UC Irvine

Position Overview

Salary range: The salary range for this position is $140,600 - $369,000, in APU5. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. Pay will be based by experience. See Table(s): https://drive.google.com/file/d/12-DesGg7wms-X1B8VOjpUUERn-D96fq-/view

Application Window

Open date: February 3, 2026

Next review date: Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Monday, Nov 9, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position Description

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency program director. The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, and the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) are seeking an occupational medicine physician with strong clinical and teaching interests to join our faculty as HS Clinical Assistant/ Associate or Full Professor and Director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency program. Established in 1976, the UCI OEM Residency Program benefits from our location in Orange County, a major population center with more than 3 million people, and the greater Southern California area. The program’s regional emphasis gives our residents access to training opportunities in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. In addition, the OEM Residency Program is a core program of the NIOSH-funded Southern California Education and Research Center.

Our program provides occupational and environmental medicine specialty services with a broad referral base. This position will involve a balance between coordinating our established residency program and clinical practice in occupational and environmental medicine. Time could be provided for funded research. The successful candidate would have at least three years prior experience in teaching/education and/or administration in OEM and experience in providing clinical consultations on complex occupational and environmental medicine issues. Prior experience in leadership of an occupational medicine residency program would be ideal. The candidate must be board certified in occupational medicine and eligible for licensure in the State of California. Salary

commensurate with experience. Interested candidates should contact Ulrike Luderer, MD, PhD, MPH; Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, 856 Health Sciences Rd, Suite 3200, Irvine, CA 92697 ( uluderer@uci.edu ). The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence.

School: https://publichealth.uci.edu/

Department: https://publichealth.uci.edu/departments/environmental-occupational-health/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

The candidate must be board certified in occupational medicine and eligible for licensure in the State of California. At least three years prior experience in teaching/education and/or administration in OEM and experience in providing clinical consultations on complex occupational and environmental medicine issues.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter (Optional)
• Statement of Research
• Reflective Teaching and Mentoring Statement - See our guidance for writing a reflective teaching statement . (Optional)
  
  

Reference Requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)
  
  

Apply link: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10041

About UC Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy .

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment .
  
  

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Job location

Irvine, CA