Position Announcement – Health Administration and Policy Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).  Assistant/Associate Professor.  The Health Administration and Policy Program (HAPP) invites applications for a full-time, tenure/tenure-track assistant/associate professor position beginning…

Call for Postdoctoral Applications – Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development

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The goal of our postdoctoral research training program is to produce highly skilled research scientists who have the potential for leadership in gerontological research. In the Duke Research Training Program (RTP), much of the training for each…

Position Announcement – Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

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The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy is recruiting for a tenure track position in the College of Medicine, University of Manitoba at the rank of either Assistant or Associate Professor. The position is in applied public health, with a focus…

Academic Positions – Department of Sociology, Western University

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Department of Sociology Academic Positions Building on our main area of strength, The Department of Sociology at Western, http://sociology.uwo.ca , invites applications in the general area of Population Dynamics and Social Inequality…

Janet Tomiyama is featured in LA Times

Study states that BMI mislabels 54 million Americans as 'overweight' or 'obese' http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-bmi-does-not-measure-health-20160204-story.html

Janet Tomiyama is featured in EurekAlert!

Tomiyama suggests that the BMI is not an accurate indicator of healthiness, as even obese people can be very healthy.   http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uoc--dub020316.php

Position Announcement – Birmingham-Southern College, Dept. of Political Science, Economics, and Sociology

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Birmingham-Southern College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology to join the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Sociology beginning in fall 2016. We seek candidates who can contribute to our strengths…

Job Posting – Appalachian State, Department of Sociology

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The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track nine-month faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2016.  The position requires a Ph.D. in Sociology.  Candidates who are ABD will be considered,…

Job Posting – Florida State University, Department of Sociology

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The Department of Sociology at Florida State University invites applications for a position in the new interdisciplinary Program on Aging and Social Change, located within the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy. The Program is seeking…

Open-Rank Faculty Position- University of Massachusetts Boston

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Open-Rank Faculty Position Gerontology Department John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies University of Massachusetts Boston November 1, 2015 The Department of Gerontology in the John W. McCormack Graduate…