The department seeks a dynamic leader whose key responsibilities include promoting department-wide excellence in education, scholarship and clinical reach through recruiting, developing, and retaining outstanding faculty and staff, deploying resources and facilitating a positive culture. 

Ideal candidates will be recognized as a current or emerging leader in a discipline aligned with the department’s focus, a track record building synergistic teams, relevant administrative or management experience, and a strong commitment to fostering collaborations both within and outside the Institution. 

PHHP is one of 16 colleges at the University of Florida and one of six health-related colleges that are all located on a single, contiguous campus. These include the colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine. The health colleges are adjacent to partner institutions UF Health Shands Hospital and the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center. Additional major institutes and centers at the University of Florida include the Institute of Child Health Policy, the UF Health Cancer Center, the Genetics Institute, the Emerging Pathogens Institute, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the McKnight Brain Institute, all of which provide state-of-the-art environments and access to large datasets for faculty collaboration.