Faculty Position: Aging and Technology

Indiana University Bloomington is recruiting an open-rank, tenured or tenure-track faculty member in aging and technology, covering everything from wearable sensing to digital biomarkers of cognitive decline

The post sits in the School of Public Health-Bloomington, within the Department of Applied Health Science, and forms part of Indiana University’s Faculty 100 initiative, a strategic investment in scholars whose work advances the university’s research standing. Rank is open, so the search is genuinely aimed at both early career and established researchers, and the appointment is expected to work across social and behavioural science, digital health, behavioural epidemiology, bio-health informatics, human factors, robotics, implementation science and neuroscience.

Areas of interest

The department is open to candidates working in any of the following:

• Wearable and ambient sensors: continuous physiological and behavioural monitoring, fall detection and prediction, dementia care and wandering prevention, activity tracking for chronic disease management
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning: predictive risk modelling for falls, hospitalisation and cognitive decline, natural language processing for remote cognitive assessment, image analysis for wound care, condition prediction and diagnosis
• Conversational AI and social robotics: companionship for socially isolated or lonely older adults, medication reminders and adherence, carer-facing information and guidance systems
• Telehealth and remote monitoring: chronic disease management, specialist access for rural populations, post-acute monitoring to prevent readmissions
• Smart home technologies: automated safety systems, environmental controls for people with limited mobility, passive monitoring without wearables
• Digital biomarkers: passively collected behavioural data from consumer devices, used to detect cognitive decline, mood change and functional deterioration years before clinical presentation
• Extended reality: pain management, cognitive rehabilitation, engagement in physical therapy and social connection for homebound and institutionalised older adults

About the role

This is a 10-month appointment beginning 1 August 2027, with an earlier or later start negotiable. It is based on the Bloomington campus and the successful candidate is expected to work on campus. Responsibilities include building and sustaining an externally funded, nationally recognised research programme, winning major extramural funding as principal and collaborative investigator, publishing in leading peer-reviewed outlets, teaching and mentoring undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, collaborating across the university and with external partners, and contributing service and leadership.

About you

• An earned doctorate by the date of appointment in public health, behavioural science, social science, data science, informatics, engineering, neuroscience, rehabilitation science, health services research or a closely related field
• A demonstrated commitment to excellence in research, teaching, mentoring and service, appropriate to rank
• For tenured appointments: a scholarly record fitting an appointment with tenure, including extramurally funded research as principal investigator, current funding or strong potential to secure it, an established publication record, and experience leading significant research initiatives

The wider environment

The Department of Applied Health Science has particular strengths in aging and gerontology, including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, caregiving, chronic disease prevention and management, falls prevention, health behaviour change and technology-enabled approaches to quality of life in later life. The post is intended to catalyse interdisciplinary partnerships, with collaboration on offer across the Regenstrief Institute, the Irsay Institute, the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, and the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, as well as the university’s Aging Research Network.

How to apply

Applications go through Indiana University’s recruitment portal and should include a one-page cover letter, a current CV, a research and teaching statement (up to three pages on research experience and future goals, plus two pages on teaching and mentorship), up to three representative publications (optional), and contact details for three referees. References are only approached for candidates who reach finalist interview or offer stage.

Review of applications begins on 16 October 2026 and continues until the position is filled, and anything received by that date gets full consideration. Questions can go to Dr Matthew Lee Smith, search committee chair, at matlsmit@iu.edu, or to Dr Cindy Broderick, search coordinator, at faculty1@indiana.edu.

Before a conditional offer with tenure is finalised, candidates are asked to disclose any pending investigations or previous findings of sexual or professional misconduct, and to authorise the university to make enquiries of current and former employers on those matters. Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer.