Teaching Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in teaching with FAES and contributing to our goal of providing world-class educational opportunities at the National Institutes of Health. Whether you are an experienced teacher or a prospective teacher looking for an opportunity to share your passion for your subject, we encourage you to consider teaching with FAES. Our Academic Programs team is ready to support our faculty and students to ensure a high-quality teaching and learning experience. Please tell us about your teaching interest by completing the FAES Teaching Interest Form.

FAES Academic Programs faculty development initiatives were recognized with a 2022 regional award from UPCEA, the leading professional organization for online, continuing, and professional education.

FAES Academic Programs subsequently shared a presentation at the UPCEA national conference, highlighting our learner-centered approach to faculty development, including our best teaching practices course for current and new FAES faculty members.

Learn more and register for this asynchronous learning opportunity, which is offered every spring and fall: Best Teaching Practices in Higher Education: Building a Learner-Centered Course – from Principles to Practice.

In addition, FAES faculty members are encouraged to enroll in FAES courses and workshops to further their professional growth and gain exposure to different teaching styles. Faculty members are eligible to take courses and workshops at a significantly reduced tuition rate. Please inquire at registrar@faes.org

Current Openings

FAES Academic Programs is always seeking instructors to teach or co-teach FAES courses and workshops.

FAES is seeking instructors for the following academic courses:

BIOF 399 I Deep Learning for Healthcare Image Analysis
BIOF ### I Computational Drug Design and Discovery
BIOF 518 I Theoretical and Applied Bioinformatics: DNA and Proteins
BIOF 519 I Theoretical and Applied Bioinformatics: Genomics and Metagenomics
IMMU 325 I The Human Microbiome in Health and Diseases
MEDI 275 I Fundamental Principles of Histology
MEDI 450 I Fundamental Principles of Pathology
PBHL 533 I Chronic Diseases in Global Health
PHAR 400 I Molecular Pharmacology
PHAR 401 I Medical Pharmacology
STAT 317 I Introduction to Epidemiology
STAT 321 I Methodology in Clinical Trials

FAES academic courses are offered online, asynchronously for 7 or 14 weeks and bear 2-3 credit hours. A 7-week, 2-credit course requires learners to spend 10-12 hours of time on task per week.

Qualifications:

PhD or equivalent in related field and evidence of research productivity. Passion for subject and a learner-centered approach to teaching. Comfort teaching in an online asynchronous environment. Ability to support students through meaningful and timely weekly feedback and regular online office hours. Willingness to participate in FAES’s free online training course, Best Teaching Practices in Higher Education- Building a Learner Centered Course from Principles to Practice offered twice a year.

To be considered for an instructor role with FAES, please complete the Teaching Interest Form.

FAES is seeking instructors for the following workshops:

BIOF 045 I Next Generation Sequence Data Analysis
BIOF xxx I Spatial Transcriptomics
STAT 011 I Conducting a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Biomedical Research

FAES workshops are offered live online or in-person (lab skills). Workshops bear no credits and typically run 2-5 consecutive days, or 1-2 short sessions over 3-4 weeks.

Qualifications:

PhD or equivalent in related field and evidence of research productivity. Passion for subject and a learner-centered approach to teaching. Comfort teaching in a live online or in-person environment. Ability to support students through interactive hands-on exercises. Familiarity of setting up instance in AWS is required.

To be considered for an instructor role with FAES, please complete the Teaching Interest Form.

Don’t see what you are looking for?

Email registrar@faes.org to inquiry about submitting a proposal for a new course or workshop not listed above.