Requisition #: A-158239-11
Status: Full Time
Type: Faculty
School: Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department/Program: Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
Salary: $140,000 - $170,000
Location City: Baltimore
Location State: MD
Location Zip Code: 21287
Closing Date: Open until filled
To apply: apply.interfolio.com/158239
General Description
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health invites applications for a full-time, tenure track research and teaching assistant professor faculty position. We are seeking applicants with specific expertise in domestic and global health security, especially concerning high-consequence health security threats that could lead to pandemics or other large scale biological disasters.
The Center for Health Security, within the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, is a leader in the field of health security. We explore how new policy approaches, scientific advances, and technological innovations can strengthen health security and save lives. We advance policies and practice addressing diverse challenges, including the global rise in emerging infectious diseases, a continued risk of pandemic flu, major natural disasters, and the potential for biological accidents or intentional threats.
Expectations for Applicants
Strong applicants will have expertise/experience within some, or all, of the following health security areas:
Diagnostics and medical countermeasures development and innovation for domestic and global pandemic preparedness and response;
Global and national health security implications of emerging developments in biotechnology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in biotechnology development;
Global health clinical and/or field experience;
Policy approaches to protecting peoples' health from naturally occurring, deliberately caused, or accidentally released high-consequence pathogens;
Policy approaches for incentivizing pandemic preparedness technologies;
Preventing or mitigating catastrophic health events and natural disasters threatened by climate change and understanding/addressing disproportionate impacts on specific populations and geographic areas.
Focus on equitable access to medical countermeasures and/or disparities in health outcomes during pandemics and other public health emergencies.
Strong applicants will also have research and some teaching expertise in any of the above areas, as well as experience engaging with the policymaking community and private sector to make progress in the field. Candidate(s) will be expected to be active contributors to the educational mission of the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering (EHE) and thus should also have experience in mentoring and advising students at the graduate level.
The ideal candidate will also have experience in utilizing innovative approaches to advance international and national mechanisms for infectious disease pandemic prevention, detection, response, or recovery. The candidate should enjoy working in a highly interdisciplinary team environment.
Candidates should also be committed to fostering principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout their research, teaching, and mentoring activities.
Successful applications will demonstrate:
A solid record of scholarship and extramurally-funded research commensurate with rank;
Strong skills to contribute to advancing their field and teaching;
Notable contributions to health security practice;
A commitment to addressing key challenges in their identified area.
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at BSPH
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering strives to utilize fundamental science conducted at the interface of environmental health sciences and engineering to protect the health of the environment and people. The Department offers excellent opportunities for cross cutting interdisciplinary research in areas including health security, climate change, environmental epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, toxicology, physiology and risk assessment for susceptibility to environmental diseases.
Excellent collaboration opportunities exist within the Department and throughout our top-ranked Schools of Public Health, Engineering, and Medicine. Please visit our departmental website at https://ehe.jhu.edu/
Desired Qualifications
Qualified applicants must hold a PhD, MD, DrPH, JD, DVM/VMD, or equivalent degree in public health, medicine, health policy, biology or related health or life science disciplines. Candidates with long-standing interest and experience in pandemic preparedness for potentially catastrophic outbreaks are encouraged to apply.
Additional preferred qualifications include post-doctoral research and/or policy scholarship in at least one of the following areas: health policy, public health, medicine, healthy security, emerging biotechnology policy, and/or AI and biotechnology, as well as teaching experience in one or more of these fields. Ideal candidates will have on-the-ground clinical and/or field experience in a global health security and/or infectious diseases setting. This experience could be US-based or internationally based.
Applications must be submitted using Interfolio, and include:
Cover letter addressed to Crystal Watson, DrPH, MPH, Search Committee Chair;
Curriculum vitae;
Names and contact information of three references;
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health strives to improve the health and health equity of global communities by advancing public health education, scholarship, and practice and is firmly committed to a school that embraces scholarship, critical thinking, innovation and scientific rigor and cultivates a diverse, inclusive, and nurturing environment for all students, faculty and staff. Only by uplifting these principles and promoting a culture of belonging, can we deliver on our mission of protecting health and saving lives and drive excellence in all we do. As such, applicants should submit a letter of interest that summarizes why they are attracted to this position, what attributes and experiences make them a competitive candidate, and how their past record, current actions, and future plans will contribute to the mission and values of the BSPH as stated here (link to: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/about/at-a-glance/mission-vision-and-value).
To apply for this position, visit: apply.interfolio.com/158239
Salary Range
The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.
Total Rewards
Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.
Pre-Employment Information
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Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check including education verification.
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Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly. The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
Clery Notice of Availability
The Johns Hopkins University Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available on the University’s website
http://security.jhu.edu/_template-assets/documents/annual_report.pdf.
In keeping with the mandates of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), the University’s Annual Report contains statistics of certain crimes that are reported and that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or an officially recognized student organization, and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus for the three most recent calendar years. Also included are campus security policies including those related to missing student notifications, alcohol and drug use, sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, and fire safety policies and statistics. All Johns Hopkins faculty, staff and students are encouraged to read and print out the report at http://security.jhu.edu/_template-assets/documents/annual_report.pdf and to report all criminal incidents promptly to your respective security department.
A printed copy of the report may be obtained from the following university security offices or personnel: Homewood (410-516-4631); Peabody Institute (667-208-6608); Medical Institutions (410-614-3473); Applied Physics Laboratory (443-778-4805); Harbor East Campus (410-234-9301); Columbia Center (410-516-9700); SAIS Bologna Center (202-663-5808, Int. +39.051.2917.811); Washington Centers - KSAS (202-663-5808), SAIS (202-663-5808), Carey Business School (202-663-5808); Hopkins-Nanjing Center (202-663-5808, Int. +86.25.8359.2436); Montgomery County Campus (301-294-7011) and Barcelona, Spain (Int. +34.93.542.25.99).
