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Inaugural Perry N. Halkitis Endowed Chair in LGBTQ+ Public Health & Tenured Professor, School of Public Health, Inaugural Director Rutgers Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health, Rutgers Health
Inaugural Perry N. Halkitis Endowed Chair in LGBTQ+ Public Health & Tenured Professor, School of Public Health, Inaugural Director Rutgers Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health, Rutgers Health
Under the leadership of Dean Perry N. Halkitis, the Rutgers School of Public Health (R-SPH) has earned widespread acclaim as a leading hub of excellence in the realm of sexual gender minority (SGM) health. During his tenure at Rutgers, Dean Halkitis has established the world’s first Master of Public Health concentration in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) health, recruited faculty with complementary LGBTQ+ research programs, and launched the academic journal Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health with the aim of advancing the dissemination of research on health disparities and interventions. Rutgers School of Public Health faculty, students, and staff lead partnerships with critical LGBTQ+ researchers, activists, and community members to challenge structural racism and anti-LGBTQ+ policies in New Jersey and beyond.
Vice Dean and Tenured Professor or Tenured Associate Professor
Rutgers School of Public Health is seeking a senior level Tenured Professor or Tenured Associate Professor in any area of public health. Qualified candidates should have a PhD, DrPH, MD, or equivalent with extensive experience and community engagement in the field of public health. Additional requirements include a strong record of scholarly achievement, sustained extramural research funding as Principal Investigator, experience in teaching and mentoring a new generation of public health researchers and a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, anti-racism, and LGBTQ+ rights.
The successful candidate will serve as the Vice Dean and Tenured Professor or Tenured Associate Professor at the School of Public Health.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as part of the Dean’s Leadership Team.
- Report and work directly with the Dean on all matters related to school oversight and management
- Serve as proxy to the dean as needed (including the running of meetings in the Dean’s absence).
- Create a culture of excellence among the SPH faculty members, staff, and students as per the 3 pillars of the school—-scholarship, teaching, and community engagement.
- Work with the Dean to liaise with Rutgers Health chancellor’s team and RU leadership.
- Work with the Dean and Chief of Staff to provides supervision and mentorship of department chairs.
- Work with the faculty affairs team (Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Director for Faculty and Staff Affairs, and Chief of Staff) on all aspects of faculty affairs processes including mentoring and annual performance evaluations, appointments/reappointments, tenure and promotion processes, faculty mentoring, recruitment, onboarding, and orientation.
- Work directly with the Assistant Dean for Research to further build extramural funding portfolio and excellence in scholarship.
- Work with Associate Dean for Finance and Administration and Director of Marketing and Communications as needed.
- Serve as primary supervisor for Assistant Deans for Student Services and Alumni Affairs, Admissions and Enrollment, and Diversity Equity and Inclusion for Faculty & Talent Development.
- Lead efforts for chair and program director evaluations.
- Lead efforts to develop the strategic plan for of the school every 5 years.
- Represent the SPH on the ASPPH, APHA and other national groups as needed.
- Foster a culture with zero tolerance of harassment and discrimination.
Committee Responsibilities:
- Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee
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Research Coordinator
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Coordinator for the Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy within the School of Public Health, located in Piscataway, NJ
Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, will serve as a research coordinator on multiple research projects focused on nutrition and food systems in various country contexts.
Duties will include:
- Oversees the implementation of research activities for multiple projects. This includes assisting with the development of study assessment tools, tracking progress on data collection and analysis, and coordinating with data collection teams in study countries.
- Supports Principal Investigator with in-field subject recruitment throughout New Brunswick and Essex County.
- Coordinates with collaborators at other institutions to meet goals for data collection and analysis.
- Conducts regular reviews of the data to ensure data quality.
- Programs and updates online data collection platforms as needed to ensure that all surveys are administered properly.
- Prepares IRB applications for both Rutgers and country data collection sites.
- Conducts qualitative and quantitative analyses
Temporary Research Assistant
Rutgers is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant in the Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy within the School of Public Health, located in Piscataway, NJ. The Temporary Research Assistant will assist with a study that aims to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile health mindfulness app in order to eventually improve the overall care and mental health of caregivers and the older adults they care for. The Assistant will serve as an assistant for a research study with caregivers of older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia. Will be responsible for the data collection and subject recruitment for the study under the supervision of the Principal Investigator.
Duties will include:
- Support Principal Investigator with subject recruitment throughout New Brunswick.
- Orient participants to the mHealth app.
- Perform follow up assessments via telephone.
- Support research activities
Postdoctoral Fellow (LGBTQ Public Health)
The Center for Health Identity Behavior & Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) (www.chibps.org) situated at the School of Public Health, Rutgers University has an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral fellow. This is 2-year position with appointment available immediately. The overall goal for the post doctoral program is for the candidate to develop a high caliber scholarly portfolio in LGBTQ public health.
In addition to research activities, the post doc will coordinate activities for Annals of LGBT Public & Population Health, partake in the LGBTQ MPH concentration, and further development of LGBTQ health at Rutgers Health, as well as undertake active community dissemination activities.
The candidate will work directly with Dean Perry N. Halkitis, a world recognized leader in LGBTQ health who directs CHIBPS as well as the myriad LGBTQ-public health-focused faculty at the School of Public Health. A list of faculty members can be seen here https://rutgershealth.org/lgbtq-community
The Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) has been a nationally recognized center dedicated to conducting rigorous scientific research that advances Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ) health since 2000. In particular, the work at CHIBPS focuses on understanding drivers of health disparities including HIV and other STIs, substance use, and mental health burdens. The CHIBPS research team includes individuals from a variety of disciplines such as psychology, public health, social work, and neuroscience.
The fellow will work on an all CHIBPS funded studies from inception to dissemination.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- PhD, ScD, MD or an equivalent doctoral degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, social and behavioral sciences (e.g., sociology, psychology), or related fields with strong emphasis on quantitative methods or applied statistics
- Must have extensive experience conducting statistical analyses with large databases using SAS or Stata.
- Strong applied quantitative data analytic skills and experience conducting statistical analyses with large databases.
- Strong writing and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of transgender health, LGBTQ health disparities, and HIV-affected populations.
- Track record of, or strong potential for, independent funding.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
All applicants must upload/attach two (2) peer-reviewed journal articles in which they are listed as an author.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Epidemiology)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow for the department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology within the School of Public Health. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will work under the direct supervision of Dr. Stephanie Shiau, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology to analyze Medicare claims data with the goal of improving health outcomes for older adults with HIV.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Manage databases, develop analytical plans, and carry out statistical analysis for manuscripts, reports and presentations using SAS.
- Lead, draft, and publish papers, including first-authored papers, in peer-reviewed journals using Medicare claims data and other related datasets.
- Give oral presentations to disseminate research findings.
- Contribute to grant applications based on the research conducted, as applicable and interested.
- Collaborate on and support analyses and manuscripts being led by other members of the research group.
- Provide mentorship to students/trainees in the research group.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.