Associate/Full Professor Tenure System

About the Role

Michigan State University (MSU) is seeking well-funded senior and mid-career policy, implementation, and intervention scientists to expand the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health in Flint, Michigan. These are tenured, full-time research positions at the Associate or Full Professor level. The positions are remote-friendly, with the potential for salary coverage to be largely or fully guaranteed for researchers who move their substantial research portfolios to MSU, supported by a $25 million gift. Highly accomplished senior faculty may be eligible for the title of C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health. There are no classroom teaching responsibilities, but opportunities for research mentorship and leadership are available.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct high-caliber, high-impact, and community-partnered research.
• Expand strength in implementation and dissemination science.
• Continue innovation in sharing departmental governance with the Flint community.
• Leverage a dedicated Departmental health policy advocate to move findings into policy.
• Mentor research colleagues.
• Provide leadership in areas such as implementation science and developing a health equity-focused postdoctoral T32 training program.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Established investigator-initiated research program.
• Record of NIH or related federal funding (e.g., PCORI, AHRQ, CDC, DoD, USDA).
• Peer-reviewed journal/articles.
• For Associate Professor or Professor level: Established record of external funding and scholarship.
• Ability to build teams/clusters of scientists focusing on related topics.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Public Health or a related field.
• PhD, DrPH, MD or similar in fields such as:
• Public health
• Health services research
• Health economics
• Social/health psychology
• Clinical disciplines (including medicine, clinical psychology, social work, nutrition, etc.)
• Sociology
• Food science/human nutrition
• Health communications
• Epidemiology

Identified Areas of Need Include (but are not limited to)

• Structural, policy, and other interventions to address violence, safety, education, poverty, and unemployment.
• Substance misuse.
• Mental health.
• Smoking.
• Obesity.
• Maternal and child health.
• Chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular illness.
• Stress and coping.
• Prevention/detection health behaviors.
• Health disparities.
• Sexually transmitted infections and access to care.

Primary Research Methodologies

• Implementation science (including sustainment).
• Dissemination and communication.
• Intervention and services research.
• Research to change health policy.

The Department also includes three health geographers whose work focuses on identifying and eliminating the effects of racism on the built environment.

Application Materials

• Cover letter
• CV
• Names and contact information for 3 professional references

Contact Information

• Jennifer Johnson, PhD, Department Chair ([email protected])
• Amber Pearson, PhD, MPH, Search Committee Chair ([email protected])

Application Review

• Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until positions are filled.
• Advertised: Jul 18, 2025
• Applications Close: Jul 18, 2027