Professional School Senior Associate Dean for Research

with a focus on improving urban, national, and global population health and equity. Since its inception as an independent graduate school in 2016, CUNY SPH has risen to become the top-ranked public school of public health in New York City, New York State, and the tri-state region, and is now among the top 10% of schools of public health nationally.

CUNY SPH is planning to move to the new state-of-the-art Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) in Kips Bay in 2030. SPARC will serve as an educational, life sciences, health care and public health hub for Kips Bay, New York City, and the metropolitan region. It will expand opportunities for population health, clinical, and laboratory-based biomedical research, as well as for educational, training, practice, and service partnerships for SPH faculty, students, and staff.

CUNY SPH is seeking an experienced, dynamic leader with a proven track record in directing public health research to serve as the Senior Associate Dean for Research. Reporting to and in collaboration with the Dean, this individual will provide strategic leadership in promoting and expanding research endeavors. They will have an opportunity for an underlying faculty appointment in one of the school’s four academic departments, relevant to their disciplinary expertise.

Key areas of responsibility include but are not limited to:

• Leading the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research (SPaR), which includes pre- and post-award research support, assuring human subjects’ protection and research compliance.
• Developing and implementing a strategic plan for diversifying and expanding the school’s research portfolio and funding streams, in conformance with its mission, vision and values.
• Assessing and optimizing the school’s research-related infrastructure, procedures, practices, and metrics.
• Strategically diversifying, expanding, and stabilizing sources of research revenue to include governmental, corporate, philanthropic, and other sources, in collaboration with faculty, senior leadership, staff and students.
• Leading efforts to design and implement a laboratory-based component to the school’s research and educational portfolio, including facility design, operations, training and education, and faculty and staff recruitment.
• Negotiating to ensure the adequacy of research facilities and resources across the school’s research endeavors.
• Formalizing collaborations and creating a network with existing research partners and new potential partners, such as in the public health, health care, and biomedical sectors.
• Assuring that all aspects of research and research funding conform with the highest ethical standards and with the school’s mission, vision, and values.
• Serving as the central point of contact and responsible party for internal and external research related inquiries, award administration, funding, effort certification and compliance requirements.
• Providing oversight and support to the school’s centers and institutes in developing and implementing strategic plans to assure their continued stability, strategic growth, and success.
• Building a culture of mentoring within the school and collaborating with faculty facilitators to lead a vibrant research mentorship program for faculty and doctoral students, including developing external funding streams for doctoral students.
• Developing and overseeing the implementation of training and support for faculty, staff, and graduate students on research-related topics, such as through ad hoc training, seminars, and formal course offerings, as appropriate and necessary.
• Collaborating with school leadership, faculty, staff and students on school wide events and activities that have a research and/or scholarly component.

QUALIFICATIONS

This position is in CUNY's Executive Compensation Plan. All executive positions require a minimum of a Bachelor's degree and eight years' related experience.

Preferred qualifications

The successful candidate will have:

• A PhD, MD or other terminal degree in public health, medicine, biomedical sciences or a related field.
• At least ten years of progressively responsible experience designing, leading and publishing research, securing research funding, and mentoring junior researchers in public health and/or related fields.
• Experience developing and running a clinical and/or laboratory-based research program.
• A proven track record of obtaining research grant funding from a diversity of governmental and non-governmental sources.
• Demonstrated excellence in mentoring junior faculty and doctoral students in grantsmanship and research scholarship.
• Expert knowledge of the funding landscape and established relationships with governmental, philanthropic and corporate funders.
• An established network of local and national clinical, biomedical, and interdisciplinary public health research collaborators.

CUNY TITLE

Professional School Senior Associate Dean

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

$280,000 - $320,000

Salary commensurate with education and experience.

CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.

HOW TO APPLY

Visit www.cuny.edu, access the employment page, log in or create a new user account, and search for this vacancy using the Job ID or Title. Select "Apply Now" and provide the requested information.

Candidates must attach a resume, cover letter, and three professional references (name, title, organization, and contact information).

CLOSING DATE

Open until filled with review of resumes to begin on July 7, 2025

JOB ID 30570

Location CUNY School of Public Health