Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences

ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Health Economics
Department of Community Health Sciences
Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Position Number: 35818

The Department of Community Health Sciences seeks an innovative health economist with a passion for Canadian health policy to fill a tenured/tenure-track position at the assistant/associate level. We offer a supportive, research-intensive environment in which to develop your independent research program. We provide access to Statistics Canada microdata through the RDC, to de-identified linked individual-level data from a variety of government departments, including healthcare, education, justice, immigration and social/families through the Manitoba Population Health Data Repository, and excellent students at all levels. Opportunities to collaborate exist across campus, and include the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, the Manitoba Research Data Centre, the Institute for Global Public Health, and Ongomiizwin Institute of Indigenous Health. We are building strength in Canadian health economics and welcome your ideas.

THE POSITION
The successful candidate will hold an academic appointment with the Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/chs/).

The Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS) is a research and training-intensive interdisciplinary department that focuses on creation, preservation, and communication of knowledge with respect to the health of populations and thereby contributes to the well-being of the people of Manitoba, Canada and the world. CHS has 52 full-time faculty members, including 10 Canada Research Chairs, and the largest thesis-based graduate program in RFHS. CHS has active collaborative research and educational programs in epidemiology, biostatistics, health-related social sciences, global public health, Indigenous health, family health, violence and injury prevention, aging and other areas.

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate is expected to develop an independent research program that focuses on building knowledge and research capacity in Canadian health economics, and to contribute to teaching and graduate supervision within CHS.

Qualifications:
The successful candidate must have a doctoral degree in Economics. Necessary qualifications for the position include evidence of research quality and productivity appropriate to career stage, as demonstrated by a track record of research activity. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic and visionary individual with excellent communication, collaboration and leadership skills, and an interest in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, and human rights and social justice in research, teaching and service activities.

Additional Information:
The University of Manitoba is committed to the principles of equity, diversity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).

The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is committed to the social justice principles of equity, access & participation and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, Black, racially marginalized communities, disabled persons and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).
An inclusive, open and diverse community is essential to excellence and fosters voices that have been ignored or discouraged. To address the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences commitment to equity, access and participation, and in recognition of the underrepresentation of members of historically and currently excluded groups, we take proactive measures including implicit bias training for all hiring panels. We strive for diversity and cultural safety throughout the hiring process (hiring panels, short-list of candidates, interviews). The University acknowledges the potential impact that Career Interruptions and Personal Circumstances can have on an applicant’s record of research achievement. Measures will be taken to ensure that these leaves will be taken into careful consideration during the evaluation process.

We encourage you to self-identity aspects of your identity that position you to bring currently under-represented viewpoints, expertise and forms of excellence to this role.
If you require accommodation supports during the recruitment process, please contact UM.Accommodation@umanitoba.ca or 204-474-7195. Please note this contact information is for accommodation reasons only. Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the protection of privacy provisions of “The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act” (Manitoba). Please note that curriculum vitae will be provided to participating members of the search process.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Consideration of applications will begin on January 6, 2024. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

Application materials should include:
• a cover letter outlining the candidate’s qualifications and how they fulfill the above-listed criteria, including teaching experience and research plans
• a curriculum vitae
• A personal statement that documents the candidate’s positionality, demonstrated commitment and approach to issues pertaining to anti-racism and social justice (including principles of equity, access and participation) in the following areas: teaching, research and service.
• a published or unpublished research paper
• the names and contact information of three referees

– Please send applications by email to: Dr. Michelle Driedger, Head, Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
– E-mail: Shannon.Turczak@umanitoba.ca
– Please refer to Position Number: 35818 in the subject heading of your email

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