Lecturer in Public Health

1000scholars; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego invites applications for occasional openings for temporary non-tenure track lecturers (Unit 18) for Academic years 26/27 and 27/28. Courses span BS and MPH programs, across Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Policy, and more, taught in person at UCSD or partner sites.

Appointments may be part-time or full-time, depending on course load and scheduling, with salary based on UC pay scales.

Qualifications

• Appointees must comply with School and University instructions, deadlines, and policies regarding course scheduling.
• Lecturers may be needed for BS undergraduate and graduate courses in listed subject areas at UCSD main campus or partner sites (e.g., Southwestern College).

Responsibilities

• Deliver in-person lectures for BS and MPH courses across listed subjects such as BS PH 40, PH 101, PH 110, PH 120, PH 130, MPH PH 401-406, PH 410-413, PH 415-418, PH 467.
• Prepare and update course materials, assess students, and provide mentorship within the academic-year schedule.

Job description

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego is committed to academic excellence within the faculty, staff, and student body and has occasional openings for temporary non-tenure track lecturers (Unit 18) for Academic years 26/27 and 27/28.

The HWSPH has focal areas of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Climate & Environmental Health, Community Health Services and Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Equity and Justice, Global Health, Health Behavior, Health Policy, Public Mental Health, and Technology & Precision Health and offers six degree programs: BS in Public Health, MPH, MS and PhD in Biostatistics, PhD in Public Health, and a Joint doctoral program with SDSU. Further, the School has a Preventive Medicine Residency program. UC San Diego has initiated an undergraduate program partnership with Southwestern College in southeast San Diego, with the HWSPH BSPH being the first program to lead this partnership aimed at increasing access and pipeline to the UC system.

The School has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Moores Cancer Center, Rady School of Management, Jacobs School of Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and with other partners across the UC San Diego campus. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School. The School comprises more than 125 primary faculty and academics, 25 secondary faculty, and 150 staff members and provides instruction and mentorship to more than 900 BSPH majors and 225 postgraduate students, and the School’s faculty and academics hold ~$255M total awarded grants and contracts.

Position Duties

Appointees must comply with School and University instructions, deadlines, and policies regarding course scheduling, and are expected to be flexible with regard to the scheduling of their classes to accommodate the limited space availability for classrooms during standard business hours. Classes will be in person and may be on the UC San Diego main campus or at our partner site at Southwestern College in the Chula Vista area of San Diego. Appointments may be part-time or full-time, for 1, 2, or 3 classes per quarter and 1, 2, or 3 quarters in duration in an academic year.

Courses in which lecturers may be needed include BS undergraduate and graduate courses, including but not limited to:

• BS: PH 40 - Introduction to Public Health
• PH 101 - Epidemiology
• PH 110 - Health Behavior and Chronic Diseases
• PH 120 - Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles
• PH 130 - Environmental and Occupational Health
• PH 193,194 - Public Health Capstone sequence
• PH 196a,b,c - Honors Program sequence
• MPH: PH 401 - Introduction to Epidemiology
• PH 402 - Introduction to Health Behavior
• PH 403 - Public Health Research Methods
• PH 404 - Environmental Health
• PH 405 - Health Policy and Management
• PH 406 - Scientific Writing
• PH 410 - Health Behavior Interventions
• PH 411 - Measurement and Program Evaluation
• PH 412 - Scale Development for Behavioral Health Measurement
• PH 413 - Ethics in Public Health Research/Practice
• PH 415 - Advanced Epidemiological Methods
• PH 416 - Environmental Epidemiology
• PH 417 - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
• PH 418 - Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
• PH 467 - Cancer: Cause and Prevention

In the application, please specify the courses or academic area(s) in which you are qualified to teach.

A link to the full description of the series is provided for your review: Lecturer and Senior Lecturer Series

Salary is based on the University of California pay scales.

School: https://hwsph.ucsd.edu/