Assistant Professor Public Health Interview Questions
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Assistant Professor Public Health interview questions shared by candidates
What role do you see yourself filling in the department?
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You are a health policy department in a School of Public Health, but have a noticable gap in that your faculty largely concentrates on healthcare, not public health, policy. I see myself as complementing your faculty by filling that gap, and by bringing a political science, as opposed to economics, approach to public policy., Less
What are your plans for future funding streams, can you make 50% of your salary in external salary support?
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Unlike healthcare policy, my focus (public health policy) has fewer funding agencies available, so it is more difficult than for traditional health policy academics. However, I have averaged 30- 40% salary support at an institution that funded all faculty positions with hard money. One question to ask is what risk are you willing to take to get someone to fill a gap in expertise in your program? Less