Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute

Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute (BCHSI)

School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

The UCSF School of Medicine seeks an outstanding individual to lead its internationally recognized Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute (BCHSI). The BCHSI, established in 2015, serves as an academic hub for UCSF faculty, students, trainees, and staff who utilize computational methodologies to address topics in health and wellness. BCHSI faculty aspire to lead the world in creating and applying new paradigms of computational sciences to develop next‑generation insights that advance the field of precision medicine and address society’s most pressing health challenges.

Given the growing importance of such methods in healthcare delivery and biomedical research—and UCSF’s prominent placement in the Silicon Valley ecosystem—the Director of BCHSI is likely to have an outsized role in shaping the future of AI and computation.

• Set the strategic direction and vision for the Institute, ensuring alignment with its mission and goals.
• Provide comprehensive leadership, management, and stewardship of the Institute’s academic missions, including advancing excellence in research, education, and training.
• Actively foster a climate that ensures fairness, opportunity, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Promote teamwork both within the Institute and between/among other UCSF Institutes and Departments in all aspects of academic and clinical functions.
• Serve as a role model for the Institute by demonstrating commitment to the School’s and the University’s core values and ideals.
• Uphold the University’s Code of Conduct, demonstrating the highest ethical and professional standards, respect and concern for individuals and the institution, and promoting personal and professional responsibility and accountability in all activities.
• Cultivate relationships across the campus among other departments and schools, across the UC System, with technology companies and entrepreneurs, and with national and international colleagues.
• Work collaboratively with San Francisco and Bay Area community leaders to identify learning and research opportunities that will benefit all.

MD and/or PhD (or equivalent degree) is required.

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step  minimum base salary range for this position is $150,200 - $442,800. This position includes membership in the Health Sciences Compensation Plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. UCSF is committed to welcoming and serving all people, honoring the dignity of every individual without preference or prejudice, in support of its public mission and in alignment with our PRIDE values and Principles of Community.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed misconduct, in accordance with UC policies.

San Francisco, CA