About the role
Open positions reports to the COPH Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Adjunct faculty may teach in the undergraduate and/or graduate programs pending SACS credentialing. Additionally, adjunct faculty may be required to mentor students and are encouraged to engage in college, university, community, and professional service activities.
Founded in 1984, the USF College of Public Health (COPH) was the first college of public health in the state of Florida and has led the way in public health as one of the first colleges to develop an integrated core and practice-based curriculum designed to better address the complex challenges of today’s world. The USF COPH is consistently ranked #1 in the state of Florida and in the top 25 nationally for nearly 20 years in public health degree programs. As of Fall, 2022 the college has awarded over 10,000 degrees and currently serves 5,404 students in undergraduate and graduate programs including 100 online courses plus 6 online degree programs. With an all source budget of over $80 million, including $28.4 million in research awards, there are nearly 100 teaching and research faculty and over 300 support and project staff.
Fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), the College is also home to three other accredited programs, the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) accredited Master of Health Administration, the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC) accredited Master of Science in Public Health in Genetic Counselling, and the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited Dietetic Internship linked to an MPH in Nutrition. See the COPH website at http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/ to learn more about our dynamic and innovative faculty and College.
The adjunct faculty are assigned to teach health science and public health courses to graduate and/or undergraduate nursing students. Adjunct faculty must be credentialed by SACS to teach courses. The adjunct faculty may serve on college committees and perform community and professional service activities where appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in public health, health education, allied health, or closely related field from an accredited institution.
- Demonstrated professional experience or education in public health.
- Experience teaching health-related information to clients, educators, or students.
- Must be able to be credentialed by SACS to teach undergraduate courses in public health.