The School of Public Health at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full‐time, non-tenure, Research Assistant Professor for the Department of Health Policy and Management. The successful candidate will conduct cutting edge research and provide mentoring for students based in College Station. The candidate will focus primarily on health services research, retrospective database studies, Medicaid, value based payment systems, emergency department use, Telemedicine, and 1115 Medicaid Waiver with potential for limited opportunities to teach and engage in professional service. This 11-month appointment would ideally start August 1, 2024. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled; however, for best consideration candidates should apply prior to April 1, 2024.
About the Department of Health Policy & Management
The Department has 14 tenured and tenure track faculty, as well as 7 academic professional track (APT) faculty members, and is home to more than 120 graduate students. It offers a traditional Master of Public Health (MPH) degree with a concentration in Health Policy & Management, and a PhD in Health Services Research. The Department also houses a CAHME-accredited Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree program that is well ranked by U.S. News and World Report. Additionally, Department faculty teach in the School of Public Health’s Bachelor of Science in Public Health generalist degree program, which has more than 2,800 majors.
The Department has a commitment to scholarly inquiry in a broad spectrum of areas. Research, scholarship, and creative activities in the department represent a wide array of disciplines, expertise, and interests. The Department’s faculty have backgrounds in data science, economics, health services research, public health, political science, dentistry, law, and management science. Our faculty members are highly collaborative with substantial research strengths across a variety of areas, including health care access and delivery infrastructures, quality of health care services, critical access hospitals, long-term care policies, Medicaid, managed care, chronic disease burden, maternal and child health, health disparities, data privacy, as well as mental and behavioral health, among others
The School of Public Health is the only unit within Texas A&M Health holding qualifications and membership in the Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS).
Additional Information
Located in College Station, Texas on the flagship campus of the Texas A&M University System, the CEPH-accredited School of Public Health has more than 91 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 all faculty.