To apply, submit materials by December 15, 2025 to Jen Sullivan at sullivje@umich.edu. Please include your CV, cover letter, and at least three reference letter writers (including their contact information), who will be contacted by the committee (also due by December 15, 2025). For inquiries about this position, please contact the search committee chairs, Stephan Taylor, MD and Chandra Sripada, MD, PhD, via Jen Sullivan at sullivje@umich.edu

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position working at the intersection of generative AI modeling and computational psychiatry. Generative artificial intelligence is reshaping research in computational cognitive science and opens up new opportunities to use deep learning neural networks as artificial model systems to study the mechanistic basis of mental disorders. We seek a researcher who will lead Michigan Psychiatry into this next era of research into generative AI-informed computational psychiatry. 

This is a full-time appointment with an expected start in Summer 2026. 

This position is part of a cluster of four new AI-related positions in the Departments of Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychiatry, with all four faculty expected to affiliate with the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science. New faculty hired will be expected to establish an independent research program that produces impactful science and attracts external funding.

The successful candidate will hold an Ph.D. and/or M.D. in a relevant discipline Applicants will submit a cover letter, current curriculum vitae, statement of current and future research plans, sample papers, and contact information for three letters of reference.

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

This position is posted as Assistant Professor/Associate Professor /Professor. The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon candidate's qualifications.

The University of Michigan is supportive of the needs of dual career couples and is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses. Employment will require both a criminal background check and an institutional reference check regarding any misconduct. Candidates will be required to submit a self-disclosure form as well as an authorization to release information form.

In addition to the screenings indicated above under Michigan law, a criminal history check including fingerprinting is required as a condition of transfer or employment for this position.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.