USC Price School of Public Policy

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The Sol Price School of Public Policy invites nominations and applications for a new position as a full Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. The Price School seeks a nationally renowned scholar who can demonstrate excellence in research and training at the interface between public policy and medicine. The successful candidate is expected to take an intellectual leadership role in both the Price School and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, an interdisciplinary research center serving as a hub for health policy research throughout the University. The applicant should be a distinguished scholar, broadly defined. Substantive research areas may include medicine, public policy, economics, or other disciplines. Applicants should hold an appropriate doctoral degree and have exceptional research and teaching records. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate an ability to raise external funding to support research and training. Candidates are expected to meet School and University standards for full tenured professors. It is expected that the successful candidate will be nominated for the Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy, named in honor of one of USC’s longest serving University Presidents

Position Description and Qualifications: In addition to the research and teaching responsibilities of the position, the successful candidate should be eligible to serve as the Chair of the Department. The Department Chair is expected to provide leadership and overall management in the department, which has principal responsibility for two degree programs: a traditional Master in Health Administration (MHA), and a blended, online Executive Master in Health Administration (EMHA) each with a total enrollment of approximately 150 students. The Department is also responsible for the health policy and management track in our B.S. in Public Policy degree. The Department currently has ten full-time tenured and tenure track faculty, three teaching faculty, and more than 30 adjunct faculty

An Equal Opportunity Employer:
USC is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer that actively seeks diversity in its workplace.

Apply for this Position: Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae and list of three references. Please apply online at: http://jobs.usc.edu/postings/76414