Assistant Professor - Environmental Health Sciences

Location: Albany, NY Category: Faculty Job Type: Full-time Posted On: Tue Nov 10 2026 Job Description:

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the College of Integrated Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York (UAlbany) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position to start in the fall semester of 2027.

The College of Integrated Health Sciences (CIHS), inclusive of the public health, social welfare, and nursing disciplines, is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and offers BS, MPH, MS, DrPH, and PhD degrees. The CIHS has a unique partnership with the New York State Department of Health, including the world-renowned Wadsworth Center, which facilitates access to the state's population-based registries and surveillance systems. The College also has strong relationships with local insurers, hospitals, and community and non-profit organizations. Faculty have opportunities to engage in college and university research and programmatic centers, including the Maternal and Child Health Program, the Center for Global Health, the Center for Health Workforce Studies, the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis, the Institute for Social and Health Equity, the RNA and AI Plus Institutes, among others. The Department of Environmental Health Sciences currently hosts faculty with expertise in environmental chemistry, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental epidemiology, spatial analysis, global environmental health, and health engineering and sustainability. The University at Albany is a Carnegie Foundation-designated R01 university with signature strengths across campus in health equity and health disparities, emergency preparedness, climate and atmospheric science, and public affairs and policy, providing a rich interdisciplinary environment for public health science research and collaboration.

We are seeking a colleague who advances environmental health sciences and complements the existing expertise in our department, college and university. We are interested in candidates with expertise across the discipline, with particular interest in those with demonstrated expertise in environmental toxicology, exposure science, climate and sustainability, and exposomics or related fields. Candidates whose environmental health research program intersects with other disciplines, such as artificial intelligence, data science, and policy, are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to secure and maintain extramural funding to sustain their independent research program. They will also be expected to teach and mentor at the undergraduate and graduate levels, collaborate with university colleagues, and actively engage in university and professional services.

Functional and Supervisory Relationships:

• Reports to: Department Chair, Environmental Health Sciences

• Supervises the following positions: None

Job Requirements:

• Commitment to excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service.

• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community.

• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• A doctoral degree in an environmental health discipline or a related field from a college or university accredited by the U.S. Department of Education or an internationally recognized accrediting organization by 8/21/2027.

• Evidence of a strong record of research accomplishments and publications commensurate with the applicant's level.

• Evidence of and potential for seeking external funding for research commensurate with the applicant's level.

• Ability to teach and develop undergraduate and graduate courses across modalities (in-person, hybrid, synchronous, asynchronous).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in applying for and obtaining external funding.

• Experience teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses across modalities (in-person, hybrid, synchronous, asynchronous).

• A strong interest in collaboration and multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary work.

Additional Information:

Professional Rank and Salary Range: Assistant Professor (Academic-year appointment), Salary commensurate with experience.

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If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, including interviews, please contact Rhonda Haines, the University's Designee for Reasonable Accommodations (DRA) in the Office of Human Resources, at [email protected] or (518) 437-4700; requests for accommodation will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

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