Instructional Faculty in Biostatistics - Pennsylvania, United States

Temple University College of Public Health · Instructional Faculty in Biostatistics - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics · The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is hiring a non-tenure track instructional faculty member in Biostatistics, and we invite applicat ...

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Temple University College of Public Health

Instructional Faculty in Biostatistics - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is hiring a non-tenure track instructional faculty member in Biostatistics, and we invite applications for an enthusiastic instructor to teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses in biostatistics starting in August 2025.

Instructional faculty teach a combination of in-person and online courses. Temple University offers excellent professional development in teaching, and this position also provides collaborative research opportunities, including participation in the Department's Biostatistics Core, which offers comprehensive biostatistical consultation and computational services to researchers in the College of Public Health and throughout Temple University, as well as those in other institutions. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience.

The College of Public Health's mission is to educate, innovate, and transform to bring about healthy, equitable, and thriving communities. We engage in interprofessional education, community and clinical practice, impactful research, and service learning, approaching our work with cultural humility as we advocate for positive change and prepare leaders to address the most pressing issues of our time. Social justice has always driven our efforts, and we understand that individual health outcomes are intricately tied to the larger systems we inhabit.

QUALIFICATIONS. We seek collegial faculty with an earned doctorate in biostatistics or related discipline before the start date. Because the Department offers courses for students in multiple disciplines (e.g., nursing, kinesiology), successful candidates should be skilled in teaching quantitative courses to students with a range of aptitudes and using a variety of statistical software (e.g. SAS, R). Online teaching experience is highly desirable. We value diversity and seek individuals committed to inclusive practices in education. Rank is at the assistant professor level.

THE DEPARTMENT. The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics combines curiosity with rigorous, applied methods that lead to compelling questions and impactful results to improve public health. This is a great opportunity to join a department experiencing growth with research expenditures increasing >80%25 in the past 5 years and multiple agreements for academic programming and research with international universities. The Department has 15 full-time faculty with expertise in mediation, causal inference, missing data and measurement error, semiparametric regression, latent variable modeling, psychometrics, and statistical methods for neuroimaging data as well as behavioral and chronic disease epidemiology, cancer prevention and control, environmental and occupational exposures, seroepidemiology and disease modeling, aging and cognitive decline, and cardiovascular disease. The Department annually enrolls over 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students with diverse backgrounds and offers five graduate programs: PhD in Epidemiology; MPH degrees in Epidemiology (in-person and online), Applied Biostatistics, and Environmental Health; and MS in Public Health Data Science. We also administer a graduate certificate in Applied Clinical Research. The Department contributes to the College's nationally recognized BS in Public Health and administers a minor in Applied Epidemiology.

THE COLLEGE. Our CEPH-accredited College of Public Health embraces public health in all its disciplinary forms, fostering impactful teaching, scholarship, and interdisciplinary collaborations within and outside the college. The College consists of academic units in the public health disciplines, health professions, and the School of Social Work, enrolling approximately 4,200 students. We value differences among our faculty and believe that we can better serve and understand our communities through the diversity of our faculty.

The College seeks to empower emerging leaders, advance excellence in interprofessional teaching and applied practice, drive innovation in research, develop sustainable community partnerships, lead through diversity and inclusion, and engage our CPH community worldwide. We focus much of our work on social determinants of health and social justice with strengths in cancer, obesity, HIV, substance abuse, mental health conditions, mobility research, cognition and language, developmental disabilities, organ transplantation, and aging. College research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, major private foundations, and state and federal agencies. The College is staffed by a robust complement of seasoned professionals within our Offices of Communications and Marketing, Information Technology, Research Administration, and Academic Affairs. Temple's Center for the Advancement of Teaching provides outstanding programs and one-on-one mentoring to instructors to promote and support excellent teaching.

THE UNIVERSITY. Temple University is an urban, research-intensive Carnegie R1 university located in historic and culturally rich Philadelphia, the nation's 6th largest city. The city was ranked third by The New York Times as a world tourist destination. The National Science Foundation ranks Temple among the top 100 universities in the country for research expenditures. Temple is the 6th largest provider of professional education in the nation and includes Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, Law, and Dentistry, as well as research centers. It is also home to Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation's first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers.

Applicants should email: a cover letter detailing their interest; curriculum vitae; a statement of teaching philosophy with specific attention to diversity, equity and inclusion; and the names and contact information of 3-5 references to Application review begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Contact Dr. Recai Yucel, Assistant Director of Biostatistics, at with questions or to make nominations.

Temple University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. People of color, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.