UCLA Health seeks a visionary academic and innovation leader to serve as its Assistant or Associate Dean for Health AI Innovation and Strategy and Director for the UCLA Center for AI and SMART Health. This unique position offers the opportunity to shape and drive AI vision and strategy for the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) and ensure translation of innovation in our renowned Health system. This collaborative leader will work with academic leadership, faculty, staff and trainees to harness the power of AI to transform biomedical research, decision and implementation science, and precision health.

UCLA Health comprises the UCLA Health System, the David Geffen School of Medicine, and the Faculty Practice Group. It is one of six health systems in the University of California, and encompasses 34,000 employees, 4,700 total faculty, nearly 1,500 residents and fellows, and 5,100 nurses. It is co-located with the UCLA campus, with its 33,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate trainees. The UCLA Health System includes 5 hospitals and over 280 clinics in the region which support 3.6 million outpatient visits each year. The David Geffen School of Medicine includes 24 departments, 9 research institutes and 4 research centers, and is among the nation’s leading medical schools.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the creation of a strategic plan for health AI research, education, and innovation, including positioning DGSOM as a leader relative to comparator institutions.

• Identify large-scale team-science funding opportunities for AI-driven healthcare solutions and stimulate submissions across DGSOM and UCLA.

• Identify translational and commercial opportunities for DGSOM research in health AI, fostering partnerships with industry, startups, and technology leaders.
• Provide strategic advice to DGSOM leadership on recruitments, inter-institutional partnerships, funding opportunities, and educational initiatives related to health AI.

• Coordinate, promote, and ensure the success of innovation and entrepreneurship in health AI, working closely with the DGSOM Dean’s Office and other stakeholders within the institution and its affiliates.

• Actively extend DGSOM’s commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) through initiatives that promote fair and equitable use of AI in healthcare, including championing the ethical, fair, and just use of AI in clinical trials, research studies, education, clinical operations, and other emergent application areas, ensuring compliance with state, federal, and regulatory requirements.

• Provide guidance around educational opportunities with the use of AI in medicine. Working with other stakeholders, ensure strong educational programs.

• Promote collaboration among DGSOM staff, faculty, and trainees engaged in research and innovation related to AI in healthcare and build strong collaborative relationships with professional organizations related to health AI such as the American Medical Informatics Association and AI in Healthcare Coalition.

• Work closely with the Chief Health AI Officer to ensure strategic alignment between the DGSOM and the Health System.

Qualifications:
• National leader in biomedical AI research, education and implementation.
• Eligible for an academic appointment. Final academic series, rank and step will be based on candidate’s qualifications and accomplishments.
• MD, PhD or equivalent advanced degree required.
• Demonstrated understanding and commitment to building new AI strategies and technologies that benefit the overall well-being of all populations and help translate research into the clinical domain.
• Proven success in research education.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a complex and matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to build relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including senior executives, clinicians, research faculty, trainees and staff.
• Demonstrated track record of creating and funding of multi-disciplinary team science.

Why Join UCLA Health?
• Be at the forefront of AI innovation in healthcare.
• Collaborate with world-class professionals.
• Lead transformative projects that significantly impact patient care and research.
• Thrive in a supportive, dynamic, and inclusive environment dedicated to excellence.
• Long-standing commitment to creative, entrepreneurial activities.
Faculty Appointment: The successful candidate will receive a faculty appointment within the School of Medicine, determined by their area of expertise. The level of the role, Assistant or Associate Dean, will be determined based on background and experience. This position reports to the Vice Dean of Research and the Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research.

Application Process: We invite both applications and nominations for this prestigious role. If you are a forward-thinking leader with a passion for AI and healthcare, we encourage you to apply and join us in shaping the future of healthcare at UCLA Health.

Confidential inquiries, nominations, or submissions of interest are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made:

Arash Naeim, MD, PhD & Ellen Pollack, RN (search co-chairs)
c/o Bridget Hough
Director of Academic & Executive Search UCLA Health
Email: assistantdeanhealthai@mednet.ucla.edu
Submit applications:
If you want to apply for a tenured track faculty position, please apply to: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09997
If you want to apply for a non-tenured track faculty position, please apply to: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10032

Application requirements:

Curriculum Vitae Informative personal statement/cover letter Statement of Vision for AI in Medicine Statement of Contribution to Diversity

The salary will be commensurate with academic rank and experience.
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5 - Summary. The salary range for this position is $350,000-$650,000. This position includes membership in the Health Sciences Compensation Plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation (http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf).

Cultural North Star. The shared values of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.

The David Geffen School of Medicine Anti-racism roadmap is our co-created path to ensuring racial justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to actively dismantling structural racism in our organization as described in more detail at: https://medschool.ucla.edu/diversity-anti-racism-roadmap

All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists’ current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University’s Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.