Graduate Student Instructor

Application due date

• April 15, 2025

The estimated date by which offers will be extended:

• July 1, 2025

Application Requirements:

• Statement of interest (either in the form of a cover letter or short essay)
• Resume/CV

Course Description

PH 500: Investigating Public Health Issues is an interdisciplinary, team-taught course in the MPH core curriculum. This course utilizes an integrated and project-based learning approach to investigating the causes and effects of public health issues. In this course, students will learn how to investigate and define a pressing public health issue using evidence-based approaches to public health, including calculating and interpreting epidemiological measures and performing statistical analyses in R. Students will learn how to identify appropriate resources to support the investigation of how key factors, such as nutritional, environmental, healthcare access, and social determinants of health, impact their team’s public health issue. Students will learn to analyze the relative contribution of these factors through key public health frameworks, such as the social ecological model, and through a systems-based approach to public health. Students will develop essential public health knowledge and skills by creating authentic, practice-oriented public health products that address a current and significant public health issue.

PubHlth 500 is a 6-credit course taken in the fall semester of the first year in the MPH program. Together with PubHlth 501: Developing Solutions to Public Health Issues (offered in winter of the first year), these two courses make up the residential MPH Core Curriculum. Team-driven exploration of today’s pressing public health issues is a cornerstone of the MPH Core.

Responsibilities*

• Hold regular office hours to aid student learning
• Participate in regular teaching team meetings
• Facilitate learning activities in live sessions and in lab/discussion settings
• Lead weekly in-class sessions with the support of core faculty
• Develop class activities and/or programming for in-class sections
• Address inter- and intra-group challenges grounded in anti-racism and equity tenets of public health
• Grade student work
• Guide students through professional interactions with non-academic class affiliates
• Support and manage disability accommodations in class and related to assignments

Required Qualifications*

For Epid GSIs:
* Graduate-level training in R or the successful completion of Biostat 521, Biostat 522, or Epid 674.

For HMP/HBHE/NUTR/EHS GSIs:
* 2nd year MPH students, completed MPH, or doctoral degree in public health or health-related field.

Desired Qualifications*

• Strong desire to work in a team setting or improve team-building skills
• Willingness to try different pedagogical approaches including lecture, discussion, case studies, etc.
• Willingness to mediate student discussion, including managing group challenges as they arise
• Experience teaching in secondary or higher education settings, particularly large courses
• Experience mentoring students in research or advising settings
• General skills in organization and document management, including Canvas or learning technology.

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the .

Contact Information

Applications will be reviewed by:
MPH Core Lead Team:

If you have any questions, please contact Sumreen Akhtar:

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of fourteen calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the fifteenth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

This position had 32 applications in Winter 2024.

Decision Making Process

A faculty member from each hiring department will review the highest-ranked applicants and determine who to interview and/or proceed to hire.

Selection Process

Applicants will be ranked by the MPH core lead team based on the quality of the application, requirements/qualifications, and demonstrated interest/passion.

A faculty member from each hiring department will review the highest-ranked applicants and determine who to interview and/or proceed to hire.

GEO Contract Information

The University will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, familial status, parental status or pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression (whether actual or perceived), sexual orientation, age, height, weight, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, HIV antibody status, political belief, membership in any social or political organization, participation in a grievance or complaint whether formal or informal, medical conditions including those related to pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, arrest record, or any other factor where the item in question will not interfere with job performance and where the employee is otherwise qualified. The University of Michigan agrees to abide by the protections afforded employees with disabilities as outlined in the rules and regulations which implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings for available positions. In the event that an employee does not receive their preferred assignment, they can request a written explanation or an in-person interview with the hiring agents(s) to be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time.

This position, as posted, is subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees’ Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550.

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U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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