Cpgis

Assistant Professor - Global Health and the Environment

The Department of Geography and Sustainable Development in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami seeks applicants for one tenure‑track faculty appointment in the field of Health and Environment. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will begin on August 15, 2026.

The ideal candidate will be able to develop a vibrant research and teaching agenda that addresses the spatial dimensions of health, with an emphasis on communicable and non‑communicable diseases in relation to urban built environments. We welcome applicants from diverse disciplinary backgrounds who employ innovative quantitative or mixed methods approaches and are committed to interdisciplinary collaboration.

Areas of Interest

• Urbanepidemiology and spatial health disparities
• health impacts of urban planningand design
• environmental determinants of chronic disease
• environmentalexposures and resilience to heat, flooding, and pollution in cities
• geographyof emerging diseases
• health co-benefits from urban sustainability transitions
• GIS, spatial modeling, and data-driven surveillance systems for disease transmission

The successful candidate will have teaching responsibilities in the College’s Global Health Studies Program.

Application review will begin on December 1 2025. For further information about the position, please contact the search committee chair, Prof. Jose Silva, at jcsilva@miami.edu.

Apply here: https://umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMFaculty/job/Coral-Gables-FL/Assistant-Professor---Global-Health-and-the-Environment_R100091930-1