University of California, Berkeley

School of Public Health

Associate Professor or Professor of Public Health Nutrition

The School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, seeks a distinguished scholar to provide leadership in Public Health Nutrition within the Division of Community Health and Human Development.  The position offers opportunities for collaboration within the School of Public Health, the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Center for Weight and Health, and other Berkeley campus centers and departments.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful candidate is expected to possess strong evidence of leadership, teaching, and research in an area of public health nutrition, which can include:  planning and evaluating community or school - based interventions, social marketing, health communication, psychology and education, environmental nutrition, agriculture and food systems, food and nutrition policy, economics of food and nutrition, nutrition related disease prevention and management, or nutritional epidemiology.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in nutrition, a biological science, medicine, epidemiology or other field of public health, with teaching experience and a demonstrated record of public health nutrition research. Candidates should have excellent qualitative and/or quantitative research skills, multidisciplinary research interests, documented success in receiving extramural funding, and strong teaching skills. A nutrition science background is preferred.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and have a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for disadvantaged students.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Collaborate with faculty colleagues to develop strong research and training programs in public health nutrition, conduct externally-funded research, develop and teach upper division and graduate level courses, advise and mentor graduate students, and perform committee and professional service within and outside the university.

TO APPLY:

Please register at http://esph.berkeley.edu:80/candidate/selRegister.php?i=44 and upload PDF’s of a letter of application, including statements of current and future research interests and teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae, sample publications, and names and contact information for three references. For further information, please contact Noriko Katagiri, (510) 642-6095.

DEADLINE: July 15, 2008

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer