Assistant or Associate Professor, School of Global Health Management and Informatics

University of Central Florida•Orlando, FL

25d•Onsite

About The Position

The School of Global Health Management and Informatics in the College of Health Professions and Sciences at the University of Central Florida invites applications for a 9-month, tenure-earning Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor in Health Care Informatics. The position is based at UCF’s Downtown campus, with an anticipated start date in August 2027. The successful candidate will conduct research and teach face-to-face and fully online undergraduate and graduate courses in healthcare informatics, particularly artificial intelligence. UCF provides infrastructure and support for online teaching. The School offers undergraduate and graduate programs in health services administration, healthcare informatics, health informatics and information management, and health informatics, and anticipates its first Master of Public Health cohort in Fall 2027. Its programs include accreditations from CAHME and CAHIIM, and the undergraduate Health Services Administration program is certified by AUPHA. The successful candidate will bring experience in AI technologies and their healthcare applications. Interdisciplinary scholarship and external research grant funding are highly desirable. Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae, cover letter, research statement, and teaching statement electronically. The selected candidate must provide official transcripts and, where applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; H-1B sponsorship and transfers are unavailable. UCF expects employees to reside in Florida when employment begins unless the posting explicitly states otherwise.

Requirements

Doctoral degree from an accredited institution in a health discipline (such as healthcare informatics, biostatistics, public health, or health services research) or an information technology discipline (such as management information systems, applied science, computer science, computer engineering, or biomedical engineering).
Industry or academic research experience related to artificial intelligence applications in healthcare by the start of the appointment.
Assistant Professor applicants: demonstrate the ability to develop a research agenda supporting tenure and promotion, along with potential to secure external funding.
Associate Professor applicants: doctoral degree must be held at the time of application and candidates must have a record of teaching, externally funded projects or research, and service commensurate with a tenured associate professor appointment.
Authorization to work for any U.S. employer; H-1B visa sponsorship, transfers, and employment-based visa processing for individuals sponsored by another employer are unavailable.
Selected candidate must submit official transcripts and, where applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations documenting qualifying academic credentials.

Nice To Haves

Expertise as an early-, mid-stage, or established investigator in healthcare AI applications, including large language models, biomedical data processing, and data analysis.
Strong background in health informatics, digital health, and emerging healthcare technologies, including clinical decision support, health data interoperability, Internet of Things, wearable technologies, and technologies applicable to healthcare delivery and population health.
Expertise in responsible and trustworthy AI, including explainable AI, algorithmic fairness and bias, privacy, security, model validation, AI governance in healthcare, and AI interoperability.
Record of publishing high-quality research in leading national or international refereed journals, or completion of a postdoctoral appointment with related publications.
Active engagement with health informatics societies such as AMIA and HIMSS.
Experience collaborating with healthcare providers, health systems, government agencies, industry partners, or other healthcare organizations on interdisciplinary research, implementation, or externally funded projects.
Interdisciplinary scholarship and external grant funding for research.

Responsibilities

Conduct research related to healthcare informatics, particularly artificial intelligence applications.
Teach face-to-face and fully online undergraduate and graduate courses in healthcare informatics.
Develop a research agenda that supports tenure and promotion and has the potential to secure external funding (Assistant Professor).
For appointment as a tenured Associate Professor, demonstrate teaching, externally funded projects or research, and service commensurate with that rank.