Associate Director, Education and Training (Center for Biomedical Informatics & Biostatistics - CB2)

The University of Arizona (UA) Center for Biomedical Informatics & Biostatistics (CB2) and the College of Health Sciences (COHS) seek an innovative and experienced educational leader to design, launch, and oversee new educational offerings in Biomedical Informatics. This individual will also serve as the Associate Director of CB2 for Education and Training.

UA currently graduates the largest number of Indigenous students with doctoral degrees in the country. This, combined with Arizona's large Hispanic population, positions UArizona to be the leader in developing educational offerings that position graduates to tackle the unique needs and challenges of developing informatics solutions for and with Indigenous and underserved populations in the state of Arizona and beyond.

The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an informatics leader to envision and create entirely new programs and to shape the direction of informatics education in Arizona and nationally. Initial activities will involve designing and launching degree and non-degree educational programs in Biomedical and Health Informatics. This position will collaborate with colleges and department across UA to develop new educational offerings, and to expand and tailor existing offerings for the health and biomedical domains.

The successful candidate will meet the requirements of either a career track or tenure track faculty in the College of Health Sciences according to the College and University guidelines.

The CB2 is the home for informatics research and services across the six UA health science colleges. The COHS includes Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Clinical Translational Sciences, Health Sciences Design Education and Genetic Counseling Graduate Programs.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Serve as the primary leader in the development and implementation of informatics curricular initiatives.
• Provide vision and oversight for strategic curriculum development, implementation, assessment, evaluation, and continuous improvement for the informatics programs.
• Collaborate and liaison with various internal and external stakeholders both in the United States and internationally.
• Direct the development, evaluation, and revision of course descriptions, course learning outcomes, objectives, and methods of student assessment.
• In collaboration with the COHS and CB2 leadership, oversee and assess the onboarding, orientation, and effectiveness of informatics teaching faculty.
• Identify, recommend, and formally evaluate teaching faculty and directors. Ensure timely sharing of feedback to educators and support the development of teaching faculty.
• Serve in an advisory and/or leadership capacity for relevant curricular management and development committees and sub-committees.
• Provide academic and career advising to students where appropriate.
• Oversee implementation of student remediation efforts, document outcomes for use in the program's ongoing process of self-assessment and effectively communicate these efforts and outcomes to program directors.
• Participate in teaching relevant courses.
• Recruit teaching faculty, research mentors, and capstone supervisors, as appropriate.
• Develop and lead a team of experienced educators, each of whom is administratively responsible for a significant area of the educational mission.
• Strengthen partnerships and relationships with affiliate institutions and community partners to benefit the educational mission.
• Assume primary responsibility for CAHIIM accreditation and collaborate with other college leaders to ensure the college exceeds all accreditation requirements.
• Oversee management, planning, and budgetary responsibility for the degree program.
• Through grants, philanthropy and advocacy, grow supplemental funding for informatics education at UA.
• Other duties assigned by the CB2 Director and/or the COHS Dean.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated managerial, administrative and educational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to present the missions of the informatics educational programs to external audiences.
• Knowledge of and experience with AI, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, sociotechnical systems, and other emerging informatics trends.
• Working knowledge of modern educational technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary educational trends and some formal training in curriculum design and pedagogical methods, including project-based learning, self-directed learning, and team-based learning, and involvement in innovative and evidence-based methods for teaching is desired.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse students, trainees and colleagues.

• PhD in Biomedical or Health Informatics or related field, or clinical doctorate (e.g. MD, DO, DNP) with additional training in biomedical or health informatics.
• Minimum of five (5) years' experience teaching and/or providing education services in a health-related domain.
• Minimum of three (3) or more years developing and overseeing budgets and effectively leading and developing teams.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in educational program administration and curricular development and implementation.
• Candidates who are clinically prepared and who wish to practice should be board certified (or participating in maintenance of certification) and be eligible for medical licensure in Arizona.
• Meet the requirements for a faculty appointment as assistant, associate or full professor.

• Demonstrated experience establishing new educational programs.
• Experience working directly with students to ensure their success, including those from non-traditional backgrounds.
• Experience integrating cultural sensitivity and systematic change to promote equity and inclusion.
• Experience and understanding of formal accreditation of education programs.
• Record of national-level involvement and recognition in informatics education organizations.