticity, and rehabilitation. A new initiative within CHS is focused on establishing a Center for Human Performance with research across three areas including Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Performance Optimization:

• Prevention: Early detection and prevention of obesity, cancer or dementia, lifestyle interventions
• Rehabilitation: Mobility impairments, dementia, neurorehabilitation
• Performance Optimization: Cognitive, physical, and mental health

Through teaching, academic programs, service and research, all faculty at the College of Health Solutions address one or more of our three major areas of focus: 1) The systems of health care and the health needs of populations; 2) Health and human performance of individuals across the lifespan; 3) Personalized interventions through precision health. Across these areas, we work to address complex and difficult health problems which require transformative collaboration, translational research and innovation. We are particularly interested in making an impact on populations with significant health disparities. 

Responsibilities for this position include developing and maintaining a successful research program, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring students and junior faculty, and providing service to the program and university as well as to the community and profession. This person will also be responsible for positioning CHS as a leader in Human Performance by creating a team of faculty and community partners focused on HP, growing the college’s research footprint in the area, developing a programmatic, comprehensive, and strategic HP research enterprise, and helping lead college-wide and university-wide efforts on HP. The ideal candidate will present evidence of a successful research trajectory commensurate with the rank of Associate or Full Professor, including a sustained extramural funding and peer-reviewed publications, experience in leading sustainable interdisciplinary collaborations, and a strong commitment to high quality teaching and mentoring.
 

At ASU and the College of Health Solutions, we work to maximize opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds, abilities and perspectives. We value and encourage cultural and intellectual diversity, and strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for all faculty, staff and students — which we believe is critical to our success as a community. All individuals who can strengthen the diversity of our academic community are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

About the College of Health Solutions

The College of Health Solutions is committed to translating scientific health research and discovery into practice to improve health outcomes through education, research and service. We equip students with the knowledge and skills to influence healthier lifestyle choices; develop creative interventions to improve the health of people and populations; analyze and translate large amounts of health data into solutions; and maximize the technology, science, business and application of diagnostics. Our research programs encompass basic science, discovery science, clinical trials, intervention science and measurement of health outcomes. In all cases, our faculty use interdisciplinary approaches to address the complex systems that underpin health problems. We are highly collaborative, transparent and team-oriented. Our innovative organizational structure includes translational teams that move science from labs into communities with evidence-based interventions that make a difference, as well as affinity networks where teams of people work together to improve methodologies and processes. All of our programs, in and out of the classroom, are designed with the goal of improving the health of people and communities.

Current training programs include behavioral health, biomedical diagnostics, biomedical informatics, exercise science, health promotion, health sciences, kinesiology, medical studies, nutrition, population health, the science of health care delivery, and speech and hearing science. Our programs are offered at the ASU Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, Polytechnic, West and Lake Havasu campuses, as well as on Mayo Clinic’s campus in north Phoenix.

About Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. U.S. News & World Report ranks ASU #1 in the U.S. for innovation for seven years in a row. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising multiple differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves 135,000 students across all campuses and on-line as of the Fall 2021 semester. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

For more information about ASU and the College of Health Solutions, visit http://about.asu.edu/ and https://chs.asu.edu

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate or terminal degree (e.g. PhD, ScD, MD, DO, or others) in a field relevant to prevention, rehabilitation, or performance optimization
• Evidence of a successful history of obtaining extramural funding to support a robust research portfolio commensurate with the rank of either associate or full professor
• Evidence of a sustained history of peer reviewed publications in commensurate with the rank of either associate or full professor
• Evidence of successful teaching at the university level commensurate with the rank of either associate or full professor
• Demonstrated ability to work, collaborate, and communicate effectively with diverse students, colleagues, community partners, and staff in a multicultural environment
• Shows commitment to our College’s Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion Council’s mission and vision

Desired Qualifications

• Expertise and research focus in one of the following areas: early detection and prevention of obesity, cancer or dementia, lifestyle interventions, mobility impairments, neurorehabilitation, performance optimization in cognitive, physical, or mental health
• Background, knowledge, and/or research in the areas of early detection and prevention of obesity, cancer or dementia, lifestyle interventions, mobility impairments, dementia, neurorehabilitation, performance optimization in cognitive, physical, or mental health relevant to the needs of Arizona's diverse populations

• Experience in developing and maintaining community partnerships and inter-professional or team-based collaborations
• Evidence of impact of research
• Experience in a leadership role or as an administrator for an interdisciplinary center, program, or department
• Experience teaching online and in-person courses at the University level
• Evidence of participation in translational, trans-disciplinary, and team science initiatives relevant to CHS research domains
• Evidence of active involvement in university, community, and/or professional service commensurate with the rank of either associate or full professor. Demonstrated success in promoting student retention and/or graduation
• Evidence of a successful history of obtaining extramural funding from highly competitive sources such as NIH, PCORI, CDC, NSF, DoD, VA or similar federal mechanisms, and/or foundations (e.g., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
• Experience teaching graduate level courses and mentoring graduate students in research and publishing

Application Deadline and Procedures

Application deadline is January 3, 2022. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.

To apply, click http://apply.interfolio.com/99112 to submit the following:

• A letter of interest including the name of the position for which you are applying, your qualifications, and professional experience
• Curriculum vitae
• Information for three professional references (their position, title, e-mail, phone number). References will not be contacted until the candidate progresses to the latter stages of the search process.
• Diversity and Inclusion statement detailing how your teaching, service and/or scholarship, or other work related to the position, supports ASU’s commitment to diversity and inclusion as outlined above and in the ASU charter.

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Rachel Otero at Rachel.K.Otero@asu.edu.

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