Department Chair/Head – Public Health Sciences – Clemson University
Posted: 12/4/2022 (Employment)
Clemson University’s Department of Public Health Sciences is seeking applications for the position of Department Chair, a tenure-line position with faculty rank of Full Professor, to begin July 1, 2023. The Chair will report directly to the Dean of the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences (CBSHS), which includes the following departments: Communication; Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management; Political Science; Psychology; Public Health Sciences; Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice; and the School of Nursing.
The Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS) works to improve health service delivery and public health practice through integration of our innovative research, teaching and service. DPHS employs 23 full-time faculty and 5 post-doctoral fellows and is one of the university’s fastest growing departments. Within DPHS, our faculty disciplines include epidemiology, biostatistics and informatics; community health promotion and behavior; and health administration and policy. On average, our tenure-track faculty published 6.8 peer-reviewed journal articles in 2021 and generated over $6,000,000 in research awards. Faculty lead research projects have been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Agriculture, US Department of Defense, as well as national, regional, and local foundations. Our national and global research is diverse and includes topics such as rural health, addiction, cancer, obesity and other chronic diseases, aging, infectious disease, and health policy.
Location: Clemson University