Job Description

The Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) invites applications for faculty positions with start dates expected to be in Spring/Summer 2027. We are primarily focused on candidates for appointment at the Assistant Professor level; however, candidates can also apply for consideration at higher ranks. We are seeking versatile, collaborative, and exceptionally creative faculty motivated to understand and improve population health by addressing pertinent environmental health challenges and redressing inequities, working at any scale from molecular to population and at any scope from local to global. In this round, we are prioritizing candidates with active external funding to support their research and scholarship at BUSPH.

BUSPH believes that the cultural and social diversity of our faculty, staff, and students is vitally important to the distinction and excellence of our research and academic programs. We are eager to recruit colleagues who support our commitment to ensuring BU is inclusive, equitable, diverse, and a place where all community members can thrive.

The Department of Environmental Health is composed of 17 primary faculty members and is internationally recognized for innovation in research, teaching, and practice, and for its culture of collaboration. Our faculty investigate the pressing environmental health challenges of our time, including the health effects of contaminants such as metals, PFAS, air pollutants, and complex mixtures of chemical and non-chemical stressors in occupational and residential settings; health effects of extreme weather; energy systems and sustainability; water and sanitation; military environmental health; and emerging diseases of global significance and other facets of international environmental health. We emphasize solutions-oriented work in partnership with transdisciplinary stakeholders, decision-makers, and communities, with explicit consideration of environmental and social justice. The Department runs MPH certificates in both Environmental Health and Justice & Climate Change and Health, and a PhD program in Environmental Health.

Additionally, the school-wide Center for Climate and Health at BUSPH is hosted by and led by Environmental Health faculty, and there are additional collaborative opportunities with other school wide centers and programs such as the Center for Trauma and Mental Health and the Center for Health Data Science. Faculty who join the Department also have access to BU's world-class laboratory and clinical resources, computing facilities, and faculty expertise, and the opportunity to collaborate with university-wide centers including the Institute for Global Sustainability, the Initiative on Cities, the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science and Engineering, and the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases. Faculty receive mentorship and development opportunities to position them for success.

Compensation and rank:

• Assistant Professor: $145,000 - $165,000 / year (Primary hiring focus)
• Associate / Full Professor: $165,000 - $230,000 / year

Final salary determination and rank placement will be based on the candidate's academic record, research background, and years of qualifying experience.

Required Skills

Position Qualifications:

Candidates should have a PhD, DrPH, or equivalent degree in environmental health or a related field, active external funding to support their program of research and scholarship at BUSPH, and a commitment to excellence and innovation in teaching, education, and mentorship of students. Successful candidates will be expected to lead an independent research program; actively engage in collaborative research; teach and mentor master's and doctoral-level students; and provide stage-appropriate service to the department, university, and profession. The search is not limited to a specific area of environmental health, but we are particularly interested in collaborative applicants working on the environmental health challenges listed above. We welcome applicants from diverse disciplines, including but not limited to exposure science, epidemiology, toxicology, risk/health impact assessment, and data science. We also welcome applicants with a demonstrated ability to connect their research with public health practice, research translation, and/or science communication.

Application process:

Applicants should provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research statement describing their research interests and experience, and a teaching and mentoring statement detailing their approach to teaching and mentoring in an inclusive and diverse learning environment at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32234.

Only applications submitted via the above AJO link will be reviewed.

Application review will begin September 1, 2026 and applications will continue to be accepted through October 15, 2026.