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POSITION SPECIFICS
The Pennsylvania State University’s College of Health and Human Development invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track position under its ongoing program area in environmental health sciences initiative. Applicants should have research interests that align with one or both of the following priority areas:
1) Built environment and health outcomes - the study of the influence of human-made surroundings on health and well-being of populations. Our principal interest is in population-level inquiry that involves (or spans) epidemiologic or computational (digital twins, agent-based modelling) approaches to assessing the influence of the chemical and material, biologic, physical, and geospatial exposures related to the built environment on health outcomes. Outcomes of interest should relate to other college research priorities including physical activity, mental health and well-being, substance misuse, cognitive decline, nutritional status, chronic disease etc. Scholars who bring an environmental health policy perspective to these issues are also welcome to apply. Successful candidate’s formal training background could be from a range of disciplines including, but not limited to environmental health science, epidemiology, environmental/health policy, human biology, urban planning, architectural engineering.
2) Extreme weather and health outcomes - the study of the influence of extreme weather (e.g., drought, extreme heat, flooding, hurricanes) and associated events on health and well-being of populations, such as but not limited to birth and developmental outcomes, nutritional outcomes, epigenetics, aging outcomes, physical activity, stress and inflammation, mental health, cardiometabolic health, etc. Our principal interest is in population-level inquiry that is consistent with the priorities in NIH’s Health and Extreme Weather Strategic Framework . However, researchers focused on mechanisms underlying the above associations (e.g., thermoregulation impacts on physiology) are also welcome to apply. Successful candidate’s formal training background could be from a range of disciplines including, but not limited to environmental health science, epidemiology, human biology, meteorology, or climate science.
Successful candidates will be expected to build research programs involving collaboration across multiple disciplines to both capitalize on the broad range of scientific expertise at Penn State University and to promote an understanding of environmental influences on health that considers interactions with social, behavioral, and physiological determinants. Tenure track faculty members at Penn State are also expected to teach, mentor trainees, and engage in service to the university and profession.
The primary academic appointment for this position will be in one of the College of Health and Human Development’s eight academic units , including but not limited to the departments of Biobehavioral Health, Kinesiology, Nutrition Sciences, Human Development and Family Science, and Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management. HHD is one of the larger academic units at the University, home to approximately 160 full-time faculty and 200 staff members…