"Open Rank (Professor, Associate or Assistant) AI, Sensors, and Human Movement"

About the Opportunity

We are seeking highly motivated individuals for an open-rank tenure track or tenured faculty position. Candidates should have an active research program at the intersection of artificial intelligence, sensors, wearable devices, and human movement. The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience conducting interdisciplinary research with healthy or clinical populations that applies AI models to predict relevant health outcomes from wearable sensors. Applicants who focus on early warning and detection systems, models combining wearables and electronic health records for clinical decision support, or human-centered AI applications will be given priority. Candidates working in AI without a human movement, rehabilitation, or health focus will not be considered.

The primary appointment will be within the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences in Bouve with a secondary appointment in another college that is in line with the candidate's research expertise.

Our tenure and promotion process values collaborative research and teamwork. Hires will be mentored for success, with mentoring teams and group guidance. In addition, a strong and effective faculty development strategy is part of the Northeastern institutional mission. The ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development office works in conjunction with the Office of Research Development (ORD), the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research (CATLR), and University Decision Support (UDS) to provide programs and trainings to further develop and support a thriving faculty.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, conducting an independent and externally funded research program, and participating in departmental, college, and university service. Qualified candidates must be prepared to work with global student populations.

Qualifications

• PhD in kinesiology, movement/rehabilitation science, engineering, human computer interaction, human factors, or related field is required.
• Established line of inquiry including AI and sensors/wearable devices.
• Demonstrated experience writing and submitting grants commensurate with candidate's rank.
• Interdisciplinary, team research that engaged individuals from other discipline but is focused on health outcomes.
• To be considered at the Associate level or higher at least 5 years of academic or equivalent experience and evidence of funding is required.

Additional Information

Interested candidates should apply here with a curriculum vita that includes a list of publications, research and teaching statements addressing the prompts below, and a list of at least three names of potential references letters. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as they arrive.

Successful faculty at Northeastern are dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of funded research and teaching excellence and a commitment to fostering belonging in the university community. Thus, strong candidates for this faculty position will have the expertise, knowledge, and skills to build their research, pedagogy, and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Please indicate how your expertise, knowledge, and skills have prepared you to contribute to this work with written statements addressing the following prompts:

Research statement:

Please describe the focus of your research, including the questions you have identified, the funding you have received to support the work (if applicable), the results you have discovered, and the products of these efforts. Highlight any cross-disciplinary research efforts you have undertaken. Please also describe any research you have undertaken with students and/or with the external community. Finally, please outline the research directions you foresee pursuing in the Bouve College of Health Sciences, any cross-disciplinary and collaborative aspects, and the strategies you will take to address each direction.

Teaching statement:

Please summarize your past instructional and mentorship experiences, your pedagogical philosophy, your plans/goals for teaching in the Bouve College of Health Sciences (including existing and proposed courses), and your strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.

Position Type

Academic

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.