Assistant or Associate Professor; Adjunct Biomedical Informatics Research

Position Overview

Position title:

Biomedical Informatics Research
Salary range:
The posted UC Salary scales set the minimum pay at the appointment as determined by appointment type and, if applicable, rank and/or step. The base pay range is $117,000 - $200,000. Salary is negotiated annually. Additional compensation may be available if the position includes membership in the Health Sciences Compensation Plan. UC Salary information can be found here: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..html

Open date:
June 2, 2025
Most recent review date:
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Final date:
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

The Division of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) in the Department of Medicine () at the University of California, San Diego is committed to academic excellence within the faculty, staff, and student body. The Division of Biomedical Informatics seeks world-class talent in biomedical informatics to advance data-powered health and is recruiting outstanding faculty for Assistant or Associate Adjunct (non-tenure) Professor.

DBMI has research and/or service programs in the following areas:
Clinical informatics, clinical research informatics, bioinformatics, biomedical data modeling and ontologies, biomedical natural language processing and information retrieval, health artificial intelligence and machine learning, privacy technology, global health informatics, equity in informatics, population health informatics, quality informatics, vital records and public health informatics, and translational bioinformatics. Its annual extramural funding exceeds $23M/year. It is currently involved in several ambitious initiatives, including precision medicine such as the NIH All of Us Program (via the Coast to Coast consortium) and real-time cloud computing sepsis prediction.

Its faculty also plays major roles in large programs and projects that support the NIH, Veterans Administration, CDC, and the State of California. Its educational portfolio includes pre- and post-doctoral training, supported by three training grants, including a T15.

The selected candidates will be responsible for teaching and conducting research in the areas of biomedical informatics, including the design, implementation, and application of innovative tools, algorithms, and techniques that advance discovery and health outcomes.

The successful candidates will also be able to build on their academic research career at UCSD with the potential for additional collaborations with other Departments in the School of Medicine, as well as across campus with the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health.

Appointments may require candidates to be self-funded.

Appointments will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the Adjunct series. A link to full descriptions of each series is provided for your review:
Adjunct Professor - see: .pdf

As a member of the Health Sciences Compensation Plan, the appointee should be aware that there are limitations on outside professional activities, and clinical moonlighting is expressly prohibited. Additional information can be found here: https://.pdf

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Basic qualifications
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Candidates must have at least three original, first-authored peer-reviewed publications.

Additional qualifications
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Candidates must have a doctoral degree in biomedical informatics, computer science, or related disciplines or have a health sciences doctoral degree (MD, OD, DMD, etc.) by the time of the appointment.

Preferred qualifications
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Candidates with active research grants with funding are preferred.

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