Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor, Dept of Biobehavioral Health

Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor, Dept. of Biobehavioral Health

The Department of Biobehavioral Health in the College of Health and Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor position for candidates using innovative wet lab methods to examine biological influences (such as, but not limited to, autonomic, cardiovascular, cellular, circadian, endocrine, genetic, immune, metabolic, and/or neural) on health, wellness, and/or disease.

The ideal candidate will complement and enhance the interdisciplinary strength of the Department of Biobehavioral Health in integrating health science across the medical/biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Applicants using either human and/or animal models in their research are invited to apply.

The College of Health and Human Development offers a robust program of eight interdisciplinary programs that share one common goal: enriching the lives of others. We continually examine contemporary issues facing people in today s changing times, and we develop cutting-edge solutions for addressing them. Our impact extends from our classrooms, across communities and industries, and around the globe.

The Department of Biobehavioral Health is a uniquely multi-faceted program that examines the space where biological, psychological, environmental, cultural, and global factors converge to affect health and wellness across the entire human lifespan. We are particularly interested in individuals whose research fits within the department s interdisciplinary focus on integrating biological, environmental, psychosocial, and contextual processes.

The ideal candidate will be expected to engage in multidisciplinary collaborations within the social, behavioral, or medical/biological fields. There are multiple centers and institutes which offer intellectual hubs for building interdisciplinary teams and internal funding opportunities that would support the development of collaborations across departments, colleges, and disciplines, including: the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Center for Healthy Aging, Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences, Population Research Institute, the Clinical Translational Science Institute, the Social Science Research Institute, and the Milton S.

Hershey Medical Center. Other relevant resources include a Biomarker Core Lab and the Social, Life, and Engineering Imaging Center.

Responsibilities of this position include establishing a fundable line of interdisciplinary biobehavioral health research, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, supervising and mentoring student researchers, and providing service to the Department, College, University, and the profession. Applicants must demonstrate excellence in research, a strong publication record appropriate for their stage of career, interest in collaboration across disciplines, commitment to mentoring students, a track record of (or strong potential for) external grant funding, and demonstrate a high potential to carry forward such research and funding.

The individual would be expected to establish a line of interdisciplinary health research, with a focus on innovative wet lab methods, to examine biological influences on health, wellness, and/or disease, and with clear funding targets.

For Assistant Professor, candidates must possess a Ph.D. or terminal degree at the position start date or a degree that is equivalent to a Ph.D. or terminal degree in the U.S. at the time of hire. Areas of study may include biology, genomics, neuroscience, epidemiology, population health, biobehavioral health, psychology, or a closely related field, as long as the candidate uses innovative wet lab techniques in their research.

Early Associate Professor candidates must possess the same qualifications as Assistant Professor candidates but also demonstrate established excellence in research, teaching, and service commensurate with the rank of associate professor.

To learn more about Penn State University s commitment to diversity and inclusion see the University s Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. As an institution, we embrace individual uniqueness, foster a culture of inclusion that supports both broad and specific diversity initiatives, leverages the educational and institutional benefits of diversity, and engages all individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusion as a core strength and an essential element of our public service mission, and we strongly encourage applicants who would enrich the diversity of our academic community to apply for this opportunity.

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