The roleholder will be expected to take charge of significant research activity in any aspect of healthcare technologies that aligns with the research themes of the two host units, as well as ensuring effective communication and connections between them. Current work in the School of Computing and Communications revolves around wearable devices for healthcare, data analytics for healthcare applications, ambient health monitoring, and HCI for healthcare. The Faculty of Health and Medicine has research interests in ageing, biostatistics and epidemiology, infectious disease, mental health and public health. It is expected that the successful candidate will take a leading role in shaping the digital part of this agenda as well as build links between research in health and medicine and computing.
Candidates must have a track record and international reputation in computer science in a healthcare context and be able to demonstrate a commitment to engaging with the healthcare sector. The roleholder will play a leading role in pushing a digital health agenda across the University and beyond, taking a leading role externally, acting as an Ambassador for Lancaster University, and leading on research and enterprise initiatives.
We invite applications from senior candidates with a substantial and established international reputation for leadership in their field. You should have a proven ability to develop and direct a research team, to secure significant external research funding, and to generate substantial impact. We expect all candidates to be committed educators and to contribute to the development of our portfolio of courses, including our international partnerships. To support the Chair, a Lecturer post in Healthcare Technologies is also available in the School of Computing and Communications. You will be involved in recruitment of this Lecturer post.
About the School
The School of Computing and Communications was recently ranked 7th in the UK in terms of “world-leading and internationally excellent” research by the UK government’s REF2014 evaluation. The School is currently home to around 50 academic staff, 40 postdoctoral research staff, 100 PhD students and 400 undergraduate and taught Masters students. The School has an annual research grant income of around £5M.
The School’s research spans the following general areas: communications systems, computer networking, distributed systems, data science, software engineering, cyber security and human-computer interaction.
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Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Prof. Jon Whittle +44(0)1524 510307 or Professor Christine Milligan +44(0)1524 592128.
We particularly welcome applications from women for this role in order to increase our staff diversity in this part of the University