SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DIVISION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT POSITIONS
2 Positions, 25% Time Each
Spring Semester 2008

Position:	Teaching Assistants (2 positions)

Course:	PubH 6342 (Epidemiologic Methods II)

Course Description: This intermediate course 
covers methods and techniques for designing, 
implementing, analyzing, and interpreting 
observational epidemiologic studies, including 
cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies.  
It is the second course in a four-course sequence 
on the theory and practice of epidemiology.  This 
course is designed primarily for masters and 
doctoral students in epidemiology.  

Duties:	
1. Attend each class session 4:00 – 5:15pm on 
Tuesday and Thursday
2.Assist instructor in preparing materials for    
class
3.Maintain regular office hours to answer 
students’ questions
4.Assist in grading student assignments
5.Possible class lecturing (1-2 sessions)

Duration: January 10, 2008 through May 25, 2008

Hours:	25% (Hours to be arranged)

Location: 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300 
(WBOB)

Pay Rate:Current hourly pay rates for teaching 
assistants in the School of Public Health are:		
$16.22 for those with bachelor’s degrees
$20.75 for those with master’s degrees
$25.27 for those with doctoral degrees

Qualifications:	Successful candidates will be 
graduate students working on a Masters degree or 
PhD in the School of Public Health who have 
completed at least two courses on epidemiologic 
methods.

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Contact: 	James Pankow, Ph.D.
	Phone:	(612) 624-2883
	Fax:	(612) 624-0315
	E-mail:	pankow@epi.umn.edu

This position is contingent upon enrollment and 
current registration as a graduate student at the 
University of Minnesota.  Failure to register by 
the end of the second week of classes (fall 
semester) will result in termination from the 
teaching assistantship.

The University of Minnesota is an equal 
opportunity educator and employer.