Associate/Full Professor Tenure System

Position Summary

The College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for a tenured full-time research position (Associate or Full Professor) in the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health in Flint, Michigan. This generous position offers a unique opportunity for an established researcher and biostatistician who is interested in supporting departmental research while also pursuing their own interests in implementation, intervention, or policy research in topics that are both relevant to Flint and beyond.

About the Role

The Department seeks to build on strong and energetic growth in research. Flint has a long history of community activism and involvement, including nationally recognized community pioneers and citizen scientists. The Department is committed to conducting high caliber, high impact, and community-partnered research, and to improving conditions here, nationally, and globally.

Responsibilities

• Assist with study design, data management and analysis, and training
• Contribute to transparent and accessible communication of findings to the Flint community and beyond
• Lead in developing a health equity focused postdoctoral T32 training program
• Lead in implementing implementation science, geospatial analysis, biostatistics and research design, AI analytics, agent-based modeling, Bayesian modeling, causal inference, and measure development

Requirements

• PhD in Biostatistics, Data Science, Epidemiology, or related field
• Leadership experience in developing/overseeing a biostatistics or data core
• Interest in health equity, social determinants of health, behavioral health, maternal-child health, or environmental justice
• Experience mentoring junior investigators and trainees

Qualifications

• Exceptional mid-to-advanced career investigators
• Highly accomplished senior faculty may have the opportunity to receive the title of C. S. Mott Endowed Professor

Skills

• Health economics
• Policy analysis
• Implementation science
• Geospatial analysis
• Biostatistics and research design
• AI analytics
• Agent-based modeling
• Bayesian modeling
• Causal inference
• Measure development

Benefits

• Largely or fully guaranteed salary coverage for researchers who are willing to move their research portfolio to MSU
• Opportunities for research mentorship if desired

Pay

Salaries are very competitive and the cost of living is low. Michigan offers a good quality of life, with many outdoor activities, more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, and a rich cultural heritage and diversity which includes Motown, Indigenous peoples, and the most Arab Americans of any U.S. state.

Schedule

No classroom teaching responsibilities but numerous opportunities for research mentorship if desired.

Contact Information

To apply, please visit https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/520521/associatefull-professor-tenure-system.
Questions may be directed to Jennifer Johnson, PhD, Department Chair (JJohns@msu.edu), or Amber Pearson, PhD, MPH, Search Committee Chair, (apearson@msu.edu).

Learn more about the Department at publichealth.msu.edu.

Michigan State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity university. Our department is equity-focused. Candidates from diverse and minority backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.