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BACKGROUND

The School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is excited to announce a minimum of four tenured/tenure-track faculty positions. Funding for these positions has been appropriated by the Texas Legislature to enhance biomedical and health informatics education and research in the State of Texas in the era of big data and precision medicine.

We are seeking candidates with experience and interests in emerging approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through detecting, measuring, and analyzing individual variations in molecular, genomic, cellular, clinical, imaging, behavioral, physiological, and environmental data. These approaches may include:

Translational bioinformatics, with an emphasis on utilizing bioinformatics theories, methods, and tools to address clinical and health problems at the individual and population levels;
Data science, with a focus on integrating, mining, and using heterogeneous big datasets from multiple sources (e.g., clinical, genomic, imaging, pharmacological, behavioral, social, population, and environmental) to address challenging problems in patient care, health prevention, and biomedical discovery; and
Mobile health, with an emphasis on collecting, processing, and analyzing data from mobile devices and integrating those data with other sources to address human health challenges.

Successful applicants will join a dynamic, rapidly growing SBMI faculty focused on research, education, and the practical application of informatics.

UTHealth is located within the world's largest medical complex---the Texas Medical Center (TMC)---in Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States. SBMI is a freestanding school and one of the largest graduate level biomedical informatics programs in the nation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Successful candidates will be expected to conduct research, participate in graduate level teaching activities, and provide service at the school, university, regional, national, and international levels. Collaborative research with other SBMI faculty and across UTHealth and the Texas Medical Center is expected.
COMPENSATION: Competitive and dependent upon qualifications and experience.

REQUIREMENTS

Candidates should have a PhD (or equivalent) in biomedical informatics, computational biology, biostatistics, public health informatics, pharmacogenomics, imaging science, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, with demonstrated experience/expertise in informatics, and/or an MD (or equivalent) with demonstrated training and experience in informatics. For Center for Precision Health faculty applicants at the full professor and associate professor levels, a strong track record of teaching at the graduate level, substantial extramural funding, and a significant history of published research are required. For applicants at the assistant professor level, a strong track record of research publications and the potential to obtain extramural funding are required.

LOCALE

Houston, Texas, USA

COMPENSATION

All positions are 12-month, full-time appointments in the tenure track. All interested parties should apply at: https://jobs.uth.tmc.edu (search Requisition # 160616 for the Center for Precision Health faculty posts). Required materials must be uploaded as part of the online application process; they include a current CV, contact information for 3 references (name, title, institutional affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address), a cover letter describing qualifications and career goals, and teaching and research statements. For questions, please contact Judy Young at judy.e.young[at]uth.tmc.edu.

HOW TO APPLY

All interested parties should apply at: https://jobs.uth.tmc.edu (search Requisition # 160616 for the Center for Precision Health faculty posts).

DEADLINE

Open until filled

POLICY

UTHealth is an EEO/AA employer. UTHealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis prohibited by law. EOE/M/D/F/V. This is a security sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education Code § 51.215. A background check will be required for final candidates.

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