Open Faculty Positions Focused on Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Radiological Imaging

The Department of Radiology at Stanford School of Medicine is recruiting a full-time faculty member at the level of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor to join the Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics at Stanford (IBIIS) Division. IBIIS faculty focus on pioneering, translating, teaching and disseminating methods in data science that integrate imaging, clinical, and -omics data to better understand the molecular mechanisms of diseases and to improve the accuracy and efficiency of clinical care. Recognizing that Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, which are likely to be a major focus of this effort, require large sets of integrated imaging, clinical, and outcomes data, the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed and made available a research data warehouse, which includes clinical images and linked data from the electronic medical record, to enable discovery of new relationships between imaging findings and clinical, histological, and genomic manifestations of health and disease.

Appointment will be in the University Tenure Line or Non-Tenure Line (Research). The predominant criterion for appointment in the University Tenure Line is a major commitment to research and teaching. The major criterion for appointment for faculty in the Non-Tenure Line (Research) is evidence of high-level performance as a researcher for whose special knowledge a programmatic need exists. Faculty rank and line will be determined by the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate.

The new faculty will lead an innovative research program developing, translating, benchmarking, and validating AI and other data science methods to improve the practice of radiology by characterizing, reconstructing, enhancing, segmenting, classifying and/or interpreting medical images, and linking them to other imaging (e.g., pathology, ophthalmology, -omics), clinical, biological and -omics data. Such integration of imaging with other clinical data could one day enable real-time decision support for early detection of disease, more accurate diagnosis, tailored planning of treatment, precise outcome prediction and other capabilities. 

The qualified candidate will have a PhD in computer science, engineering, physics, biomedical informatics, data science, imaging science, or another related field, or an MD. We are particularly interested in candidates who have demonstrated expertise in AI, machine learning and other data science approaches that improve the practice of radiology for some or all of the following: (a) detection of disease and classification of patient data in near real-time, (b) reconstruction, de-noising, and/or otherwise enhancing images, (c) analyzing massive data sets containing both images and non-imaging data sources, (d) creating systems that employ image data to assist human decision makers, (e) developing data resources and tools that catalyze discovery, and (f) rigorously validating AI models pre- and post-deployment to ensure high performance and health equity. 

The ideal candidate will have completed a postdoctoral fellowship and have (1) significant research experience resulting in high impact publications and success with grant funding (e.g., an NIH K or R grant) or show potential to achieve, (2) experience in developing and translating algorithms and/or methods into practical settings, and (3) the desire to seek translational collaborations with a broad range of investigators pursuing similar research goals inside and outside of Stanford. We seek motivated individuals who are committed not only to excellence in research, but also to mentoring and training the next generation of researchers.  

Please apply online by submitting your curriculum vitae and a candidate statement (no longer than 3 pages) describing your research, and teaching activities and interests. The Radiology Department, School of Medicine and Stanford University value faculty who will help foster an inclusive academic environment for colleagues, students, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and outlooks. Candidates may choose to include as part of their research and teaching statements a brief discussion about how their work and experience will further these ideals. Additional information about Stanford's IDEAL initiative may be found here: https://ideal.stanford.edu/about-ideal .

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.

Salary Range:

The expected base pay range for this position is:

Assistant Professor: $185,000 - $203,000
Associate Professor: $218,000 - $242,000
Professor: $266,000 - $366,000

This pay range reflects base pay, which is based on faculty rank and years in rank. It does not include all components of the School of Medicine’s faculty compensation program or pay from participation in departmental incentive compensation programs. For more information about compensation and our wide-range of benefits, including housing assistance, please contact the hiring department.

Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including equivalent years in rank, training, and field or discipline; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Please reach out to Stanford Radiology Faculty Affairs with any questions at radfacultyaffairs@stanford.edu.