Leading Public Health Research Innovation

Join our growing team. Become a part of an energetic multidisciplinary team of public health faculty dedicated to academic excellence, research, and instruction that improves the health and well-being of the communities around them.

Innovating public health. Located in Flint, Michigan, the College of Human Medicine Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health seeks to sustain the innovation and growth that began prior to the Flint water crisis. Flint has a long history of community activism and involvement. It is one of the birthplaces of community-based participatory research and includes national community pioneers and citizen scientists.

Maximizing real-world impact. The community-partnered department is seeking exceptional mid‐to‐advanced career investigators with research focused on addressing the needs of underserved communities.

Public health issues that emphasize health equity and the social determinants of health identified by the community as high importance include: 

• chronic disease
• healthy behaviors
• mental health
• substance use
• maternal-child health
• environmental justice
• violence and safety
• the built environment

Flint community members are ready to work alongside researchers to improve conditions here, nationally, and globally. 

Will you join us in shaping a healthier tomorrow?
Learn more about our culture, our world-class researchers, and open positions.

Questions may be directed to Jennifer Johnson, PhD, Founding Chair at Jjohns@msu.edu. 

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“MSU Public Health in Flint provides the opportunity to do authentic community-engaged research. There is a wealth of knowledge and wisdom that our community partners and residents offer to our researchers.” - Kent Key

“Working in public health and medicine is about holding the lines against sickness and disease and holding the lines against injustice. In Flint, our collective efforts are improving lives and strengthening families.” - Mona Hanna; director of first citywide cash prescription program for mothers and infants, Rx Kids

“There is simply no better place than the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health in Flint for anyone interested in community-engaged research.” - Steve Ondersma

“You’re just as likely to go for coffee with faculty as you are a community member.” - Heatherlun Uphold