Tenure-Track Assistant​/Associate Professor

Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title
- Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor

Department
- School of Health Professions

Salary Details - A minimum of $125,000

Posting Summary
- Rutgers is a research-intensive university with state of the art research core services and a strong research support infrastructure. Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP), one of the top ranked schools of its kind in the nation, offers a unique and nurturing environment to conduct interdisciplinary and team based research. The School has fostered a culture of collaboration and a strong community of support for research faculty to build their programs and to thrive.

The Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics at Rutgers SHP is looking for a tenure-track faculty (multiple openings) with expertise in Biomedical and Health Informatics, Data Science, Health-related AI, Digital Health or related field. Special consideration will be given to candidates with Health AI expertise, applicable to aging, opioid addition, and neurodegenerative disorders.

The tenure-track faculty member's primary responsibility is in conducting research (80-90% effort) to grow and sustain an extramurally and federally funded research program. A small allocation of effort is towards teaching and service (10-20% maximum). Teaching may include mentoring of graduate students and post-docs.

Position Status
- Full Time

Posting Number - 26FA0632

Posting Open Date

Posting Close Date

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience
- Tenure track faculty must hold a PhD or DSc in STEM or health-related field, should have a minimum of 1 year of post-doctoral research training or academic-focused industry experience, and Health-related Informatics or AI research focus. Rank is based on criteria including, but not limited to, research experience, scholarly productivity, evidence of independence, level of national and/or international impact and recognition, and history of extramural and federal funding.

Preferred area of expertise:
Candidates should have research expertise in diverse areas, including but not limited to Biomedical Informatics, Clinical and Health Informatics, Data Science, Health-related AI, Digital Health. Successful candidates will have portfolios that will complement and strengthen SHP's vision and mission.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Lead an independent research program

Collaborate with others to promote interdisciplinary and team based science

Secure extramural and federal funding to support their research program, including the percentage of their salary allocated to research

Disseminate their research in high quality journals and through conference presentations and other means of scholarly dissemination

Mentor graduate students and post-docs

Teach lessons/course in STEM or health-related field as assigned by the Department Chair, Program Director or Research Dean

Mentorship of junior faculty as appropriate

Exemplify professional conduct including ethical conduct of research, as well as collegial and respectful behavior

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