Founding Director, Center for Health Equity and Professor of Epidemiology
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FOUNDING DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY
AND PROFESSOR OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
The Georgia State University School of Public Health seeks an exceptional leader and public health advocate to serve as the founding director of the Center for Health Equity. In addition to its interdisciplinary and applied research focus, the center will play a pivotal role in the school's ongoing efforts to prepare public health leaders committed to advancing health equity.
Working in partnership with the dean, department chairs, and faculty, the founding director will articulate and operationalize a vision for the center as a model of excellence in health equity research. The director will provide leadership and strategic oversight of the center, including the development of focus areas such as urban health, infectious disease, non-communicable diseases, global health burdens, social determinants of health, environment and climate, and/or measurement and statistics, among others.
The ideal candidate will have methodological expertise in social epidemiology. Candidates with substantive knowledge of environmental epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, or chronic disease epidemiology are encouraged to apply.
The successful candidate will merit an appointment at the rank of professor with tenure in the Department of Population Health Sciences. An established research program, including a strong record of sustained research funding with a focus on health equity, reducing health disparities, and/or vulnerable populations, is expected. A terminal degree in a related field is required. To learn more, read the leadership profile:
https://www.wittkieffer.com/position/24068-gsucenterforhealthequity/
Georgia State's School of Public Health is one of the most diverse schools of its kind in the nation, enrolling the largest percentage of Black or African American public health students among the more than 60 ASPPH member schools and programs. Faculty and students conduct cutting-edge research and implement practical solutions, partnering with the CDC, American Cancer Society, CARE International, and other community organizations across Atlanta and beyond. Through teaching, research, practice, and community engagement, the school provides a broad, practical understanding of complex health issues ranging from violence, tobacco use and obesity to environmental threats and HIV/AIDS.
Georgia State University is a premier urban public research institution. U.S. News & World Report ranks Georgia State the No. 2 Most Innovative University in the country and No. 1 for undergraduate teaching among national public universities. A national model for student success and social mobility, the university awards more bachelor's degrees to African Americans than any other institution. Georgia State is the nation's only four-year public university without equity gaps based on race, ethnicity, or income.
WittKieffer is assisting Georgia State University in this search. Applications should include a CV and letter of interest. Materials can be submitted through WittKieffer's candidate portal:
https://candidateportal.wittkieffer.com/description?jobID=24068
Candidates will be considered until an appointment is made. Nominations and inquiries can be directed to Philip Tang and Sandra Chu at GSUCenterforHealthEquity@wittkieffer.com.
Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.
Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.
More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.
The University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.
Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.
The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.
The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.
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