Assistant Professor in Human-Centered AI in Health
Listed on 2026-09-20
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic, Health Science
The Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University(Houston, Texas) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin July 1, 2027.
The position is in the area of HUMAN-CENTERED AI IN HEALTH and ispart of a cluster hire across the university. Topic area is openbut the candidate must fit within one of our research interest groups (i.e., program areas) of human-computer interaction &human factors, health psychology & behavioral medicine,industrial-organizational psychology, cognitive & affectiveneuroscience, and psychometrics & quantitative psychology.
Examples of topic areas include (but are NOT limited to):
Human-centered AI design, Human-AI health decision making, Human-AIhealth diagnosis, Application of AI in medical systems, use of AIin clinical applications, use of AI to develop and refinereal-world health behavior change interventions, AI explainabilityand Interpretability, AI Interface Design, applications of AI for patient safety; AI features/design for simulation-based training,and Human-AI collaboration & agency. Priority will be given to candidates who will enhance research within the department,teaching within the graduate and undergraduate curriculum, andsocial sciences scholarship across the school.
The hire will workwith scholars across all schools at Rice, particularly Schools of Social Sciences, Humanities and Engineering.
A Ph.D. is required at the time of employment. The position requires a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline but the candidate must beable to teach courses and train students in psychological sciences.
Job duties entail conducting a productive and innovative research program with potential to secure external funding, teaching undergraduate and graduate psychology courses, mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, and providing service to the field, the department, and the university. The candidate must be motivated toseek external funding and to engage in multidisciplinarycollaborations across campus and beyond.
The Department of Psychological Sciences trains doctoral students in program areas of HF/HCI (fully accredited by the Human Factorsand Ergonomics Society), cognitive and affective neuroscience,health psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, andpsychometrics & quantitative psychology. In the most recentrankings of the U.S. News and World Report (2022), ourindustrial-organizational psychology program was ranked #1 in Best Industrial and Organizational Psychology Programs. The Departmentalso offers professional master’s programs in both HF/HCI and industrial-organizational psychology.
The successful candidate will be associated with one or more of our research interest groups and will join a highly collegialdepartment of internationally recognized faculty in an environment that nurtures research and scholarship, with many opportunities for collaboration within the department, across the university, andwith the adjacent Texas Medical Center and greater Houston, Texasarea. Houston is a thriving metropolis and has been characterizedas the most diverse city in America.
For more details about our department, see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Rice boasts ofseveral world-class Institutes, e.g., Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute (hmrdhi.org), Ken Kennedy Institute(kenkennedy.rice.edu), and Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation (ihri.rice.edu), that will provide the candidates alaunchpad to innovate, develop and grow their research programs.
Rice University is a private, comprehensive research university located in the heart of Houston’s dynamic Museum District. Itoffers undergraduate and graduate degrees across eight schools andhas a student body of approximately 4,800 undergraduate and 4,100graduate students. Rice consistently ranks among the top 20national universities and the top 10 in undergraduate teaching (USNews & World Report); its endowment ranks among the top 25 ofUS universities.
In 2026, the Department of Psychological Scienceswas ranked 13th in the Best Colleges for Psychology in America by Niche.
Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with commitment to diversity at all levels, and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age,sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.
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