The Department of Biostatistics invites applications for a full-time 12-month tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant, Associate or full Professor rank in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Department is situated jointly within the College of Public Health and Health Professions (PHHP) and the College of Medicine (COM), in the Clinical and Translational Research Building, facilitating multidisciplinary research. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Faculty members pursue independent and collaborative research; they also teach in the MS and PhD in Biostatistics Programs and support a concentration in Biostatistics as part of the Masters of Public Health Program. They are advisors and mentors to a wide variety of students. Our current faculty members are leaders in artificial intelligence, big data analysis, cancer, genetics, infectious disease modeling and intervention studies, medical image processing, metabolomics data analysis, survival analysis, causal inference, statistical methods of health surveys, high-dimensional inference, longitudinal data analysis, and clinical trials. The Department works closely with the NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Institute and is home to the Children's Oncology Group, the Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases and multiple NIH and other grants. The department is ranked No. 11 in biostatistics programs at public universities by U.S. News & World Report. And, in the '2024 Best Colleges in the U.S.' report, the Wall Street Journal named the University of Florida No. 1 public institution. In September 2025, Forbes named UF the No. 5 public university in the nation and among the top institutions in the country for return on investment. UF was named the No. 30 university overall in the U.S. and the highest-ranking Florida school. As such, it offers an exceptional benefits package and generous leave program. The University of Florida is located in Gainesville, FL, was ranked in 2021 by Niche.com among the top 50 cities nationally and has been ranked the Best Place to Live in the US by Sperling and Sander's Cities Ranked & Rated. The College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine are in the University's Health Science Center, which also includes the Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, and Veterinary Health. The Health Science Center also partners with the immediately adjacent UF Health Shands Hospital, and Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, and the UF Health Science Center Regional campus located in Jacksonville, FL. Additional major institutes and centers located at the University of Florida include the Emerging Pathogens Institute, the Institute of Child Health Policy, the UF Health Cancer Center, the UF Genetics Institute, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the McKnight Brain Institute, all of which provide state-of-the-art environments and access to large data sets for faculty collaboration.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
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Educational Services
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree