The Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) at the University of Georgia is seeking applicants for the position of assistant or associate professor, with an anticipated start date of August 2025. We are looking for an individual with expertise in biobehavioral health across the lifespan. The ideal candidate’s research should focus broadly on understanding how biopsychosocial processes, across various stages of life and over multiple time scales, influence behavioral risk, aging, and disease decades later through changes in biological aging. We are particularly interested in candidates who examine multiple levels of human development, including genomics, biomarkers, and phenotypic data. Preference will be given to candidates capable of running a wet lab to test for markers of stress biology, biological aging, inflammation, and/or gene expression in blood and saliva samples. Additionally, candidates who are open to collaborating with faculty focused on applied and developmental neuroscience—aimed at understanding the interplay between biological and environmental contributions to health and development—are strongly encouraged to apply. We aim to hire a faculty member who has potential or who is active in securing grants and can work collaboratively with faculty at the Georgia Center for Developmental Science (G-CDS), complementing existing expertise in advanced interdisciplinary developmental science aimed at enhancing resilience in disadvantaged communities. Expertise in the implementation of AI methods, broadly defined, is strongly encouraged.

We seek individuals who can train graduate students in biobehavioral and computational science, with a strong focus on stress biology methodologies. This position will support the biobehavioral training tracks in the college. The new hire will join a dynamic program with a strong history of collaborative basic and applied research that crosses methodological and disciplinary boundaries. Successful candidates will contribute to an established curriculum in HDFS at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, maintain a rigorous, nationally or internationally recognized research program using advanced analytical strategies, secure funding from external sources commensurate with rank and experience, publish in peer-reviewed scholarly outlets, and mentor doctoral students.

This position is being funded by a Presidential Interdisciplinary Faculty Hiring Initiative in which the College of Family and Consumer Sciences is seeking colleagues whose research is focused on the correlates and long-term sequelae of early adversity across the lifespan.

 

Applications: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Full consideration will be given to applications received by Oct. 30, 2024. Required materials include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, up to three preprints/reprints of representative publications, and contact information for three references. Direct any additional questions about the position to Dr. Assaf Oshri (oshri@uga.edu) or Dr. Charles Geier (Charles.Geier@uga.edu), search committee co-chairs.

 

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb@uga.edu).

Minimum Qualifications: An earned doctorate in HDFS or a closely related field (e.g., psychology, genetics, neuroscience, sociology, public health, education, gerontology, etc.).