Jobs@dbmi
Tenure Track Faculty and Research Scientist Positions
The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) of Columbia University seeks new faculty members in the tenure track and in the research scientist track. Positions are available at junior and senior levels.
The positions are open to researchers interested in developing informatics theory and methodology with applications in medicine, translational medicine, or public health. Application areas of particular interest include quantitative approaches to public health informatics, consumer health and patient outreach, translational informatics that links our clinical and bioinformatics strengths, and clinical informatics with an emphasis on impact.
DBMI comprises 32 faculty members and 61 students. The Department has amassed a large, diverse research portfolio, breaking new ground in several areas of informatics research. Its mission is to improve the health of the population and to make biomedical discoveries using information and computational techniques. It runs a 2.5-million-patient 18-year electronic health record that is used by 7000 health care workers. DBMI is a partner in the CDC-funded New York Center of Excellence Public Health Informatics, and it participates in a $30 million project with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to deploy electronic health records across the city, with the hope of using the system to improve the health of the population and to carry out health department functions such as syndromic surveillance. The Department is known for its work on medical language processing, informatics to support clinical care and clinical research, and systems biology.
The ideal candidate will have a strong record of accomplishments and publications in research areas spanning the boundary between life sciences and the computational sciences. The candidate must have a doctorate in Biomedical Informatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Medicine, or a related field. Level of appointment will be commensurate with experience. Additional opportunities include graduate level teaching, deploying real clinical systems, and treating patients (for qualified clinicians).
If you seek a challenging research career in a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary department, please send a two-page description of your interest, a curriculum vitae, a set of no more than 10 relevant publications, and the names of at least three referees to Carol Friedman, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Informatics, VC-5, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032 (friedman@dbmi.columbia.edu).
Columbia University is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer.
