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- New NJ Population Health Project Request for Applications - The New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data Project (iPHD) Project launched its seventh application cycle with a new Request for Applications. The iPHD supports population health research by linking health and other administrative data for investigators seeking a deeper understanding of some of the most pressing topics in public and population health. Interested applicants must submit a Letter of Intent to the iPHD by November 12, 2025. For more information, please visit our website.
- Indiana University - Assistant Professor Position - The Department of Sociology (https://sociology.indiana.edu/index.html) at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor to begin in the fall of 2026 in the general area of sociology of medicine, health, and/or well-being broadly defined. We encourage applicants whose research in medicine, health, and/or well-being would complement department strengths in the areas of education, social psychology, political sociology, sociology of the family, sociology of inequality, stratification, and population.
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy - The Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the tenure track. Applicants must have an M.D. or Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree.Apply: here: https://apptrkr.com/6633465
Purdue University Main Campus | Indianapolis and West Lafayette, IN Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Positions at Assistant and Associate Ranks - Synergistic Faculty Recruitment Initiative in Integrated Health Across Lifecycle and SystemsPurdue University invites applications for multiple tenured or tenure-track faculty positions as part of a multi-department strategic faculty recruitment initiative in Integrated Health Across Lifecycle and Systems. This strategic recruitment will help advance Purdue’s One Health initiative (https://www.purdue.edu/onehealth/) which seeks to tackle complex challenges with real-world impact at the intersection of human, animal, and plant health.
Research Center Coordinator Job Opening - ISRDI is launching a new initiative: The National Institute on Aging Demography and Economics Coordinating Center (NIA DECC), and we are hiring! The DECC Coordinator will oversee the day-to-day operations of the DECC; serve as a key liaison across DECC stakeholders; manage DECC research events, and support DECC programs and dissemination. Application Review Begins Monday, October 20, 2025.
Mutyala Family Endowed Professorship in Cancer Prevention and Population Health –-University of Houston - The Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences at the University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine invites applications for an endowed professor in cancer prevention. This position also includes an appointment as a Clinical Faculty member within the Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute. We seek candidates who have demonstrated excellence in research and are ready to contribute to our ambitious vision (http://www.uh.edu/medicine/).
Assistant Professor of Health Policy - CE or Tenure Track - Assistant Professor of Health Policy - University of PennsylvaniaThe Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy seeks candidates for several Assistant Professor positions in either the non-tenure clinician educator track or the tenure track. Expertise is required in the specific area of population health, which includes (but is not limited to) identifying patterns and drivers of health behaviors, morbidity, and mortality and health disparities. Experience with observational or experimental studies using statistical and/or econometric methods is necessary.http://apptrkr.com/5593457 - The Development, Evolution, and Maintenance of Structural Racism for the Study of Health Inequities: An Expanded Framework for Asian, Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and White Americans - This critical review of policies and events extends a previously published framework for understanding structural racism in health research across ethnoracial groups from 1400 to present. We apply this framework for Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and White groups and reflect on, compare, and contrast the overarching patterns within and across groups. This work underscores the heterogeneity of structural racism across domains, historical time, and ethnoracial groups, highlighting the necessity of expanding conceptualizations of structural ra
- The Development, Evolution, and Maintenance of Structural Racism for the Study of Health Inequities: An Expanded Framework for Asian, Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and White Americans - This critical review of policies and events extends a previously published framework for understanding structural racism in health research across ethnoracial groups from 1400 to present. We apply this framework for Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and White groups and reflect on, compare, and contrast the overarching patterns within and across groups. This work underscores the heterogeneity of structural racism across domains, historical time, and ethnoracial groups, highlighting the necessity of expanding conceptualizations of structural ra
Reflecting on power: the inadequacies of small sample size technique through the lens of indigenous health - In this commentary we describe three distinct, yet related, issues underlying the relationships between statistical power (B) and structural and ideational power related to the “small sample size” problem for Indigenous peoples: (i) inadequate data procurement and management processes, (ii) normative methodological practices, and (iii) insufficient scientific communication. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2025; kwaf097, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf097