Academic Job Posting

Overview

• Available Positions: two tenure/tenure-track positions and three endowed Chairs/Division Heads

• Deadline for application submissions: Currently, there is no closing date for applications. We will accept applications until the positions are filled. 

• Submission method: Application may be submitted through mail or email

• A printable version of this advertisement is available.  

Established by Royal Charter in 1827, the University of Toronto is the largest and most prestigious research-intensive university in Canada, located in one of the world's great cities. The University has more than 19,000 faculty and staff, some 73,000 students enrolled across three campuses, an annual budget of $1.8 billion, including $376 million in externally funded research, an additional $469 million in research funding in the affiliated teaching hospitals, and one of the premier research libraries in North America.

The Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), an endowed School at the University of Toronto, seeks outstanding candidates for a number of faculty positions. The School offers masters and doctoral degrees in a number of public health areas and post-graduate training in Community Medicine and in Occupational Medicine.  The School is located in the largest health-science research complex in Canada, and has alliances with research institutes and centres, teaching hospitals, public health and community health agencies, as well as with professional health associations and government ministries.  For more information, please visit our website at www.sph.utoronto.ca.

Consideration of candidates will begin in March 2009, with appointments of successful candidates beginning as early as July 1, 2009. A letter of introduction, including a statement of current and future research interests and a curriculum vitae should be forwarded by mail or email to:  Amy Baier, Executive Assistant to the Director, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7 (amy.baier@utoronto.ca).  All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.  

Biostatistics - a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor.  Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent degree in biostatistics, statistics, or other appropriate quantitative field.  The Division seeks outstanding individuals interested in biostatistical methods, applied collaborative research and graduate training.  Applications from individuals in all areas of biostatistics are encouraged, including Bayesian methods, bioinformatics, clinical trials, data mining, environmental statistics, genetics/genomics, longitudinal data analysis, spatial analysis and survival analysis.

Chronic Disease Prevention and Control – an endowed Chair at the rank of Professor.  Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline and a track record of internationally recognized research in at least one of the diseases comprising this area.  The Chair will have the opportunity to build a world-class research program in collaboration with existing faculty in the School who have expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioural sciences, occupational and environmental health, health promotion, global health; with faculty in other schools of the health sciences; and with colleagues in the public health community.

Global Health – an endowed Chair as Professor and Division Head in Global Health. The successful candidate will hold an MD with graduate public health training and/or PhD (or equivalent) with an extensive track record of developing scholarship and research platforms.  We seek an individual who can develop world-class research and training programs in collaboration with the extensive expertise in global health in Toronto.  The program should address a broad array of disease conditions, health systems and policy issues.  The Division Head is expected to develop and implement a strategic vision that builds on existing platforms in basic, clinical, population and policy research in Toronto, with a goal of making the Dalla Lana School of Public Health one of the leading global public health research and training schools within five years.  A key responsibility is ensuring top student recruitment and achievement (at the masters and doctoral levels), and ensuring students have access to expanded research training platforms.  The Division Head is also expected to foster collaborations with countries, and with national and international agencies so as to help advance the School’s mandate for global public health excellence.  Proven skills are expected in developing research and training programs, sound knowledge of global health institutions and key players and ability to develop novel collaborations. 

Occupational and Environmental Health - a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with emphasis on exposure assessment.  The successful candidate will have a focus on chemical and/or biological agents in either the environment generally, or the workplace specifically.  Possible areas of expertise include aerosol science, toxicology, chemistry, or occupational hygiene.  Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline.  Strong linkages are anticipated between the existing expertise in the Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit and other divisions in the DLSPH (e.g. Epidemiology, Global Health), the Centre for the Environment and other relevant groups within and outside the University of Toronto.  The ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams is essential.

Public Health Policy - an endowed Chair as Professor and Division Head in Public Health Policy.  Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent degree.  We seek an internationally recognized leader in public health policy research who will develop outstanding research and training programs that focus on producing and disseminating the evidence for public health policies and programs both nationally and globally.  We expect the successful candidate to build capacity in collaboration with other Divisions in the School, other relevant academic units in the university and with community partners that will systematize knowledge on effective population level policies for reducing preventable death and disease and under what circumstances; explore how policies affect sub-populations differently; and create knowledge to drive public health policy change in areas such as chronic and infectious disease prevention and control, environmental and occupational health policy, substance abuse and food safety.