JOB DESCRIPTION UTHealth Houston School of Public Health seeks applicants for a full-time faculty position at the Assistant Professor level with expertise in food and nutrition security.Successful applicants will be affiliated with the Center for Health Equity and be located at the Houston location, and placement within one of 3 departments: Epidemiology, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, Management, Policy,
and Community Health. The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health has six locations across Texas, providing unique collaborative opportunities. To learn more about the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health at https://sph.uth.edu/ Position Key Accountabilities: 1. Provide educational leadership, including classroom teaching and mentoring to graduate students.2. Have a track record of research publications
commensurate with academic rank.3. Demonstrated success at securing external funding, preferably with active NIH, USDA, or other federally funded studies (i.e., foundation grants - RWJF, AHA).4. Develop and implement research related to community, clinical health, and/or population health initiatives related to non-medical drivers of health, specifically food and nutrition security.5. Contribute protocols and outcome
metrics to community health and clinical sites and work collaboratively with UTHealth SPH faculty and Center for Health Equity colleagues to submit research proposals for external funding. Qualifications: · PhD or DrPH in nutrition or a related field· 2 years of research experience in Food Is Medicine, culinary medicine, aging studies, public health, or related areas· Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN)·
Eligible for licensure in Texas· Public health/population health researchers with training and expertise in one of the following areas related to the non-medical drivers of health:Ø Food Is Medicine – Application of Food Is Medicine interventions, such as medically tailored meals, produce prescriptions, and medical tailored meals, integrated with health systems to prevent and treat chronic diseases.Ø Culinary
medicine - Application of evidence-based nutrition and culinary knowledge to prevent and treat chronic diseases through food-based interventions.Ø Aging studies - Research focused on the complex interplay between nutrition, food security, and healthy aging, with particular emphasis on cognitive health and dementia prevention. This includes investigating nutritional interventions to prevent or slow cognitive decline,
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