[Asis-l] Health Informatics position at Univ of Michigan

[Mark Ackerman]

Position call: health informatics

Faculty Position Posting
Rank: Associate/Full Professor

The School of Information and the School of Public Health at the 
University of Michigan seek an outstanding faculty candidate at the 
Associate or Full Professor rank in the field of health informatics to 
be appointed in both Schools. For this position, we aspire to recruit an 
accomplished researcher and intellectual leader who will bring an active 
research agenda. We are particularly interested in faculty candidates 
whose research interests complement our existing health informatics 
expertise in a broad array of areas including, but not limited to:

•    Human–computer interaction and community informatics;
•    Mobile health;
•    Healthcare management and health policy;
•    Health behavior interventions and health communication.

The individual will be expected to actively contribute to our 
professional master’s degree program in health informatics offered 
jointly by the School of Public Health and the School of Information 
(http://healthinformatics.umich.edu). This innovative master’s program 
combines the strengths of the School of Information with those of the 
School of Public Health, and adopts a broad approach that incorporates 
clinical, consumer, and population and public health informatics. This 
program is complemented by a certificate option for working 
professionals and for students enrolled in other programs at the 
University of Michigan.

The University of Michigan’s broader health informatics community is 
comprised of numerous faculty and students from the Schools of 
Information and Public Health and the College of Engineering, College of 
Pharmacy, Medical School, School of Dentistry, School of Natural 
Resources and the Environment, and School of Nursing. Because one 
hallmark of the University of Michigan is its explicit efforts to foster 
cross-unit, interdisciplinary research, health informatics research 
regularly involves faculty and students from different units and 
disciplines.  In addition, the University of Michigan Health System 
serves as a “laboratory” used by many health informatics faculty as the 
setting for their research.

The Schools of Information and Public Health have a particularly strong 
relationship and track record of collaborative research. Many health 
informatics faculty are cross-appointed between the School of 
Information and one of the five departments in the School of Public 
Health. This further enhances the strong reputations of the two Schools 
and their top-ranked academic programs. More information about the 
Schools can be found at: http://www.si.umich.edu and 
http://www.sph.umich.edu.

Qualifications:

Doctoral degree in a relevant field (e.g., biomedical and health 
informatics, information, public health, computer science, psychology, 
sociology, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, engineering);

Recognized contributions as a scholar and expert in the fields of 
clinical, consumer, population, and/or public health informatics;
Successful record of research support and an ability to foster a 
collaborative research enterprise;

Demonstrated skill in educating and mentoring students or trainees;
A strong commitment to teaching in the health informatics domain and 
interdisciplinary research.

Review of applications will begin on November 15th, 2014 and continue 
until the position is filled. For more information or to apply, please 
visit http://apply.interfolio.com/27369.

For questions about potential fit and your application please contact 
Dr. Julia Adler-Millstein at juliaam at umich.edu and Dr. Kai Zheng at 
kzheng at umich.edu.