Assistant Professor - Health Innovations Law and Policy - (496980 )

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) and the University of Houston Tilman J.

Fertitta Family College of Medicine invite applications for a Presidential Frontier Faculty tenure-track Assistant Professor position in health care innovation law and policy to begin in the 2027-2028 academic year.

Qualifications

• Must hold a J.D. degree (or the equivalent).
• Record showing potential for health law scholarship in legal, regulatory, ethical and policy frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Teach upper-level health law courses.
• Affiliated with the Health Law & Policy Institute (HLPI) and participate in joint research grants on health care innovation.
• Collaborate across UH Law Center, UH College of Medicine and UH Health programs.
• Contribute to policy, ethics, and regulatory research in digital health and health AI.

Skills

Health law research

Digital health

Health AI policy

Ethics & regulation

Education

J.D. or equivalent

Job description

Department: UH Law Center Salary: Commensurate with experience

Description

The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) and the Universityof Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine (COM) invite applications for a Presidential Frontier Faculty (PFF) tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin in the academicyear 2027-2028. The PFF program is a university-wide integratedinterdisciplinary hiring campaign that is overseen by centraluniversity leadership and encompasses hiring a large cohort ofconvergent research faculty. The PFF program envisions a candidatewith specific expertise in the areas of health care innovation lawand policy.

Applicants for the position must hold a J.D. degree (or theequivalent) and have a record showing potential for health lawscholarship on the legal, regulatory, ethical, and policyframeworks needed to support responsible health innovation, withparticular emphasis on digital health innovation, dementia andbrain health research, and/or health AI. In addition, applicationsshould show potential for success as a future member of thecommunity of the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC), theUniversity of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine(COM), and the University of Houston (UH) more broadly.

This position is a joint appointment (80% UHLC- 20% COM) whoselocus of tenure will be exclusively at the Law Center. It willrequire teaching coverage in upper-level health law courses.Willingness to teach elsewhere in the UHLC curriculum, including 1Lcourses or other courses covered on the bar exam, is also apositive factor. The successful candidate will also be affiliatedwith the UHLC's top-ranked Health Law & Policy Institute (HLPI)(https://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/).The service and responsibility to the COM(https://www.uh.edu/medicine/) may include service on committeesrelevant to the successful applicant’s expertise, guest lectures incourses for medical students, advising medical students on researchprojects involving health law, policy, and ethics, andparticipation as an investigator on joint research grants on topicssuch as digital health innovation or health systems policy.

Other criteria relevant to this hire include: grant acquisitionexperience; government service or private practice relevant tohealth care innovation; and other work on health care innovation ina legal, technological, or policy capacity. The successfulcandidate’s teaching responsibilities will reflect the position’sjoint appointment and its research expectations. The successfulcandidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty atthe Law Center, College of Medicine, and other UH colleges whospecialize in health care innovation.

Further information about the UHLC and its programs is availableat: http://www.law.uh.edu andCOM and its programs at: https://www.uh.edu/medicine/.

This search is coordinated by Professor Johnny Rex Buckles, thechair of UHLC’s faculty appointments committee.

The UHLC boasts an accomplished and collegial facultyrepresenting a wide range of backgrounds including 16 who aremembers of the American Law Institute. The UHLC’s 2026 enteringclass has the strongest credentials in the school’s history. SinceFall of 2022, the UHLC occupies a brand-new, world-class facilitydesigned by award-winning architects. The UHLC and the COM arelocated in close proximity to the Texas Medical Center, the world’slargest medical complex and an international leader in health andlife sciences. The COM is a growing medical school withcommunity-facing education, research, and service programs. UHHealth(https://www.uh.edu/uh-health/),the University-wide umbrella for health programs across theUniversity, houses several institutes relevant to the scholarlyenvironment for this position, including the Institute for DigitalHealthcare Transformation ( https://www.uh.edu/uh-health/idht/).This Institute supports the discovery and application of sensors,digital means of remote-monitoring, wearables and other technology,and AI driven applications and devices designed to address barriersto healthcare access and delivery.

UH is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university.UH serves the globally competitive Houston and Gulf Coast Region byproviding world-class faculty, experiential learning, and strategicindustry partnerships. The City of Houston offers a lower overallcost of living, no state income tax, an excellent job market, and aworld-class food scene.

Employees are expected to have a home address in the state of Texas for the duration of their appointments.

Official transcripts are required for a faculty appointment andwill be requested upon selection of the final candidates.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are securitysensitive and will require a criminal history check. Individualsconducting research in critical infrastructure areas (i.e.,communication infrastructure systems, cybersecurity systems,electric grid, hazardous waste treatment systems, and/or watertreatment facilities) are subject to regular review to ensure thesecurity and integrity of the research is maintained.

The University of Houston System and its universities are EqualOpportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.