Director of Dental Public Health Programs

The Indiana University School of Dentistry is currently recruiting for a Director for our Dental Public Health Program within our department of Dental Public Health and Dental Informatics. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) tenure-track position at the rank of either assistant or associate professor. Only candidates with specialty training in public health or a related field and a minimum of four years of experience in public health settings are invited to apply. Review of applicants will begin immediately with an anticipated position start date of July 1, 2025, or sooner.

Our department of Dental Public Health and Dental Informatics has had a strong community-based education focus for decades. Our specific strengths are in the areas of community engagement, global health, and community-based oral health prevention programs. We are aiming at enhancing and expanding the focus of these educational programs. Hence, the director of our Dental Public Health Program will oversee, develop, and maintain robust local, national, and international community-based rotations and programs for our students; effectively collaborate with oral health care providers working in community settings; oversee, develop, and maintain our global education programs; and strategically work with local, state, national and international public health leaders in the fulfillment of the department’s mission and vision as a leader in this work. Moreover, as a tenure-track faculty member, our director will also be involved in didactic and clinical instruction in Dental Public Health at the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral level.

Additional responsibilities will include scholarly activity as well as engagement in university service at the department, school and university levels. Regular travel within the state of Indiana is required.

Our Commitment

Our campus’s bold new vision through the IU Indianapolis 2030 strategic plan is designed to 1) increase the number of job-ready graduates for an innovation-led economy, 2) fuel economic growth in the region and the state, and 3) enhance service to the Indianapolis community and beyond.

As the state’s premier urban research institution, Indiana University Indianapolis is committed to having a welcoming campus community. As a member of that community, the IU School of Dentistry seeks candidates whose teaching, service, scholarship, research and community engagement efforts contribute to equitable, inclusive learning, working, and patient care environments for all of our students, employees, and patients. This commitment is core to our mission through our School-owned clinics and educational programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Basic Qualifications: To be successful in this position, at the time of application the candidate must possess each of the following:

Dr. E Angeles Martinez-Mier

Associate Dean for Global Engagement

Department Chair, Dental Public Health and Dental Informatics

IU School of Dentistry