Assistant Professor in Human-Centered AI in Health
About The Position
The Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University (Houston, Texas) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin July 1, 2027. The position is in the area of HUMAN-CENTERED AI IN HEALTH and is part of a cluster hire across the university. Topic area is open but the candidate must fit within one of our research interest groups (i.e., program areas) of human-computer interaction & human factors, health psychology & behavioral medicine, industrial-organizational psychology, cognitive & affective neuroscience, and psychometrics & quantitative psychology. Examples of topic areas include (but are NOT limited to): Human-centered AI design, Human-AI health decision making, Human-AI health diagnosis, Application of AI in medical systems, use of AI in clinical applications, use of AI to develop and refine real-world health behavior change interventions, AI explainability and Interpretability, AI Interface Design, applications of AI for patient safety; AI features/design for simulation-based training, and Human-AI collaboration & agency. Priority will be given to candidates who will enhance research within the department, teaching within the graduate and undergraduate curriculum, and social sciences scholarship across the school. The hire will work with scholars across all schools at Rice, particularly Schools of Social Sciences, Humanities and Engineering.
Requirements
- Ph.D. at the time of employment
- Ph.D. in a relevant discipline
- Ability to teach courses and train students in psychological sciences
Nice To Haves
- Candidate must fit within one of our research interest groups (i.e., program areas) of human-computer interaction & human factors, health psychology & behavioral medicine, industrial-organizational psychology, cognitive & affective neuroscience, and psychometrics & quantitative psychology.
Responsibilities
- Conducting a productive and innovative research program with potential to secure external funding
- Teaching undergraduate and graduate psychology courses
- Mentoring graduate and undergraduate students
- Providing service to the field, the department, and the university
- Seeking external funding
- Engaging in multidisciplinary collaborations across campus and beyond
Benefits
- Tenure-track position
- Opportunities for collaboration within the department, across the university, and with the adjacent Texas Medical Center and greater Houston, Texas area.
- Association with world-class Institutes, e.g., Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute (hmrdhi.org), Ken Kennedy Institute (kenkennedy.rice.edu), and Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation (ihri.rice.edu)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
