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The Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicagoseeks a part-time Lecturer to develop and teach one section of anintroductory course on concepts in computer programming in the Master ofPublic Health program . Theposition is part-time and not benefits eligible. There is thepossibility of reappointment in subsequent years. The terms andconditions of employment for this position are covered by a collectivebargaining agreement between the Service Employees International Union(SEIU) and the University.

The introductory programming course will introduce students to thetools, skills, and concepts for computer programing and data analysisfor public health and biomedical research. Students will learn thefundamentals of reproducible research through exposure to programminglanguages including data management, algorithms, project management, andversion control.

Following a primer to computer science and programming concepts, thecourse will introduce students to a programming language for dataanalysis (preferably in R). Tools and frameworks for data access,management, manipulation, and traceability will be covered, with aparticular focus on public health applications. Students will learn thebasic programming techniques for data analysis (e.g., user-definedfunctions, loops, debugging, and testing) and reproducible research(e.g., Markdown, Git workflows, and scripts).

The course will be primarily taken by students in the Data Scienceconcentration of the Master of Public Health program but may also beopen to other students with permission of the instructor. This is a newcourse, and the lecturer will be required to develop all coursematerials with input from the director of the Data Scienceconcentration.

Courses are held for nine weeks, with the tenth week for a final projector exam. It is preferable that the course meet in the late afternoon orevening 2 days a week for a total of 3 hours, although the exactday(s)/time(s) will be determined in consultation with the Lecturer.

Prior to the start of employment, qualified applicants must have agraduate level degree in a relevant field.

To be considered, those interested must apply through The University ofChicago's Recruitment job board, which uses Interfolio to acceptapplications: http://apply.interfolio.com/130181.

Applicants must upload: 1) a cover letter, 2) a curriculum vitaeincluding bibliography, 3) a teaching statement, 4) a proposed syllabusthat covers the course topic in detail, and 5) contact information forthree references. Review of applications will end when the position isfilled.

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