Associate Professor in Population Health Informatics

Associate Professor in Population Health Informatics

The College of Health Solutions (CHS) at Arizona State University (ASU) is seeking a full-time, 9-month tenure-eligible faculty member in Population Health Informatics at the rank of Associate Professor. We seek exceptional candidates with a focused research agenda and teaching experience related to the application of informatics and data science methods to improve population health. Ideal candidates will have demonstrated expertise in the design, collection, execution, and analysis of studies involving multiple types and sources of health-related data, including genomic, molecular, biological, behavioral, social, digital, epidemiologic, or environmental to address important population health outcomes (with particular emphasis on addressing the needs of underserved populations).

Population health informatics is a rapidly evolving area. Therefore, we encourage applicants that have demonstrated they can think outside the box, challenge existing schema and disciplinary orientations, and are willing to rapidly move in new directions. Candidates must have experience engaging in team- based science, and we welcome candidates from diverse disciplinary backgrounds including engineering, arts and media, technology, and design. The incumbent in this position will have great potential to take a leadership role within CHS and ASU as we continue to build our Population Health Informatics program.

Examples of faculty candidate’s focus areas include:

•  Applied informatics and data science/analytics, with an emphasis on utilizing informatics theories, methods, and tools to improve population health outcomes 

•  Informatics-focused models and/or advanced analytic methods that address health disparities and access to health and healthcare 

•  Design, integration, and analysis of multi-modal and multi-scale data relevant to population health such as genetic, phenotype, clinical, behavioral, sensor and mobile device, and/or environmental health data 

•  Novel approaches designing and evaluating digital health and telehealth interventions 
This position will work with faculty across the college to address our Grand Challenges, complex and difficult health problems which require translational research, transformative collaboration and innovation. Through research, academic programs and service, the college is focused on these Grand Challenges: Addressing the systems of health care and the health needs of populations, and optimizing health and human performance of individuals across the lifespan. We are particularly interested in making an impact on populations with significant health disparities. We welcome applications from candidates whose scholarship complements the existing expertise within the College of Health Solutions (https://chs.asu.edu/faculty-research). In addition, we encourage research collaborations with investigators from diverse academic fields and with community partners. 
Responsibilities for this position include developing and maintaining a successful research program, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring students and junior faculty, and providing service to the program and university as well as to the community and profession. The ideal candidate will present evidence of a successful research trajectory commensurate with the rank of Associate Professor, including sustained extramural funding and peer-reviewed publications, and a strong commitment to high quality teaching and mentoring. 


At ASU and the College of Health Solutions, we work to maximize opportunities for people of diverse backgrounds, abilities and perspectives. We value and encourage cultural and intellectual diversity, and strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for all faculty, staff and students — which we believe is critical to our success as a community. All individuals who can strengthen the diversity of our academic community are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

About the College of Health Solutions

The College of Health Solutions is committed to translating scientific health research and discovery into practice to improve health outcomes through education, research and service. We equip students with the knowledge and skills to influence healthier lifestyle choices; develop creative interventions to improve the health of people and populations; analyze and translate large amounts of health data into solutions; and maximize the technology, science, business and application of diagnostics. Our research programs encompass basic science, discovery science, clinical trials, intervention science and measurement of health outcomes. In all cases, our faculty use interdisciplinary approaches to address the complex systems that underpin health problems. We are highly collaborative, transparent and team- oriented. Our innovative organizational structure includes translational teams that move science from labs into communities with evidence-based interventions that make a difference, as well as affinity networks where teams of people work together to improve methodologies and processes. All of our programs, in and out of the classroom, are designed with the goal of improving the health of people and communities.

Current training programs include behavioral health, biomedical diagnostics, biomedical informatics, exercise science, health promotion, health sciences, kinesiology, medical studies, nutrition, population health, the science of health care delivery, and speech and hearing science. Our programs are offered at ASU’s Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, Polytechnic, West and Lake Havasu campuses, as well as on Mayo Clinic’s campus in north Phoenix. We maintain research facilities in cooperation with multiple community partners, including an expansion of the Phoenix Biomedical Campus that is in development through a public-private partnership that will increase collaborative opportunities with private companies and offer an additional 200,000 square feet of space for research and clinical trials.

About Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. U.S. News & World Report ranks ASU #1 in the U.S. for innovation for six years in a row. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising multiple differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 90,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's sixth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

For more information about ASU and the College of Health Solutions, visit http://about.asu.edu/ and https://chs.asu.edu

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate or terminal degree (PhD, ScD, MD/DO, or DrPH) in an informatics-related discipline, including biomedical informatics, population or health informatics, clinical/medical informatics, information and communication technology, health communication and informatics, public health, or similar 

• Expertise in using genomic, molecular, biological, behavioral, social, epidemiologic, environmental data sources to address population health outcomes 

• Expertise applying data science/analytic methods in one or more dataset types including electronic health records, biobank, wearable devices, administrative claims, telehealth, or clinical decision support data 

• Evidence of successful extramural funding through federal mechanisms (e.g. NIH, CDC, AHRQ, SAMHSA, etc.) and/or foundations (e.g., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), commensurate with the rank of associate professor 

• Evidence of recent peer reviewed publications in high-impact journals, commensurate with the rank of associate professor 

• Experience with analytic software packages e.g. SPSS, SAS, R, Python, STATA 

• Evidence of successful teaching of courses in population health informatics, statistics or related 
fields at the university level, commensurate with the rank of associate professor 

• Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively with a diverse group of colleagues, 
students, and staff 

• Demonstrated ability to utilize large data sets and medical records for comparative analyses 
Desired Qualifications 
Experience teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses
Experience teaching online university courses
Experience mentoring graduate students in research including authorship of peer-reviewed journal publications
Experience developing and maintaining community partnerships and inter-professional and/or team-based collaborations
Experience translating research into real world outcomes in homes and communities, addressing the needs of underserved populations, and using informatics methods to better understand the complex systems that impact the health of populations 
Evidence of active involvement in university service commensurate with the rank of Associate Professor 
Application Deadline and Procedures 
Application deadline is February 20, 2021. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled. 


Background, knowledge, and/or research in population health informatics relevant to the needs of the Arizona's diverse populations
Demonstrated success in promoting student retention and/or graduation
Evidence of participation in translational, trans-disciplinary, and team science initiatives relevant to CHS research domains

To apply, click http://apply.interfolio.com/82536 to submit the following:

• ▪  A letter of interest including the name of the position for which you are applying, your qualifications, and professional experience 

• ▪  Curriculum vitae 

• ▪  Information for three professional references (their position, title, e-mail, phone number). 
References will not be contacted until the candidate progresses to the latter stages of the search process. 
If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Rachel Otero at 
K.Otero@asu.edu. 
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