The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School is seeking candidates to serve as the first Cummings Foundation Professor of Global Health Equity. Candidates will be considered for a tenured professorship. The candidate will have a robust research record to catalyze the development and understanding of equitable health systems that improve health care delivery to underserved populations in sub-Saharan Africa and a record of excellence in teaching and international administration.

This position would spend a significant portion of effort leading the Paul Farmer Collaborative, a ten-year educational partnership between Harvard Medical School and the University of Global Health Equity that began in 2024. In addition, the Cummings professor would continue their leadership role in global health research and would commit to teaching medical students and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and collaborators from implementing partner organizations. The position is based in Boston and would require spending time in Rwanda in relation to activities of the Paul Farmer Collaborative.

The full position description and application portal are available at: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16564. Applications must be received by November 1, 2026.

Basic Qualifications:
1. A doctoral degree (MD or equivalent, PhD or equivalent), or MD/PhD (or equivalent) degree
2. Expertise in a field relevant to global health and social medicine, that would enhance or complement current disciplinary strength in the department, i.e., anthropology, epidemiology, history, sociology, and/or study of global health delivery for infectious, noncommunicable, oncological, psychiatric/psychological, or surgical diseases.
3. Strong interdisciplinary interests across the medical social sciences
4. Record of scholarship relevant to global health and/or social medicine care delivery that has a focus on ensuring health care delivery to vulnerable communities
5. Significant experience working in sub-Saharan Africa

Additional Qualifications:
1. Demonstration of thought leadership as evidenced in seminal publications that influence fields, new theories, and/or methods, or in leadership of a large research consortium, such as a Lancet Commission
2. Evidence of national or international reputation as an investigator through leadership positions in professional societies, invited presentations, and/or guest professorships
3. Continuous record of research funding with (growing) diversification of sources
4. A record of excellence in teaching and mentoring of students and junior faculty
5. A reputation for successful collaborations with organizations based in low-resourced areas
6. Demonstrated commitment to conducting research in and relevant to low-resourced settings
7. Experience in major administrative leadership roles