About this role
Position Details
Location: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK and Jinan-Birmingham Joint Institute, Guangzhou, China
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £47,389 to £56,535 with potential progression once in post to £63,606 a year.
Fixed Term Contract: 36 months
Expected interview date week commencing 27/04/2026
Job Summary
The University of Birmingham has a successful portfolio of Health Data Science Masters programmes, including courses at the University of Birmingham campuses in Birmingham and in Dubai. We are now extending our portfolio to deliver the MSc Health Data Science programme in collaboration with Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, and are seeking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Health Data Science Education to support teaching across our portfolio. It is expected that the post-holder will support teaching in particular in the area of AI and Health Data Science.
The Jinan University – University of Birmingham Joint Institute (JBJI), is a joint venture based at the Panyu Campus, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. The Institute was established in 2016 to deliver undergraduate degrees and is now expanding to deliver three Masters degrees in data science: MSc Bioinformatics, MSc Health Data Science and MSc Statistical Data Science, starting in September 2026. These programmes attract high quality students from across China and are taught in English.
Main Responsibilities
You will be based within the Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences in the School of Medical Sciences on the main University of Birmingham campus in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK and travel to Guangzhou for two periods per year to deliver intensively taught modules. We anticipate that each visit will be of approximately one month in duration. Additional shorter visits may be required, for example for orientation or graduation.
You will organise and coordinate key modules and deliver teaching, particularly in the area of AI and Health Data Science.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent in Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Sciences or a closely related discipline, plus demonstrable expertise in:
Clinical data base systems Graph networks Medical data standards and ontologies FAIR data principles Semantic driven AI-based multi-modal (including omics) integral analytics Genetic epidemiology.
The successful candidate must also have advanced experience in teaching programming – preferably python and R, but ideally also SQL.
The successful candidate must have the ability and willingness to travel twice per year to China for approximately 1 month per visit.
Informal enquiries to Dr Richard Tuxworth, email: [email protected] or Dr George Gkoutos, email [email protected].
Interviews are likely to be held week beginning 27th April 2026.
To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the 'Apply' button above or visit our careers website; please quote Job Ref 107117 in all enquiries.
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