Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor and Program Director, Master of Science in Health Information Management

General Summary of Position:

The Department of Public Health, within the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences seeks a full-time Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor with expertise in health informatics, health services research, or health data science. The appointment is scheduled to begin September 2025.  

The Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences prepares professionals and scientists in a wide range of health science fields. Its Department of Public Health offers a Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH), Master of Science in Health Information Management (MSHIM), Master of Public Health (MPH), and Doctor in Science (ScD) in Public Health. The department faculty includes dedicated educators, experienced practitioners, and highly productive, federally funded investigators who are active in various areas of research including health informatics and service research, population health surveillance, policy/program evaluations, community-based health promotion, aging, chronic disease management, infectious diseases, substance use prevention, health equity, epidemiology, omics, biostatistics, and big data analytics. 

The person filling this position will also serve as Director of the Master of Science in Health Information Management (MSHIM) program. This program, which is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), is an online, professional graduate degree program that largely serves healthcare and Health Information Technology (HIT) professionals. The program has more than 100 part-time and full-time students, with about half pursuing the Health Informatics concentration and the other half pursuing the Healthcare Management concentration. Classes also serve students from Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP), MPH and ScD in Public Health programs in the college. This position will also support the Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics (GCHI) program, and collaborate with the Master of Public Health (MPH) and Doctor of Science in Public Health (ScD) Programs.

Although the MSHIM program itself is online, this position is a fully on-campus position.

Duties of the position include:

• Teach courses in the MSHIM and MPH programs.
• Serve as Director of the accredited MSHIM program, and assure a rigorous and cutting-edge curriculum.
• Coordinate MSHIM faculty teaching assignments and course schedules.
• Maintain the CAHIIM Accreditation.
• Recruit new adjunct faculty and participate on search committees for full-time faculty.
• Initiate curriculum changes and other academic processes as needed.
• Maintain university catalog, website, and marketing information related to MSHIM program.
• Facilitate meetings and maintain documentation for: a) MSHIM Advisory Committee (bi-annual), b) Adjunct faculty (monthly) and c) Student Networking Events (monthly).
• Participate in student recruitment activities through UML as well as professional associations.
• Answer inquiries for those interested in learning more about the program and provide guidance during the application process.
• Review and approve student applications for admissions as appropriate.
• Verify and approve student applications for degree and certificate completion.
• Mentoring and providing certification exam guidance to students.
• Other appropriate service duties assigned by the department chair and the Dean.

We invite prospective candidates to visit our college website and meet our faculty, staff, and students and see our new facilities in the health areas: https://www.uml.edu/health-sciences/. Should you have questions about the position, please feel free to contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Dan Berlowitz at Dan_Berlowitz@uml.edu or the Department Chair, Dr. Wenjun Li at Wenjun_Li@uml.edu. You will find specific information about the Department of Public Health here: https://www.uml.edu/Health-Sciences/Public-Health/.

About the University of Massachusetts Lowell:

The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) has been named the No. 1 public university in Massachusetts in the 2024 Wall Street Journal Best Colleges in the United States, also ranking No. 10 among all Massachusetts universities. With respect to return on investment, UML is ranked by payscale.com as No. 1 for mid-career salary among New England Public Universities, and No. 1 for 20-year return on investment among public universities nationally. UML is a public research university that is part of the University of Massachusetts system, and has experienced dramatic growth in research funding, total endowments, and student enrollment over the past eight years. It i