The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (GHSM) at Harvard Medical School is an interdisciplinary department at Harvard Medical School. Our faculty of social scientists, quantitative researchers, and physicians teach and conduct research in the social sciences, quantitative methods, and humanities relevant to health and illness, health care delivery, global health equity, and the professional culture of medicine. We are concerned with historical, social, and cultural aspects of health care, poverty, and other adversities intimately interconnected with disease, as well as the ethical issues that arise in the practice of medicine today. Our teaching and research programs contribute to the education of undergraduates, medical students, graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, clinicians and policymakers. In collaboration and through exchange of knowledge with clinicians, researchers, and implementers at many institutions, we work to promote more effective delivery of health care and equitable access to resources for prevention and treatment of disease for all, especially those who are in most need. Our collaborations with physicians, quantitative researchers, and social scientists worldwide lead to research and interventions that promote better health.

GHSM is seeking candidates to serve as the first Cummings Professor in Global Health Equity. Candidates will be considered for a tenured professorship. The candidate will have a robust research record to catalyze the development and understanding of equitable health systems that improve health care delivery to underserved populations in sub-Saharan Africa. The ideal candidate should demonstrate (1) scholarly excellence in global health research; (2) a commitment to advancing health equity and global health education; (3) expertise in disciplines relevant to global health equity; (4) a strong, ongoing record of research funding and publication in peer-reviewed publications; (5) leadership in international research collaborations; and (6) have in-depth experience in sub-Saharan Africa.

This position would spend a significant portion (at least 0.25FTE) of effort leading the Paul Farmer Collaborative, a ten-year educational partnership between Harvard Medical School and the University of Global Health Equity that began in 2024. In addition, the Cummings professor would continue their leadership role in global health research and would commit to teaching medical students and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and collaborators from implementing partner organizations. The position is based in Boston and would require spending time in Rwanda in relation to activities of the Paul Farmer Collaborative. Finally, pending approval for tenure, the Cummings Professor would participate in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine executive committee and contribute to departmental activities.