Director & Associate/Full Professor

The Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida is seeking a Director for the Division of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science at the rank of associate or full professor.

This position is part of the University of Florida pre-eminence initiative that was established in 2014. As a preeminent scholar and with preeminence funds available, the individual in this role will both provide strategic leadership for biomedical informatics at the University of Florida and lead their own research program. In addition, the individual will direct a division with 14 biomedical informatics faculty; 30 staff, including project managers, software engineers and programmers; and 40 graduate students. Two other divisions— Implementation Science and Health Interventions and Clinical and Population Health Integration are designed to translate knowledge between informatics, data science, clinical research and implementation sciences.

The Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics is the academic home for this leadership position. The department has a diverse funding portfolio, totaling $30 million annually, that includes funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and state agencies. The Department offers two degrees: a certificate, master’s, and PhD in biomedical informatics and a certificate, masters and PhD in Health Outcomes and Implementation Science.

The University of Florida is the flagship university of the state university system, a consistently nationally top ranked public university and home to outstanding computing resources, including high-performance computing clusters, AI-driven analytics infrastructure, and extensive data repositories. These resources also include a highly collaborative partnership with NVIDIA. The Department serves as the coordinating center for the PCORI-funded OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network. OneFlorida+ houses a centralized data trust containing electronic health record (EHR) data linked to census data and other datasets for over 24 M individuals in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and California. It is also home to large NIH P-type research infrastructure awards, T-type training awards and two major institutes that expand across the life course – Institute for Child Health Policy and Institute on Aging.

The Director of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science will lead biomedical informatics and data science research, education, and collaboration efforts, with a focus on:

Strategic leadership

· Providing strategic leadership across the core missions of research and education, ensuring alignment with HOBI, College of Medicine, and broader university goals.

· Expanding the innovative vision for biomedical informatics and data science, positioning UF as a leader in biomedical informatics research.

· Cultivating external relationships locally, statewide, and nationally to expand research partnerships.

· Facilitating the recruitment, hiring, and retention of exceptional BMI faculty members.

Research

· Leading an individual research program combined with the overall advancement of biomedical informatics research at UF, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science methodologies.

· Enhancing the acquisition of competitive federal and foundation grants that focus on and/or incorporate biomedical informatics.

· Providing mentorship and career development support for early-stage investigators, particularly in securing career development awards and transitioning to R01-level funding.

·Collaborating between divisions and departments to build multi-disciplinary research projects

Education

· Enhancing and expanding the BMI Certificate, Master’s, and PhD programs to attract and retain top-tier graduate students.

· Developing innovative curricula and training programs aligned with emerging trends in AI, digital health, and population health informatics.

Collaborative activities

· Collaborating with the Chief Data Scientist for the NCI-designated UF Health Cancer Center, the Chief Information Officer for the UF Health system, Director for Artificial Intelligence for the UF Preston A. Wells Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, the BMI Director for the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute and other key institute and center directors and health system leaders.

· Partnering with UF’s AI initiatives to drive advancements in clinical and population health informatics.

· Facilitate joint faculty appointments with other colleges and departments within the University of Florida, encouraging interdisciplinary research.

Commensurate with education and experience

• Must possess a Ph.D. in bioinformatics, health informatics, medical informatics, biotechnology,
  biomedical engineering, computer science or related fields or M.D. with additional specialty training in biomedical informatics as evidenced by an M.S. or Clinical Informatics board certification or comparable training.

• Expert in field as demonstrated with PhD in bioinformatics, health informatics, medical informatics, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, computer science or related fields or board certification in Clinical Informatics (ABPM).
• Have a track record of successful federal grant funding in informatics.
• Show national distinction in research and teaching in an academic department or comparable environment.

Interested applicants should apply through Careers at UF. In addition, please attach the following to your application at the time of submission:

• Letter of interest
• Curriculum vitae
• List of three references 

The Search Committee will accept applications until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed starting as soon as possible after the posting date.

Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call (352) 392‐2477 or the Florida Relay System at (800) 955-8771 (TDD).