Position: Assistant Professor of Health Science (Applied Artificial Intelligence in Health)
Effective Date: August 17, 2026 (Fall Semester)
Salary Range: The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary $74,652 to $158,688/year; $6,221 to $13,224/per month (12 monthly payments per academic year). The anticipated hiring range is $89,004 - $94,812/year; $7,417 to $7,901/per month. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin October 6, 2025. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled)
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). CSULB earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts for the benefit of all students. The President’s Equity and Change Commission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in our community and culture and throughout the university. CSULB’s Beach 2030 University Action Plans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to higher education; promoting intellectual achievement; building community; and cultivating resilience.
College of Health and Human Services
Department of Health Science
Required Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D., Dr.PH., DSc, MD/DO) in Public Health or a closely related field including, but not limited to, program tracks/concentrations related to Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Global Health, Population Health, Health Informatics, Bioinformatics, Digital Health, AI, Information Systems, Operations Research, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Computational Biology, Computational Neuroscience, Computer Science with emphasis on AI or a closely related discipline
- If terminal degree is not in Public Health, the concentration, thesis or research should be health-related
- Degree must be from an accredited institution and program
- Doctoral degree must demonstrate successful completion of doctoral-level coursework
- Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2026.
- Demonstrated potential for teaching and/or developing courses in the Health Science major (e.g., AI in Health, Population Health, Data Science, Health Informatics, and/or related courses)
- Demonstrated potential for conducting research, scholarly and creative activities
- Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first-generation students
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated potential or willingness to implement multiple teaching modalities (e.g., face-to-face, hybrid, synchronous and/or asynchronous online learning)
- Demonstrated potential or willingness to implement evidence-based teaching strategies that are effective for diverse learners
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience to develop interdisciplinary curriculum in the areas of AI in Health
- Demonstrated potential or effectiveness in interdisciplinary research collaborations
- Demonstrated potential or effectiveness in applying for external funding
- Demonstrated potential or willingness to provide service to the department, college, and campus and/or in the community or profession
- Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
- Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom
Duties:
- Teach in the Department of Health Science using techniques that support diverse student success. (Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.)
- Engage in interdisciplinary collaborative efforts
- Engage in the development, maintenance and teaching of undergraduate (Bachelor’s) and graduate (Masters and DrPH) curricular offerings, including accreditation-related activities
- Engage in mentoring and advising undergraduate and graduate students
- Engage in an active research agenda
- Engage in the dissemination of research in refereed academic outlets and discipline-specific professional meetings
- Engage in the application of external funding to support research agenda
- Engage in activities that support diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus, in local and global communities, and the profession
- Engage in service to the department, college, university, community, and profession
CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
The Department of Health Science’s mission is to aid and encourage students’ development into knowledgeable professionals and life-long learners who will lead efforts to support health equity for all within the fields of health science, public health, community health, health education and other related areas. The program fosters the development of person- and community-centered health professionals who are culturally sensitive and responsive to the complex social determinants of health. Upon graduation, our students are able to support and enhance the physical, psychological and social well-being of people, individually and collectively, in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic metropolitan context.
The department has received over $10 Million in federal funding to develop new interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate certificates in Public Health Informatics and Technology [PHIT], which is offered across California. The department also offers undergraduate and graduate degree options, and anticipates starting the terminal degree option in Public Health (i.e., DrPH) in Fall 2025; DrPH program concentrations will include PHIT, Global Health, and Community Health and Policy. These exciting changes align well with the University’s recent R2 designation. The department houses the Center for Health Equity Research and Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training. Through these centers and community-based partnerships, the department engages in training, research and service aimed at understanding and addressing the unique needs of underserved populations to enhance their health and well-being.
Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here: CSU Employee Benefits
How to Apply - Required Documentation:
- A Student Success Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit: Student Success Statement
- Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
- CV
- Name and contact information for three references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the semi-finalist stage)
- Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)
How to Apply: Click Apply Now icon to complete the CSULB online application
Requests for information and process should be addressed to:
Dr. Kamiar Alaei, Chair
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Health Science
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840-4902
Dr. Kamiar Alaei, Department Chair
Kamiar.Alaei@csulb.edu
EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
A background check (including a criminal records check and telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.
Pursuant to the CSU Out of State Employment Policy, hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside of California is prohibited effective January 1, 2022. By prohibiting employment outside of California, the CSU also prohibits hiring and retaining employees working permanently from a business location outside of the United States. Exceptions to the Policy are limited to approved and documented purposes for conducting CSU business outside of California.
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