JOIN THE KINESIOLOGY TEAM AS FACULTY

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Temple University

College of Health Professions

Department of Kinesiology

2008-09 Tenure-Track, Open Rank Faculty Search

Temple University's Department of Kinesiology, one of eight departments in the College of Health Professions, is aggressively recruiting a top researcher (tenure-track, open rank) to support the department's focus on urban-health issues as related to translational and evidence-based practice of physical activity on metabolic-related diseases and unintentional injuries. The specific research focus of a successful candidate should be on hypertension, obesity, diabetes, motor control, or unintentional injuries and/or their application to psychological/educational health issues. The department is positioned to study these foci using isolated cell cultures, animal models, and both clinical and non-clinical human models for behavioral and educational research.

Temple University is a Carnegie-classified Research University – Very High with more than 30,000 students and distinguished faculty in 17 schools and colleges. With a strong commitment to research and scholarship from President Hart, the Provost, and our Dean, the College has a major initiative to contribute to the University's plan to become one of the country's premier research institutions.

The College's location on both the Health Sciences and Main Campuses is ideal for collaborative research. The Department’s faculty members collaborate with researchers and clinicians at Temple University School of Medicine and Temple University Hospital in the Departments of Physiology, Cardiology, Nephrology, Biology, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, and Neurosurgery. Other Health Science Campus collaborations include: Institute on Aging, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Center of Excellence on Health Care Disparities Research and Training, and Temple Children's Hospital. The Main Campus affords easy access to departments such as Engineering, Psychology, Therapeutic Recreation, and Public Health, as well as departments in the College of Education. Joint appointments across departments or colleges may be possible as the department's faculty members are committed to expanding collaboration and to fostering interdisciplinary research.

The ideal candidate will have a program of research relevant to the college’s and department's missions for the aforementioned translational and evidence-based practice aspects of physical activity on metabolic-related diseases and unintentional injuries. In addition to establishing a major program of research through extramural funding, the successful candidate will advise graduate students as well as contribute to innovative curricular advances and teaching excellence at all degree levels.

Each applicant must have a doctoral degree, a publication history appropriate to the rank of appointment, and a successful program of research, including a record of external research funding (senior candidates) or potential for funded research (junior candidates). There will be significant support for research at the department and college levels.

Each applicant must submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interest, a statement of graduate or undergraduate teaching interests, three letters of recommendation, and copies of representative publications to Dr. Zebulon V. Kendrick, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Kinesiology, Room 134 Pearson Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085 (zkend@temple.edu, 215-204-8526). Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Temple is proud to be an EEO/AA employer.

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Temple University

College of Health Professions

Department of Kinesiology

2008-2009

Temple University’s Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) is aggressively recruiting a top researcher (tenure-track, open rank) with expertise in exercise physiology, applied physiology or related biomedical disciplines to further expand the Center’s research on the metabolic-related aspects of obesity. CORE has the infrastructure to support multidisciplinary research, including a large feeding lab, dedicated DEXA, office space, as well as its collaboration with other departments on Temple’s Main Campus, Health Sciences Center, and the College of Health Professions. CORE is interested in individuals who could be appointed to the University’s Department of Kinesiology. Joint appointments in a biomedical department in the School of Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Center, which all are parts of a large collaborative and vibrant health sciences center, may be available for a successful candidate.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree, a publication history appropriate to the rank of appointment and a successful program of research that includes a record of external research funding (senior candidates) or the potential for such a program of research (junior candidates with postdoctoral experience). Applicants must electronically submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interest, a statement of graduate or undergraduate teaching interests, three letters of recommendation, and copies of representative publications to Gary D. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education gary.foster@temple.edu. Temple University is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and diversity of its workforce. Application Deadline: November 1, 2008.

Temple is proud to be an EEO/AA employer.