Assistant or Associate Professor of Cancer Epidemiology

The Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) seeks candidates for the position of assistant or associate professor of cancer epidemiology. This is a tenure-ladder position, with the academic rank to be determined in accordance with the successful candidate's experience and productivity. The successful candidate will play a central role in the department's program of teaching and research.

The general emphasis in candidates' research should be the design, implementation, and analysis of population-based studies to establish causes of cancer. In addition to developing an independent program of research, the successful candidate will be expected to participate in collaborative research activities within the department. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching and for student supervision, which will encompass the direction of doctoral students in their dissertation research and student advising at the master's and doctoral levels.

The successful applicant should have a doctoral degree in epidemiology or in another relevant area of public health, or a medical degree and formal training in epidemiology.

Please send a letter of application, including a statement of current and future research interests, curriculum vitae, sample publications, and the names of four referees to the following address. Applicants should ask their four referees to write independently to this address:

Chair, Search Committee for Assistant or Associate Professor in the Area of Cancer
c/o Rebecca Cantor (rcantor@hsph.harvard.edu)
Department of Epidemiology, Kresge 906
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Harvard University is committed to increasing representation of women and minority members among its faculty and particularly encourages applications from such candidates.