Opportunity Details
Institute for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics
Data Science and Biostatistics
Professor/Department Head or Chair
Clinical Informatics Research, Teaching, and Leadership Opportunities in the Department of Medicine and Institute for Informatics, Data Science, and Biostatistics (I2DB)
The Department of Medicine (https://internalmedicine.wustl.edu/) and the Institute for Informatics, Data Science, and Biostatistics (I2DB, https://i2db.wustl.edu/) are seeking highly qualified applicants for multiple faculty positions, including:
- Vice Chair for Clinical Informatics,
- Applied Clinical Informaticist, and
- Director for Clinical Informatics Training Program.
Individuals who will engage in clinical informatics research, teaching, and leadership activities. We will consider candidates for appointments at all ranks (Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor) and on all faculty tracks (Research, Clinical, and Investigator).
Successful applicants will serve in departmental leadership roles with responsibility for the design, use, and optimization of healthcare information systems and data analytics platforms that support and enable the clinical, research, and teaching missions of both the Department of Medicine and I2DB. Their expected contributions to the organization’s mission will include:
- engaging in original scholarship related to the field of clinical informatics,
- managing the education and development of the next generation of clinical informatics leaders; and/or
- organizing the effective and efficient use of clinical information systems, including the electronic health record.
Specific areas of scholarly emphasis for this opportunity include but are not limited to:
- Patient-reported outcomes (collection, representation, analysis)
- Health services and administrative data research
- Learning health systems
- Human-factors and workflow analysis
- Artificial Intelligence
- Predictive analytics and data visualization
- Clinical decision support
- Quality improvement
Candidates should have an advanced degree (e.g., MD, PhD, OTD, DO, MSN/DNP or equivalent) with relevant training or experience in Biomedical or Health Informatics or an analogous area of study. In addition, candidates at advanced ranks should have a track-record including a combination of clinical excellence, operational performance, extramural funding, peer-reviewed publications, and trainee mentorship.
Racial, ethnic, gender, and other forms of diversity will be prioritized as part of this faculty recruitment opportunity.
Compensation, start-up packages, and other financial support will be highly competitive and commensurate with candidate rank, experience, and performance.
Candidates should apply online through the faculty opportunities website with a cover letter, including leadership, research, and teaching, and CV addressed to Cynthia Marich, Executive Director (cmarich@wustl.edu).
Candidates will be evaluated on an ongoing basis, consistent with the needs and priorities of this search.
Cynthia Marich
6/28/2024
No end date
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. It is the university’s policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, or genetic information. Washington University seeks an exceptionally qualified and diverse faculty; women, minorities, protected veterans and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.