Division Director and Professor - Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Position Summary

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) seeks applications for the position of Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health (SPH). We seek a visionary and strategic leader who will champion a culture of scholarly excellence, collaboration, and public health impact. The Director will support faculty, staff, and students while advancing the Division's mission through impactful research, exceptional educational programs, and meaningful engagement with communities and partners across the public health landscape.

The successful candidate will possess demonstrated leadership experience, a national and international reputation for scholarly excellence, and a strong scientific foundation in epidemiology, biostatistics, or both. The ideal candidate will have strong methodologic expertise and a proven record of interdisciplinary collaboration between epidemiology and biostatistics.

We welcome applicants with research interests spanning biostatistical methods and epidemiology, including analytical, computational, and population-based approaches to understanding the determinants, prevention, and outcomes of health and disease. Candidates must maintain an active, externally funded research program and a record of scholarship commensurate with appointment at the rank of Professor with tenure.

Additional desired qualifications include outstanding communication, faculty mentorship, team-building, and administrative skills; a demonstrated commitment to advancing public health research and practice; and an entrepreneurial approach to fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth within the Division. The Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is a nationally recognized academic unit committed to improving population health through innovative research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and excellence in education.

Our faculty engage in diverse and impactful research that spans public health, clinical, and quantitative disciplines.

Faculty research areas include

(in Biostatistics) Bayesian modeling and inference, causal inference, longitudinal and clustered data, cancer clinical trials and data modeling, survival analysis, high dimensional data analysis, mediation analysis, EHR data, and neuroimaging data; and (in Epidemiology) chronic diseases, infectious diseases, cancer, environmental and occupational health epidemiology, maternal and child health and global health.

The Division offers a comprehensive portfolio of graduate degree programs, including the Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science (MS), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, preparing the next generation of public health leaders, researchers, and quantitative scientists through advanced training in study design, statistical methods, data analysis, and translational public health research.

Duties

Responsibilities - Providing leadership and vision to the division, setting strategic priorities and advancing the goals of the mission in research, teaching, service and outreach activities. - Developing and communicating the division’s policy guidelines in consultation with the faculty. - Supporting the division’s educational mission and promoting student professional development. - Mentoring and facilitating the career advancement of faculty, staff, and students in the division. - Promoting a collaborative environment that fosters success through strong leadership and shared governance. - Managing the division’s budget, resources and personnel for the maximal benefit of the division and school. - Providing leadership, with school support, for development and fundraising activities. - Representing the division at the school and university levels. - Facilitating partnerships with the stakeholders of the division, including leaders in industry, government, other universities, public groups, and professional societies. - Collaborating with School of Public Health's (SPH) director of marketing and communications, developing a proactive recruitment and marketing campaign for the division. - Serving as a member of the SPH leadership team, engaging in meaningful discussions with the dean, senior associate dean and associate deans concerning division priorities, School level funding initiatives and inter or transdisciplinary efforts intended to advance the missions of the division, school, and university.