Tenured Faculty Position, UCLA School of Public Health

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences and the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) is seeking candidates for a tenured faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor level to serve as Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) funded Southern California Education and Research Center (ERC). The candidate should have experience and demonstrated leadership in conducting research, overseeing academic programs, and obtaining extramural funding

Applicants should have a doctoral degree or M.D. in environmental or occupational health sciences or in a closely related field and a record of research in exposure assessment in the occupational and environmental health sciences. Areas of research interest may include biologically-based exposure assessment, aerosol science, field studies of exposure assessment, exposure assessment/toxicology or statistical/ mathematical modeling of exposure. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program in his/her area of expertise and to collaborate with others in the Department and COEH whose research is in occupational and environmental epidemiology and toxicology.

The Southern California ERC is one of 17 Centers in the United States whose mission is to protect and improve worker health through education, research, and service. The Center has 16 core faculty members associated with its academic programs. The core Center grant is approximately $1.4 million/year. The Center's application for competitive renewal is due in August 2008. Further information about the SCERC can be found at http://www.ph.ucla.edu/erc/index.html.

Please send a letter of application including a statement of current and future research interests, history of administrative activities, curriculum vitae, three sample publications, and the names of three referees to the address below. Applicants should ask their referees to write independently to this address.

The Search Committee will consider applications beginning December 1, 2007, until the position is filled. Faculty appointment level and salary will be determined based on the candidate's experience and qualifications.

Please send application materials to:
Ms. Vi Huynh
Administrative Analyst
UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Phone: (310) 206-6920; Fax: (310) 206-9903
Email: vthuynh@ucla.edu

UCLA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and has a strong commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. Women and underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.