Assistant Professor, Health Management and System Sciences

The University of Louisville School of Public Health & Information Sciences (SPHIS) seeks candidates for a full-time tenure-eligible junior faculty position at the assistant professor-level with an appointment in the Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences (HMSS). This individual will build HMSS capacity in health services research, health management research, or management science. The candidate hired will maintain a faculty appointment in HMSS, providing teaching and service for the department’s graduate-level programs (MS in Health Administration, MPH-Health Policy, and Ph.D. in Health Management & Policy). The applicant should be able to teach various courses in health outcomes research, operations management, health information management, or quality management. The ideal candidate should be able to show the potential for a strong research record in health services research, health policy, operations management, information management, health outcomes research, or a related area.

Additionally, the hired candidate will play an active role in the research activities of the Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky (CIK) and the National Science Foundation’s University of Louisville Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT). Established in 2002, SPHIS distinguished itself among schools of public health as one that integrates how information about the public’s health is acquired, evaluated, acted upon, and disseminated, as well as subsequent impacts on public health. CIK was established in 2015 to serve as a transdisciplinary collaborative for population health improvement, policy, and analytics. The primary operations of CIK include data warehousing and analytics, community-based research, and health policy research and education. CHOT was established at the University of Louisville in 2017 and is a national multi-university and healthcare organization industry/university research cooperative center (I/UCRC).

Educational activities are expected to flow from the growing SPHIS infrastructure with the candidate contributing to instructional activities in areas such as an expansion of health administration and health services research instruction, seminars on health-targeted topics, and community presentations within Louisville, Kentucky’s large and vibrant healthcare community.

Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. A cover letter detailing the candidate’s research interests, teaching, and other relevant experience, curriculum vitae, and three references are required to be submitted as part of the on-line application at to https://louisville.edu/jobs/, Position #40634.  Application questions may be e-mailed to Darla Samuelsen at darla.samuelsen@louisville.edu. For additional information, contact:

Lee W. Bewley, Ph.D., FACHE

Associate Professor

Director, Health Management Programs

President, Kentucky ACHE

School of Public Health and Information Sciences
485 E. Gray Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202

lee.bewley@louisville.edu

This hiring action will remain open until the position is filled. Targeted employment start is Summer 2021 (beginning of Fall term); January 2022 start (beginning of Spring term) may be considered as required.