Health professor vs assistant professor

The differences between health professors and assistant professors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a health professor and an assistant professor. Additionally, a health professor has an average salary of $99,056, which is higher than the $87,099 average annual salary of an assistant professor.

The top three skills for a health professor include health education, physiology and clinical laboratory. The most important skills for an assistant professor are patients, public health, and pediatrics.

Health professor vs assistant professor overview

	Health Professor	Assistant Professor
Yearly salary	$99,056	$87,099
Hourly rate	$47.62	$41.87
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	58,858	30,531
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Health professor vs assistant professor salary

Health professors and assistant professors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Health Professor	Assistant Professor
Average salary	$99,056	$87,099
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $244,000	Between $50,000 And $151,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	UT Medical Group, Inc.
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between health professor and assistant professor education

There are a few differences between a health professor and an assistant professor in terms of educational background:

	Health Professor	Assistant Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Kinesiology	Nursing
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Health professor vs assistant professor demographics

Here are the differences between health professors' and assistant professors' demographics:

	Health Professor	Assistant Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%	Male, 55.5% Female, 44.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% Asian, 11.2% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Asian, 17.4% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between health professor and assistant professor duties and responsibilities

Health professor example responsibilities.

Lead outreach to community and statewide stakeholders in the PPCC entrepreneurship program.
Develop contextually sensitive evidence aggregation methods from patient records that consider whole patients over time, rather than just linguistic correctness.
Develop and provide graduate level lecture/support to doctorate candidates in the area of clinical pharmacology and research
Assess the differences in biomarkers of exposure among African-Americans and Caucasians, comparing menthol and non-menthol cigarette smoking.

Assistant professor example responsibilities.

Lead outreach to community and statewide stakeholders in the PPCC entrepreneurship program.
Used blackboard online to manage students tests, grade papers and assign materials.
Develop courses in immunology and research ethics, and develop super laboratory courses in cellular physiology and molecular biology.
Conduct research using molecular biology, genetics, histochemistry, cell biology, biochemistry.
Chair psychology and sociology departments, teach psychology classes, revise student practicum program, establish outreach mechanisms to reach alternative students
Serve as professor for humanities and sociology.

Health professor vs assistant professor skills

Common health professor skills

Health Education, 56%
Physiology, 19%
Clinical Laboratory, 14%
Ethics, 7%
Course Materials, 4%

Common assistant professor skills

Patients, 17%
Public Health, 6%
Pediatrics, 5%
Curriculum Development, 4%
Research Projects, 4%
Professional Development, 4%

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