Lecturer in Public Health

Lecturer in Public Health

University of California San Diego

Position overview
Position title: Lecturer in Public Health
Salary range: A reasonable salary range estimate for this position is starting at $92,609.
The posted UC academic salary scales will depend on how many quarters and classes one teaches. The full salary scale is position: Academic Year; Fiscal Year.

Application Window
Open date: April 17, 2026
Next review date: Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Saturday, Apr 17, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego is committed to academic excellence within the faculty, staff, and student body and has occasional openings for temporary non-tenure track lecturers (Unit 18) for Academic years 26/27 and 27/28.

The HWSPH has focal areas of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Climate & Environmental Health, Community Health Services and Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Equity and Justice, Global Health, Health Behavior, Health Policy, Public Mental Health, and Technology & Precision Health and offers six degree programs: BS in Public Health, MPH, MS and PhD in Biostatistics, PhD in Public Health, and a Joint doctoral program with SDSU. Further, the School has a Preventive Medicine Residency program. UC San Diego has initiated an undergraduate program partnership with Southwestern College in southeast San Diego, with the HWSPH BSPH being the first program to lead this partnership aimed at increasing access and pipeline to the UC system.

The School has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Moores Cancer Center, Rady School of Management, Jacobs School of Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and with other partners across the UC San Diego campus. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School. The School comprises more than 125 primary faculty and academics, 25 secondary faculty, and 150 staff members and provides instruction and mentorship to more than 900 BSPH majors and 225 postgraduate students, and the School's faculty and academics hold ~$255M total awarded grants and contracts.

Position Duties: Appointees must comply with School and University instructions, deadlines, and policies regarding course scheduling, and are expected to be flexible with regard to the scheduling of their classes to accommodate the limited space availability for classrooms during standard business hours. Classes will be in person and may be on the UC San Diego main campus or at our partner site at Southwestern College in the Chula Vista area of San Diego. Appointments may be part-time or full-time, for 1, 2, or 3 classes per quarter and 1, 2, or 3 quarters in duration in an academic year.

Courses in which lecturers may be needed include BS undergraduate and graduate courses, including but not limited to:

BS:
PH 40 - Introduction to Public Health
PH 101 - Epidemiology
PH 110 - Health Behavior and Chronic Diseases
PH 120 - Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles
PH 130 - Environmental and Occupational Health
PH 193,194 - Public Health Capstone sequence
PH 196a,b,c - Honors Program sequence

MPH:
PH 401 - Introduction to Epidemiology
PH 402 - Introduction to Health Behavior
PH 403 - Public Health Research Methods
PH 404 - Environmental Health
PH 405 - Health Policy and Management
PH 406 - Scientific Writing
PH 410 - Health Behavior Interventions
PH 411 - Measurement and Program Evaluation
PH 412 - Scale Development for Behavioral Health Measurement
PH 413 - Ethics in Public Health Research/Practice
PH 415 - Advanced Epidemiological Methods
PH 416 - Environmental Epidemiology
PH 417 - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
PH 418 - Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
PH 467 - Cancer: Cause and Prevention

The full description of the Public Health degree programs and courses offered by the School of Public Health can be found in the online course catalog: Undergrad; Grad

In the application, please specify the courses or academic area(s) in which you are qualified to teach.

A link to the full description of the series is provided for your review:
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer Series

Salary is based on the University of California pay scales.

School: https://hwsph.ucsd.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Candidates must have demonstrated experience in teaching a minimum of one class in a Public Health related topic. Experience as a Teaching Assistant qualifies.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Candidates must have a PhD, DrPH, other related doctoral degree, or other related terminal degree (e.g., MPH, RD) by the start date of appointment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred qualifications
Candidates with research or practice experience relevant to the course(s) to which they are applying to teach are preferred.

Candidates with prior college-level instructor of record teaching experience in public health are preferred.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Teaching Evaluations
• Misc / Additional (Optional)

• 3 required (contact information only)