SUBJECT:

Search for the Founding Dean of Public Health

We are pleased to invite nominations and applications for the position
of Founding Dean of Public Health. UC San Diego’s Office of the Vice
Chancellor-Health Sciences will provide assistance with the search
process, and Professor Alison Moore has agreed to chair the Search
Advisory Committee (see below).

Reporting to the Vice Chancellor, the Dean will be responsible for the
launching of the School of Public Health and overseeing its management,
academic planning, budget, personnel, resource allocation, and programs.
The Dean will play a major role in the planning and development of the
academic curriculum and research portfolio. Sufficient infrastructural
support will be provided to allow the Dean to maintain an individual
research program. Given the interdisciplinary nature of education and
research at UC San Diego, there will be opportunities to catalyze
interactions among programs and foster a culture of learning across the
continuum of biomedical research and education, including in partnership
with the School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jacobs School of Engineering, Rady School of
Management, and other campus partners. Additional details regarding the
position and qualifications for the Founding Dean role are outlined in
the position profile: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF02167

The Search Committee will begin reviewing candidates in September 2019
and will continue until the position is filled. Please direct inquiries
and nominations to Brandon Rhodes, Chief of Staff to the Vice
Chancellor-Health Sciences, at brhodes@ucsd.edu or (858) 822-1706. You
need not contact the individual to ascertain if they are willing to be
considered as a candidate. All nominees will be contacted in confidence,
to discuss their willingness to have their names put forward to the
search advisory committee.

Applications, candidate letters of interest, CVs and diversity
statements may be submitted online via UC San Diego Recruit at:
https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF02167

Pradeep K. Khosla Chancellor David A. Brenner Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences

MEMBERS OF THE SEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE FOUNDING DEAN OF PUBLIC
HEALTH:

• Alison Moore (Professor, Medicine), Chair
• Tarik Benmarhnia (Assistant Professor, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography / Family Medicine and Public Health)
• Cristina Della Coletta (Dean, Arts and Humanities)
• Christina Chambers (Professor, Pediatrics)
• Thomas Csordas (Professor, Anthropology)
• Janis Jenkins (Professor, Anthropology)
• Richard Kronick (Professor, Family Medicine and Public Health)
• Scott Lippman (Director, Moores Cancer Center)
• Elena Martinez (Professor, Family Medicine and Public Health)
• Patricia Maysent (CEO, UC San Diego Health)
• Elliott McVeigh (Professor, Bioengineering)
• Andrew Ries (Professor, Medicine)
• Robert Schooley (Senior Director, International Initiatives, Academic
Affairs)
• Randy Taplitz (Associate Professor, Medicine)
• Robert Weinreb (Chair, Ophthalmology)
• Joshua Graff Zivin (Professor, Global Policy and Strategy)

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the Vice Chancellor, the Dean will be responsible for the
launching of the School of Public Health and overseeing its management,
academic planning, budget, personnel, resource allocation, and programs.
The Dean will play a major role in the planning and development of the
academic curriculum and research portfolio. Sufficient infrastructural
support will be provided to allow the Dean to maintain an individual
research program. Given the interdisciplinary nature of education and
research at UC San Diego, there will be opportunities to catalyze
interactions among programs and foster a culture of learning across the
continuum of biomedical research and education, including in partnership
with the School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jacobs School of Engineering, Rady School of
Management, and other campus partners.

UC San Diego Health Sciences is a $2 billion dollar-plus organization
encompassing 18 departments, 2 professional schools (School of Medicine
and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences), 2 hospitals,
and various other programs and units all dedicated to fulfilling the
Health Sciences’ tripartite missions of innovative research, education,
and clinical care.

In 2018, UC San Diego submitted a proposal to establish an innovative,
21st century School of Public Health. (The proposal can be accessed
here:
http://senate.ucsd.edu/media/336803/sph-full-proposal-review-docs-10-2018.pdf
Our vision is to incorporate a comprehensive and novel range of
expertise across the campus by fostering extensive education and
research partnerships, leveraging the many existing outstanding
traditional public health oriented faculty and programs, and better
engaging the University’s world-class strengths in non-traditional state
of-the-art public health domains. These non-traditional strengths
include expertise in innovative technologies (person, home, and
community based), in climate change, engineering, information
technology, data sciences, as well as the social sciences and
humanities.

The proposed School of Public Health would provide a central point for
connection and fostering collaboration within the University community
and its partner institutions across the San Diego region. Situated
within Health Sciences, the School would more directly bridge the
continuum of the UC San Diego’s biomedical, clinical, population health,
social science, and engineering expertise with public health.

UC San Diego seeks candidates whose leadership capabilities and
experience, teaching, research, and/or community service have prepared
them to contribute to our commitment to excellence. Ability to represent
the Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences to campus and external
constituencies credibly, reliably, effectively, and tactfully. The
successful candidate will be able to prioritize, grow, and support the
current excellence and advance methods of public health education; and
create opportunities to accelerate innovation and research. The
incumbent will also identify additional recruitments to help grow
scholarly activities in support of an overall strategic vision. The
incumbent will have a clear commitment to excellence in the education
and mentorship of trainees. A high level of conceptual and strategic
thinking and a strong commitment to research, teaching, and public
service.

As with similar roles, the Dean is expected to abide by UC San Diego’s
Guidelines for Health Sciences Leaders, including in the areas of
faculty recruitment, diversity, service, and other policies and
regulations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Outstanding academic record with experience as a senior administrator
in an academic or nonprofit environment.
• Dynamic leadership skills
• Personal record of distinguished scholarly accomplishments in a field
of public health.
• History of fostering career development for early and mid-stage
faculty across multiple disciplines.
• Terminal degree (PhD, DSc, DrPH, MD, or related degrees) in public
health or related field. Candidates with an MD must be eligible for a
California medical license or equivalent certification/permit as
determined by the California Medical Board.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience leading a large academic department with multiple
divisions.
• Demonstrated leadership in areas contributing to diversity, equity,
and inclusion, as well as a commitment to advancing these principles
within the School