"Open Rank Tenure Track Professor in Technology and Health"

About the Opportunity

Northeastern University invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in technology and health, beginning in the academic year 2026-27. This position will be located at Northeastern University's campus in Charlotte, NC, and successful candidates will be expected to work in the Charlotte, NC area. The successful candidate should conduct a research program that focuses on health behaviors and/or health-related outcomes at the individual- and/or population-level. The technology aspect of the successful candidate's research program may include artificial intelligence methods, health data forecasting, health informatics, or digital health. Candidates with a digital health focus may either develop these tools themselves or work collaboratively as part of research teams to develop and/or test digital health tools for assessment or intervention. Candidates at any rank are encouraged to apply and will be evaluated based on their level of experience (e.g., candidates applying at the assistant professor rank will not be expected to have credentials on par with associate or full professor candidates).

Successful candidates will be appointed primarily in the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences in the Bouve College of Health Sciences. Cross-disciplinary research programs and appointments are strongly encouraged at Northeastern, and may be possible for this position. Accordingly, secondary appointments in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences or the College of Science are possible, depending on research and/or teaching focus. Faculty members will be encouraged to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations throughout Northeastern's Global University System and with University-wide initiatives. Two relevant examples of University-wide initiatives are the Network Science Institute and Institute for Experiential AI.

Responsibilities

Faculty members at Northeastern are expected to develop independent research programs that attract external funding; teach courses at the graduate and undergraduate level; mentor students and postdocs in their area of research; and participate in service to the department, university, and discipline.

Qualifications

Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent) in Applied Mathematics, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Psychology, Public Health, Social Sciences, Statistics, or related fields by the employment start date. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, including academia and industry.

All applicants should have a strong record of scholarly accomplishment that demonstrates the ability to build a strong research program. Academic rank at the Associate or Full Professor level will be commensurate with experience and qualifications reflecting a record of demonstrated scholarly and teaching excellence. Candidates seeking appointment at the Associate level should have a minimum of 5 years and Full Professor level should have a minimum of 10 years of academic or related industry experience with substantial research productivity and an established history of grant support and service.

Additional Information

Interested candidates should apply here with a curriculum vita that includes a list of publications, statements addressing the prompts below, and names and contact information for at least three professional references from whom letters of reference can be solicited as needed. Applications will be reviewed beginning on December 1, 2025. Questions about either search should be directed to Samuel V. Scarpino at s.scarpino@northeastern.edu.

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 the external community. Finally, please outline the research directions you foresee pursuing, 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 experience, your pedagogical philosophy, your plans/goals for teaching (including existing and proposed courses), and your strategies for teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students.

Pay Range: Assistant Professor: $96,000.00 - $124,000.00 | Associate Professor: $110,000.00 - $131,000.00 | Professor: $142,000.00 - $220,000.00

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