Faculty Excellence
The Berkeley School of Public Health competes nationally and internationally for world-class scholars. University of California faculty are paid, on average, 10 to 15 percent below that of peer institutions even without adjusting for the higher cost of living in the Bay Area. To meet the increased demand for trained public health professionals in California and the nation and the new challenging public health problems the Berkeley SPH must both add new faculty and work hard to retain current faculty.
Of the School's current 49 state allowed FTE positions, the School has only nine endowed chairs. Endowed chairs are an important source of funds for faculty research, and for support of masters and doctoral students who work with the faculty on their research. The goal is to increase the number of endowed chairs to 14 over the next five years as outlined below:
3 Chairs for Senior Faculty at $3 million each
= $9 million2 Chairs for Junior Faculty at $500,000
= $ 1 million
Some areas of priority include:
- Maternal and Child Health
- Nutrition/Healthy Living
- Health and Health Care Disparities
- Infectious Diseases/Molecular Epidemiology
- Prevention and Management of Chronic Illness
- Environmental Determinants of Health
- Health Delivery System Reform
- Computational Biology
- Social Epidemiology
Teaching Excellence Fund
To implement new teaching methods and technologies, distance learning, mentorship programs and rewards for teaching excellence. Target = $500,000
Continuing Education Fund
To develop programs for lifelong education for public health professionals in California = $1 million
Total Financial Target: $11.5 million
