Assistant Professor in Health Informatics, 2024
The University of Texas at Austin: School of Information

https://apply.interfolio.com/132381

The School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for up to two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions to start in Fall 2024. Candidates will be expected to conduct innovative and impactful research and to teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in Health Informatics, one of the six concentrations in our new undergraduate informatics degree program which has synergies with other concentrations, such as Human-Centered Data Science, User Experience Design, and Social Informatics. We are particularly interested in outstanding scholars who have expertise that spans more than one concentration or focuses on the intersections of these concentrations with a specific focus on healthcare. Successful candidates will address the human and/or societal implications of information and technology on healthcare. 

Successful candidates will be expected to expand on one or more established and emerging areas related to Health Informatics within the school, including but not limited to and in no particular order:
- Human-centered data science approaches to observe, understand, and predict health-related risks
- AI fairness to address bias in AI in Healthcare, enhancing algorithmic transparency by providing contextualized explanations for different user cases
- Ethical issues related to utilizing advanced technologies in healthcare, and trust between users and technologies
- Design, Usability, and Human-Computer Interaction concentrated on healthcare, especially addressing data privacy and security, developing novel data visualization methods to enhance diverse communications in healthcare, designing interfaces for health-related software or devices
- Social and societal impacts of healthcare, such as health disparities, inequities, and/or public policy.

A range of methodological, disciplinary, and theoretical approaches are relevant to study of complex Health Informatics phenomena. We thus invite applications from scholars from diverse disciplines including but not limited to information studies, data science, psychology, population health, nursing, human factors, communication, anthropology, political science, sociology, and computer science. Our intent is to recruit scholars with compelling human-centric research agendas that fit with the mission of the iSchool regardless of disciplinary background. Applicants, especially those unfamiliar with Information Schools, are welcome to contact us via the email below prior to submitting their application to discuss how their research agenda connects to our school, as well as examining resources provided at www.ischools.org. For more information, please feel free to contact the search committee chair, Prof. Ying Ding, at [log in to unmask]

Successful candidates will address the intersection of health, information, and technology, including a focus on relevant stakeholders including but not limited to patients, medical providers, allied health professionals, and care givers. Candidates focused on human-centered design and use of information technology for human benefit, social good, and/or social justice in local and global contexts, including critical theory and perspectives, will fit well within the culture of our school and are particularly encouraged to apply.

Tenure-track faculty at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin normally have a 2/1 teaching load. Salaries are competitive.
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