Health equity - system scientist

Transformative AI/ML & Health Equity (Open Rank Faculty - Tenure System) Scientist

Hiring Department : Department of Medicine
Location : Chicago, IL USA
Requisition ID : 1025306
Posting Close Date : August 6, 2024 (For Fullest Consideration, apply by June 30, 2024)
About the University of Illinois Chicago
UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.
Description:
Position Summary
The University of Illinois College of Medicine is seeking to hire scientists with interests in artificial intelligence & machine learning (AI/ML) and health equity. For the purposes of this search, AI/ML includes machine learning, artificial intelligence, and technologies where machine learning could be applied to high volume or technical data (i.e., digital interventions, mobile health, robotics, simulation and virtual reality, and wearable technology). University of Illinois College of Medicine faculty, staff, and students have a long-standing and shared interest in reducing health disparities and promoting health equity. In the next phase of our institution's evolution, we seek to bring the power of AI/ML to bear on questions that will promote health equity.

Duties & Responsibilities

The AI.Health4All Center for Health Equity using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (https://medicine.uic.edu/com-research/aihealth4all/) has been established the College of Medicine to support research, training, education, and innovation at the intersection of health equity and advanced technology. The mission of AI.Health4All is to use innovative technologies (or machine learning and artificial intelligence) and community partnership to promote health equity and improve health care services for diverse, underserved, and minority populations through clinical research and translational medicine.
The College of Medicine currently hosts active AI/ML research programs in several areas including neurology, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and robotic surgery. We seek to expand on these successful programs to build a larger ecosystem of research and interventions that foster a dynamic environment to make progress on many fronts in health care and particularly those that address health disparities and structural racism.
As part of this endeavor, the College of Medicine is soliciting applications for faculty positions in a broad hiring process. Both individual and team (existing collaborative groups of scientists and clinician-scientists) applications will be considered. Rank will be commensurate with experience. Applicants may range from early career investigators to senior faculty, and start-up resources are available to support investigators. It is expected that faculty will develop federal and/or industry funded research portfolios either independently or as collaborative teams.
An important overarching goal at UIC is to attract world-class faculty to enrich the educational experience of our bright and motivated students, and trainees and provide high quality care to our diverse and vulnerable patient populations. UIC is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment, and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities, and those with a passion for social justice and serving the underserved.
Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications

Terminal Degree

Applicants must apply online at http://jobs.uic.edu and reference Job ID #1025306 and submit a CV (Curriculum Vitae), cover letter and statement of research interests. The application review process will start immediately and will continue until the positions are filled. Please contact Dr. Niranjan Karnik ([email protected]) with any questions about these positions or this initiative more broadly.
The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.
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