Assistant​/Associate Professor of AI and Machine Learning in Veterinary Population

Assistant/Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Veterinary Population Health

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

The Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University invites applications for a full-time,tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).We seek an AI/ML scholar whose research focuses on developing and applying innovative computational methods to address critical challengesinveterinarymedicine,disease prevention and control, and population health.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in AI/ML and a demonstrated ability totranslateadvancedanalyticalapproaches into meaningful discoveries and practical applicationsrelevantto animal health and welfare.

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The primary responsibilities of this position will be to conduct innovative, translational research at the intersection of advanced computational data science and veterinary medicine.

Candidates must demonstrate significant AI/ML expertise as a core element of their scholarship through the development of novel methods or the application of existing approaches that generate new scientific knowledge, methodological advances, or practice solutions for veterinary preventive medicine and population health.

The successful candidates will maintain an extramurally funded research program that prioritizes translational science discoveries using novel approaches that support animal health and/or welfare.

The position is intended for faculty whose scholarly contributions are centered on AI/ML and their advancement or innovative application in veterinary and population health contexts, rather than the routine use of existing AI tools.

In addition to research, the successful candidate is expected to maintain a teaching program. Teaching responsibilities will include providing instruction to veterinary and graduate students on topics that may include preventive medicine, animal welfare, and/or disease diagnosis and prevention and control. The candidate may also be expected to develop and deliver content that expands AI literacy and promotes the responsible and effective use of AI tools in veterinary medicine and related disciplines.

The successful candidate is expected to servein department, college, and university levelinitiativesincluding the OSU AI(x)
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that aims topioneerAI innovation for the public good.

They will alsohave the opportunity toengagewith regulatory agencies and external stakeholderstouse AI to advance veterinary medicine.

The specific distribution of effort will be adjusted toreflect the strengths and interests of the successful candidate but will remainpredominately focusedon research.

• Conduct translational research using AI/MLapproachesto address challenges in veterinary medicine, disease prevention and control, and population health. Illustrative examples include:

• Traditional and syndromic disease surveillance

• Precision livestock farming,herd health informatics, and integrated decision support

• Predictive modelingfordisease prevention,diagnosis,treatment, and population healthand welfare management

• Population genomics,genetic sand epidemiological forecasting

• Develop andmaintaina nationally and internationally recognized, extramurally funded research program focused on applied AI and machine learning in preventiveveterinarymedicine and population health.

• Collaborate across disciplines (e.g., computer science, data analytics, public health,agriculture, medicine,and veterinary medicine) to foster cross-cutting research.

• Deliver high-quality instruction incore and elective topics, which may include veterinary preventive medicine, epidemiology, animal welfare, and data-drivendiseaseprevention and control

• Contribute to educational activities thatexpandAI literacy and promotetheresponsibleuse and evaluation ofAIin veterinary medicine

• Mentorgraduatestudents (MS/PhD) and…