Assistant Professor of Psychology; Digital Health

Assistant Professor of Psychology (Digital Health) - (2 Positions)

The Department of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island has embarked on a cluster hiring strategy in the domain of digital health broadly. We are inviting applications for two tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level. A tenured position at the Full Professor level is being recruited in a separate announcement. We seek scholars whose work leverages digital health technologies—including wearable devices (e.g., Fitbit), smartphone-based assessments, mobile health interventions (e.g., just-in-time adaptive interventions), AI-driven tools, and mobile sensing—to advance innovative approaches to assessment, prevention, and intervention.

Successful applicants will have an established scholarly record that demonstrates the ability to develop and lead an independent research program supported by NIH or other extramural funding. The ideal candidates will contribute to the mission of the Behavioral Science and/or Clinical program areas by:
1) Conducting impactful digital health research that applies cutting-edge methodologies or develops novel computational and quantitative approaches aligned with and complementary to departmental strengths (e.g., substance use, health equity, community-engaged research, mental health, child health);
2) teaching quantitative methods and/or content courses that are essential to the undergraduate and graduate training,
3) incorporating justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) principles into their research, teaching, and service. It is anticipated that one position will be filled in the Behavioral Science program area and one in the Clinical Psychology program area. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong methodological expertise in areas such as statistical modeling, machine learning, intensive longitudinal data analysis, micro-randomized trial design, natural language processing, AI applications in digital health, and real-world data analysis.

Successful candidates will leverage these approaches to develop and evaluate data-driven healthcare solutions.

The Department of Psychology houses among the largest undergraduate and graduate programs at the University, with over 1000 undergraduates and 60 graduate students. We offer both BA and BS Undergraduate degrees, doctoral tracks in Behavioral Science and an APA-accredited Clinical Psychology program, and a new masters-level program in Mental and Behavioral Health Counseling. Clinical training is supported by our Psychological Consultation Center (PCC) that serves both the university and the larger Rhode Island community.

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The Department, College, and University recognize that the field of psychology is strengthened by contributions from a broad range of perspectives. The Department of Psychology is committed to creating measurable, lasting change within the field using justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and access () as guiding principles. As such, we encourage applicants from groups that are historically underrepresented in the field of psychology who will support the missions of the Department, College, and University to expose students to different perspectives and share in community building.

We seek applicants who are experienced in teaching and mentoring students and faculty in ways that include and support individuals from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Further, we encourage applicants with leadership experience in initiatives related to justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and access.

Required:

• A PhD (or equivalent) in psychology or a closely related field or completion of the degree by September 1, 2027.
• Demonstrated commitment to JEDI through research, teaching, and/or service activities.
• Demonstrated success and/or evidence of promise in obtaining external funding that will support productive research in digital health technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to publish research in major peer-reviewed journals closely aligned with the field, Department, and position in the area of digital health technologies.
• Demonstrated ability in teaching and mentoring graduate and/or undergraduate students.
• Demonstrated proficiency in written communication skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups/populations.

Preferred:

• Research specialization that includes the application of cutting-edge methods or development of new computational and quantitative approaches in domains relevant to digital health.
• Demonstrated ability to teach quantitative methods and/or content courses that are critical to the undergraduate and graduate training.