Tenured/Tenure-Track: Assistant/Associate Professor

The CEPH-accredited School of Public Health at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full- time assistant/associate professor tenure-track position in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Texas A&M University is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), is a Carnegie Classification R1-Very High Research Activity, and is one of only 17 institutions in the nation to hold the triple designation as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university. The School of Public Health is going through multiple years of expansion having hired ten new faculty members in the past year and is recruiting for a tenure track position in Biostatistics or Epidemiologic Methods this year. Salary will be commensurate with experience. The successful candidate will be actively engaged in scholarship and extramural research activity, will teach face-to-face and online graduate and undergraduate courses in epidemiology or biostatistics, and will provide academic advising and mentoring for Master and Doctor of Public Health graduate students. Additionally, the candidate will be expected to pursue collaborations with institutes, centers, and programs across the Texas A&M University campus (e.g., Clinical Science and Translation Research Institute, Driscoll Children’s Hospital Global Institute for Hispanic Health, Institute of Data Science).

This position is a 9-month hard-money funded appointment with a standard teaching load of four classes a year: two in Fall and two in Spring. External research funding and service to the profession are expected. This appointment will ideally start January 1, 2026, although the start date is flexible. Interviews will start in September 2025, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who thrive in a dynamic environment to join a growing department with a commitment to scholarly inquiry, rigorous research and high-quality teaching and mentoring.

About The Department Of Epidemiology And Biostatistics

The department has nine tenured and tenure track faculty members, five non-tenure earning instructional faculty and staff members, and is home to over 120 graduate students. The department offers an epidemiology concentration in the schoolwide Doctor of Public Health in Public Health Sciences. It also offers Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics as well as a fully online MPH degree in epidemiology. Additionally, Epidemiology and Biostatistics faculty teach in the School’s undergraduate public health degree program, which has over 2,400 students.

Additional Information

Located in College Station, TX on the flagship campus of the Texas A&M University System, the CEPH-accredited School of Public Health (SPH) has over 95 faculty in four departments. Texas A&M University, a land-, sea-, and space-grant institution, was the state’s first public institution of higher learning, is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) and boasts world-class resources available to SPH faculty.

Candidates must hold a PhD or equivalent degree in biostatistics, epidemiology, or related field from an accredited school of public health or related educational institution. The successful candidates’ scholarship will focus on epidemiologic methods/applied biostatistics in public health research and ideally will align with at least one of the school’s centers:

• Center for Community Health and Aging,
• Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research,
• Southwest Rural Health Research Center,
• Center for Health and Nature,
• USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness,
• Center for Worker Health.

All applications materials should be submitted through or uploaded to Interfolio http://apply.interfolio.com/167621. Please provide: 1) curriculum vitae, 2) cover letter, 3) a personal statement including philosophy and plans for research and teaching as applicable. Additionally, please provide a list of five (5) references; references will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. Questions regarding this posting may be sent to Dr. Dennis Gorman, search committee Chair.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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