Job Description

Faculty Position Opportunity:

Health Promotion Research Center Tulsa, Stephenson Cancer Center AND School of Community Medicine

General lnformation:  

• Direct Supervisor:  HPRC Tulsa site director
• FTE: 100%
• Appointment Type: Tenure Track
• Title/Rank: Open Rank
• Primary Location: OU-Tulsa Schusterman Campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Extremely competitive salary (e.g., Assistant Professor level starts at $125,000 quarterly bonus) and come with generous start-up package. Rank to be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• Leadership opportunities are available based upon interest and qualifications.
• Exceptional candidates may be eligible for an endowed chair.

 The mission of the TSET Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC) is to reduce the burden of disease in Oklahoma by addressing modifiable health risk factors such as tobacco use, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, cancer screening, and risky alcohol and other substance use through research, novel intervention development, and dissemination of research findings.

The HPRC is an integral component of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program of the NCI-Designated Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) and contains major resources including:

1) the Tobacco Treatment Research Program (TTRP),

2) the Mobile Health Shared Resource (https://healthpromotionresearch.org/MHealth),

3) the Tobacco Regulatory Science Lab (https://healthpromotionresearch.org/Tobacco-Regulatory-Science),

4) the HPRC Training Program (https://healthpromotionresearch.org/Training).

 HPRC investigators have developed the InsightTM mHealth Platform which enables researchers to rapidly (i.e., within 1-4 weeks) create smartphone-based research studies that include ecological momentary assessments and sensor data (i.e., activity monitor, GPS, mobile carbon monoxide monitor) to identify environmental, cognitive, affective, physiological, and behavioral antecedents of health risk behaviors and deliver context-specific adaptive interventions in real-time. The mHealth resource is currently staffed by 6 computer scientists/engineers and 4 additional staff members. To date, the mHealth resource has supported 96 research studies including 48 studies funded by the NIH.

Tulsa is a mid-sized (metroplex population: ~1,000,000), family-friendly, affordable city (e.g., cost of living: $125,000 in Tulsa = $246,000 in San Francisco, $215,000 in Boston, $158,000 in Denver, $151,000 in Chapel Hill), with access to urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods that are all within a short drive to campus. In fact, Forbes magazine recently ranked Tulsa as one of the TOP 6 cities to move to in 2024. It has thriving cultural, art, and music scenes, and has experienced considerable urban revitalization efforts over the past several years. Oklahoma is culturally unique given that it is home to 39 federally recognized Native American tribes, and Tulsa shares common boundaries with the Muscogee Creek, Cherokee, and Osage tribal territories. Tulsa is also home to The Gathering Place, which Time magazine calls “One of the World’s Greatest Places.”       

Primary Responsibilities

• Continue to pursue an independent line of research that results in peer-reviewed publications as well as extramurally funded grants, with a particular focus on NIH- and NCI-funded research.
• Collaborate with the SCC Community Outreach and Engagement team on community-engaged research to address the significant cancer health disparities that occur in Oklahoma
• Collaborate with existing research initiatives at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC), SCC, and the School of Community Medicine (SCM) as well as involve SCM faculty on new research proposals (as relevant)
• Contribute to the training and mentoring of postdoctoral fellows, participate in center / departmental educational conferences, and provide yearly HPRC / SCC / SCM seminar presentations and guest lectures
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor and/or other appropriate University authority.

Required

• Doctoral level degree in a health-related field
• Assistant Professor level applicants should have a strong academic record, with evidence of scholarship and show strong potential for acquiring extramural funding
• Associate/Full Professor level applicants should have a strong record of extramural funding 

Preferences (Not Required)

Research experience related to the following:

• Cancer survivorship
• Epidemiology (e.g., cancer prevention/control, health disparities, cancer incidence/mortality)
• Policy research as it relates to cancer/cancer prevention (e.g., tobacco/nicotine, nutrition, physical activity, alcohol, cancer risk factors)

• Applicants are required to apply through Interfolio and provide a CV and Cover Letter.
• Questions about this position or the application process can be directed to [email protected].