Assistant/ Associate Professor Nutrition Sciences

The Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions (CHS) Nutrition Sciences program is seeking two full-time, academic year (9-month) tenure-eligible faculty members at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in the area of basic nutrition sciences.

The anticipated start date is Fall of 2021, but may be negotiable. Preferred research focus areas of applicants include those related to nutrition-related obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, immunology, and endocrinology.

Successful applicants will contribute to the university’s mission through teaching, research, and service. We seek applicants who will contribute to our nutrition program and expand our interdisciplinarity and translational research collaborations within CHS, with other academic units throughout the university, and with external institutions and community partners. Successful applicants will teach both undergraduate and graduate courses online and on-ground, and mentor students in research and professional development. Service to the college, university, and community is expected.

For the rank of Assistant Professor, preferred applicants should have postdoctoral research experience in the related fields. Exceptions may be given to outstanding doctoral students who will complete a doctorate degree prior to appointment. For the rank of Associate Professor, applicants must have a nationally or internationally recognized research program, as well as a record of excellence in teaching and mentoring students and in service.

Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience 

This position will also work with faculty across the college to address our Grand Challenges, complex and difficult health problems which require translational research, transformative collaboration and innovation. Through research, academic programs and service, the college is focused on these Grand Challenges: Addressing the systems of health care and the health needs of populations, and optimizing health and human performance of individuals across the lifespan. We are particularly interested in making an impact on populations with significant health disparities. We welcome applications from candidates whose scholarship complements the existing expertise within the College of Health Solutions (https://chs.asu.edu/faculty-research). In addition, we encourage research collaborations with investigators from diverse academic fields and community partners.

Responsibilities for this position include developing and maintaining a successful research program, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring students and junior faculty (depending on rank), and providing service to the program and university as well as to the community and profession. The ideal applicant will present evidence of a successful research trajectory commensurate with the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, including extramural funding and peer-reviewed publications, and a strong commitment to high quality teaching and mentoring.

The College values our cultural and intellectual diversity, and continually strives to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment.  Veterans and individuals who can strengthen the diversity of the academic community are encouraged to apply.

About the College of Health Solutions

The College of Health Solutions is committed to translating scientific health research and discovery into practice to improve health outcomes through education, research and service. We equip students with the knowledge and skills to influence healthier lifestyle choices; develop creative interventions to improve the health of people and populations; analyze and translate large amounts of health data into solutions; and maximize the technology, science, business and application of diagnostics. Our research programs encompass basic science, discovery science, clinical trials, intervention science and measurement of health outcomes. In all cases, our faculty use interdisciplinary approaches to address the complex systems that underpin health problems. We are highly collaborative, transparent and team-oriented. Our innovative organizational structure includes translational teams that move science from labs into communities with evidence-based interventions that make a difference, as well as affinity networks where teams of people work together to improve methodologies and processes. All of our programs, in and out of the classroom, are designed with the goal of improving the health of people and communities.

Current training programs include behavioral health, biomedical diagnostics, biomedical informatics, executive and continuing education, exercise science, health promotion, health sciences, kinesiology, medical studies, nutrition, population health, the science of health care delivery, and speech and hearing science. Our programs are offered at ASU’s Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, Polytechnic, West and Lake Havasu campuses, as well as on Mayo Clinic’s campus in north Phoenix. We maintain research facilities in cooperation with multiple community partners, including an expansion of the Phoenix Biomedical Campus that is in development through a public-private partnership that will increase collaborative opportunities with private companies and offer an additional 200,000 square feet of space for research and clinical trials.

About Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. U.S. News & World Report ranks ASU #1 in the U.S. for innovation for six years in a row. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising multiple differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 90,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's sixth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

For more information about ASU and the College of Health Solutions, visit http://about.asu.edu/ and https://chs.asu.edu

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate or terminal degree (PhD, ScD, MD/DO, DrPH) in nutrition, medicine, or other related disciplines such as physiology, Immunology, endocrinology, biochemistry, biological sciences, molecular biology, etc.
• Evidence of a sustained history or potential of peer reviewed publications in high-impact journals and obtaining extramural funding commensurate with the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor
• Evidence of successful teaching at the university level related to the field of nutritional sciences appropriate to the applicant’s rank
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate work and communicate effectively with a diverse group of students, colleagues, and staff

Desired Qualifications

• Research focus in one or more nutrition-related diseases including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, immunology, and endocrinology, and/or research in the area of nutrition science relevant to the needs of the Arizona's diverse populations and the college's Grand Challenges
• Demonstrated commitment to multidisciplinary, translational and innovative research for improving human health
• Evidence of a successful history of obtaining extramural funding from highly competitive sources such as NIH, PCORI, CDC, NSF, similar federal mechanisms, and/or foundations
• Demonstrated success in promoting student retention and/or graduation
• Evidence of active involvement in university, community, and professional service commensurate with the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor

Application Deadline and Procedures

Application deadline is December 31, 2020. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.

To apply, click http://apply.interfolio.com/80746 to submit the following:

• A letter of interest including the name of the position for which you are applying, your qualifications, and professional experience
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research statement
• Diversity and Inclusion statement detailing how your teaching, service and/or scholarship, or other work related to the position, supports ASU’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. Please see our diversity statement included in the job ad above and ASU’s charter.
• Information for three professional references (their position, title, e-mail, phone number). References will not be contacted until the applicant progresses to the latter stages of the search process.

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Rachel Otero at Rachel.K.Otero@asu.edu.

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