About this role
Open Rank Non-Tenure Track Faculty - DrPH Director - Health Policy and Administration
Chicago, IL, United States | Requisition ID: 1043301
Salary: The salary range of employees currently holding equivalent positions is $95,000 - $175,000 per academic (9-month) year.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Division of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health (SPH) seeks applications for a DrPH Program Director at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Clinical Professor, with a start date in Fall 2027. We are looking for a visionary leader committed to advancing the program's academic excellence, growth, and public health impact.
This position is a full-time tenure track position intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid Time Off, and Tuition Waivers for employees and dependents.
About the DrPH Program, HPA Division, SPH, and UIC
The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Leadership program explicitly focuses on strengthening practitioner-student knowledge, skills, and ability to understand and address the persistent root causes of inequity. We emphasize whole-person, transformational, and action-learning centered pedagogical approaches through a cohort-based collective learning approach. The curriculum integrates and assures achievement of learning aligned with the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) and UIC DrPH program competencies grounded in transformational leadership. Our courses are delivered in a synchronous distance-based model that is supported by an ever-growing global community of student-practitioners, faculty, alumni, staff, and strategic partners.
The Division of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) at the UIC SPH is an interprofessional, transdisciplinary community addressing the underlying structural and social drivers of population health and disparities. Through mutually reinforcing teaching, research, and practice, we analyze, identify, and implement evidence-based solutions across policy, systems, and organizations in Chicago, nationally, and globally. Anchored in community and cross-sector partnerships, our work responds to lived experiences and real-world environments to achieve lasting impact. Our expertise—centered on health disparities and equity—spans policy, law, economics, health services, healthcare administration, and leadership.
The UIC School of Public Health is the only Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited school of public health in Illinois. UIC SPH is dedicated to enhancing quality of life by improving public health and plays a vital role in educating the nation’s public health workforce. UIC SPH consistently ranks among the top 10% of all schools and programs of public health nationally (ranked 22nd nationally in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report). For more than 50 years, UIC SPH has been the state's principal educator of public health professionals as well as researchers, academic faculty, policymakers, and activists whose work positively affects health and well-being in communities that are diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and religion. UIC SPH is one of seven health science colleges that comprise UI Health, the only academic public health center in Chicago.
UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 37,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. In 2026, UIC was awarded nearly $500 million in sponsored research funding, including $208 million from NIH. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. UIC is ranked #1 in the state of Illinois for social mobility by the Wall Street Journal and top 10 for social mobility nationally according to the U.S. News & World Report. UIC has 366,000 alumni and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate will hold a terminal degree, preferably a DrPH, and will have a distinguished record in public health leadership, teaching, and/or research, ideally reflecting a commitment to practice-based scholarship.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching and advising doctoral-level students and with administrative leadership experience in academic or public health settings.