Job Description

NYU Shanghai is currently inviting applications for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Global Public Health. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong social justice orientation, and advocate for health equity by comple menting existing research strengths in migration and health, global mental health, urban health, trauma and adversity, and sexual and reproductive health. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to join a vibrant research community housed in the NYU Shanghai Social Sciences Area and the Center for Global Health Equity . In addition to Global Mental Health and Migrant Health, the third main pillar of the Center is focused on environmental health and climate change. Colleagues with an emphasis on climate change and health would join an active group of scholars who are focused on ecology, climate justice, and the effects of urban and built environment on human health and develop innovative and exciting collaborations with faculty across the social sciences. 

Terms of employment at NYU Shanghai are comparable to NYU New York and other U.S. institutions with respect to research start-up funds and compensation, and they include housing subsidies and educational subsidies for children. Faculty may in certain cases have the opportunity to spend time at NYU New York and other sites of the NYU Global Network, engaging in both research and teaching.

We particularly seek applications from candidates who completed a doctorate in public health, epidemiology, or relevant fields who focus on the conduct of interventions, community-based participatory research, implementation science, and digital health, to improve population health. This position is part of a four-line cluster search on the climate-health nexus, broadly construed; the other three positions are in environmental studies, medical anthropology, and psychology. Candidates should be comfortable conducting collaborative research in interdisciplinary teams with scholars from diverse and complementary backgrounds.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research, statement of teaching interests, and at least one writing sample via Interfolio. Additionally, applicants will be prompted to enter the names and email addresses of at least three referees. Each referee will be contacted to upload a reference letter through Interfolio.

Applications may be received until November 4, 2024 . If you have any questions, please email the NYU Shanghai NY Office of Faculty Recruitment shanghai.faculty.recruitment@nyu.edu .

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research, statement of teaching interests, and at least one writing sample via Interfolio.  Additionally, those applying at the rank of assistant or associate professor (without tenure) should to enter the names and email addresses of at least three referees. Each referee will be contacted to upload a reference letter through Interfolio.

About NYU Shanghai

NYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus within New York University?s Global Network. It is the first higher education joint venture in China authorized to grant degrees that are accredited in the U.S. as well as in China. All teaching is conducted in English. A research university with liberal arts and science at its core, NYU Shanghai resides in one of the world's great cities with a vibrant intellectual community. NYU Shanghai recruits scholars of the highest caliber who are committed to NYU's global vision of transformative teaching and innovative research and who embody the global society in which we live.

NYU?s Global Network includes degree-granting campuses in New York, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi, complemented by thirteen additional academic centers across the world. Faculty and students may circulate within the Network in pursuit of common research interests and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary endeavors, both local and global.

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NYU Shanghai is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from under-represented individuals in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, and gender and sexual identity. NYU Shanghai affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible university with the widest reach.

About New York University

Founded in 1831, New York University is now one of the largest private universities in the United States. Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, New York University is one of only 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities.

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