Assistant Professor Faculty Position in the Questrom School of Business, with a focus on the Future of Healthy Aging

Position Description

The Questrom School of Business at Boston University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position focusing on the business of health particularly as it related to an aging population. This position and topic is part of BU’s major investment in convergent research, bringing together bold ideas, deep expertise, and perspectives from across disciplines to take on society’s most critical challenges. We seek scholars examining the business, technological, and systems implications of an aging society. Areas of interest may include healthcare demand and delivery, digital health adoption, long-term care, insurance and financing, consumer and family decision-making, workforce longevity, and AI-enabled tools. The successful candidate will help translate discoveries about healthy aging into scalable, affordable, and sustainable solutions across healthcare and other systems that support aging populations. This is a tenure-track position.

This cluster hire builds on BU’s strength in Health Across the Lifespan, an area of significant expertise and opportunity across the University. BU is home to renowned studies of aging including the Framingham Heart Study and New England Centenarian Studies, as well as innovative interdisciplinary research centers focused on the demography and economics of population aging, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, the biology of aging, and more. The Future of Healthy Aging draws on this foundation, bringing together faculty from anthropology, biology, business, communications, epidemiology, law, physical therapy, sociology, and surgery to pursue transformative research questions about how we age and the biological, cultural, environmental, technological, legal, and social factors that shape healthy aging as well as the structural factors that prevent some from aging well. The cluster hire will add new ideas, methods, and perspectives to this work, connecting fundamental discovery, population health, and translational research to advance healthier aging across the life course and to meet the challenges of an aging global population.

Boston University’s Questrom School of Business is a global leader in research and education that applies business insights to address complex societal challenges. Questrom faculty conduct pioneering work on healthcare delivery, innovation, entrepreneurship, organizational effectiveness, workforce dynamics, and technology adoption, generating knowledge that helps improve health, well-being, and quality of life from early development through older adulthood. Through collaborations across disciplines and sectors, Questrom scholars advance solutions that strengthen healthcare systems, promote equitable outcomes, support healthy aging, and translate scientific discoveries into meaningful real-world impact.

Since its founding in 1839, Boston University has embraced a mission of openness and access, becoming one of the first universities in the nation to welcome all students of ability regardless of race, gender, or creed. That tradition shapes our enduring commitment to academic freedom, free inquiry, and the robust exchange of ideas. Please visit https://www.bu.edu/values/ to learn more about our shared values.

We seek scholars who will contribute to our community of teachers and researchers through excellence in innovative scholarship, engaged teaching, and participation in the intellectual life of the University. Boston University provides an environment where faculty and students work together across disciplines, perspectives, and experiences to advance knowledge and address society’s most pressing challenges.

Position Qualifications

Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent degree in Business or a related field, research focus on the business of health and aging, and a commitment to excellence and innovation in teaching, mentorship of students and service to the school and university. Successful candidates will be expected to lead an independent research program but also actively engage in collaborative research that is the hallmark of convergent research initiatives at Boston University.

The salary allocated for these roles is $205,000 to $220,000. Final salary determination and rank placement will be based on the candidate's academic record, research background, years of qualifying experience, and a variety of other factors, including but not limited to licenses, specialty, departmental budgets, training and internal pay comparison. The stated hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Application Requirements

Applicants should provide a personal statement that describes the candidate’s interest in both the convergent area of the Future of Healthy Aging and the department; curriculum vitae; a research statement describing their research interests and experience; a teaching and mentoring statement detailing their approach to teaching and mentoring in an inclusive and diverse learning environment; and the names and contact information of 3 references.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and accepted until November 30.

Boston University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Retaliation is also prohibited. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Under Massachusetts law, we may not require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.

Boston University, consistent with the AAU’s Principles on Preventing Sexual Harassment, conducts background checks for final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions. As part of this process, we ask current and past employers of the last seven years whether there has been a substantiated finding of sexual misconduct under their policies. To move forward, final candidates must complete and sign an “Authorization to Release Information” form after receiving an offer to enable this background check.