Assistant​/Associate Professor of Public Health – Biostatistics​/Health AI

Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Public Health – Biostatistics/Health AI

Employee Classification: Assistant/Associate Professor

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

Sub Division-Department: UNT-Col of Publ Affairs & Hlth Sci

Department: UNT-Rehabilitation and Health Serv-135350

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and University of North Texas Health Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.

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The Department of Rehabilitation & Health Services (RHS) is a community-engaged academic unit providing research and education that reaches beyond the classroom. Faculty with expertise in public health, applied gerontology, health services, rehabilitation counseling, substance use, and behavioral health conduct innovative research that impacts our community and prepares students for a career making a positive change in the lives of others.

Our graduates pursue careers as researchers, health professionals, educators, administrators, and clinicians committed to improving the lives of those they serve.

The department is part of the College of Public Affairs and Health Sciences (PAHS) that prepares graduates to address diverse and complex social issues such as aging, disability, disaster management and recovery, criminal justice, health disparities and public safety, and find solutions to challenges in public administration, public and mental health, exercise physiology, and urban design.

We have nine academic departments with undergraduate and graduate programs, the Kristin Farmer Autism Center, the Center for Public Management, the UNT Speech and Hearing Center, the UNT Work Inclusion and Supported Employment (UNTWISE) program, UNT ELEVAR, and several professional development and clinical training programs to facilitate careers to address a global society.

UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

The Department of Rehabilitation & Health Services (RHS) in the College of Public Affairs and Health Sciences at the University of North Texas invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of Public Health with expertise in biostatistics and/or health artificial intelligence (AI). All areas of biostatistics will be considered.

We seek an accomplished scholar whose research leverages advanced statistical methods, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or computational analytics to address complex public health challenges. The successful candidate will bring a vision for advancing data-driven discovery while mentoring the next generation of public health scientists and for the rank of Associate Professor will bring an established, externally funded research program.

This is an exceptional…