Tenure-Track Position - Health Informatics

Department of Health Studies and Gerontology
University of Waterloo

The Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo has available a tenure-track position in health informatics. This position is currently funded through a five-year Partnership award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), but the University has committed to ongoing support of that position at the end of CIHR's funding period. The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences aims to establish a research centre and graduate program in health informatics in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and other Canadian universities.

Applicants must have an advanced degree at the doctoral level and a demonstrated commitment to both funded research and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. Examples of the areas of expertise of particular interest for this position are health information management, performance measurement, health indicators, health services research, application of the Internet to epidemiology and public health, health data mining, evaluation of informatics and Internet tools in health promotion and health services, and tele-health. The appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor level. We expect the appointment to occur by July 1, 2001. Send curriculum vitae (including a statement of teaching and research interests accompanied by two research articles) and three letters of reference by December 15, 2000 to Dr Patricia Wainwright, Chair of Search Committee, Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3G1.

In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples and persons with disabilities. This appointment is subject to the availability of funds.