The Network for Public Health Law and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are inviting applications for five Visiting Attorney – Public Health Law Practice positions. This inspiring and challenging post-JD experience is designed to provide recipients with exceptional skills in practice-based public health law to advance their public health law careers. These are full-time, salaried, one-year appointments with benefits. The five recipients will be at one of five host sites spread across the country under the supervision of expert public health attorneys. Applications open March 8 and close May 1, 2012. Read more about this exciting opportunity and application details.

The Institute on Social Exclusion (ISE) is one of the Institutes for Social Change at The Adler School.  The mission of the ISE is to build strategic alliances to ensure that all members of society have safe housing, quality education and healthcare, fair terms of employment, nutritious food, personal safety, and judicial equity.  The ISE is launching a new Center of Excellence on the Social Determinants of Mental Health with the aim of becoming a national center of excellence for the generation and dissemination of knowledge about the influence of social conditions on public mental health, particularly as it relates to disadvantaged and marginalized populations. 

The Director of the new Center of Excellence, reporting to the ISE Executive Director, will engage in action-oriented, community-informed scholarship that expands the frontiers of knowledge necessary to develop strategies  that eliminate mental health inequalities.  Working through mutually beneficial and respectful partnerships with communities, government entities, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, as well as trans-disciplinary teams that tap the knowledge, frameworks, approaches, methods, tools and languages of both professionals and the lay public, the Director will oversee efforts that:

• Increase understanding of the wider determinants of mental health
• Address mental health disparities and inequalities
• Develop and promote the concept of “public mental health”
• Build community capacity for addressing the social conditions that impact mental health
• Bridge the gulf between public health (i.e., physical health) and mental health
• Advance the integration of mental health considerations into legislative and public policy decision-making processes (eg. Health Impact Assessments)

Job Description: To view important details about the Director, Center of Excellence on Social Determinants of Mental Health at the Adler School of Professional Psychology , please download the full Job Description. 

Location: Chicago and Vancouver  

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The Colorado Health Institute, a trusted and leading source of credible health information for Colorado leaders, is seeking a Senior Director of Research and Analytics. The ideal candidate will possess: 

• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop research staff 
• The ability to work within broad limits of authority on complex research projects 
• Statistical knowledge in survey and data analysis 
• Knowledge of health-related and population-based databases and research files (claims data, census data, survey data, etc). 
• Expert data management skills, including a strong background in SAS 

The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) is a trusted leader in state health policy, supporting and developing innovative solutions to health issues. Working with public- and private-sector partners, ACHI is a catalyst for improving the health of Arkansans through evidence-based research, public issue advocacy, and collaborative program development.