PhD Opportunities in Digital Health in United States

Franklin Mingzhe Li, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is recruiting two or three PhD students for the ATLAS Lab (Accessible Technology and Life Augmented Systems) in the School of Data and Information Sciences, starting Fall 2027. The lab focuses on human-computer interaction, accessibility, physical AI, AI for health, data science, information science, design, health, and related areas. Current research directions include generative AI tools that help blin...

Nabil Alshurafa, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, is looking for 1-2 PhD students to start Fall 2027 and 1 postdoc to join his lab. The opportunity is based in the Northwestern University Computer Science Department or Electrical & Computer Engineering , with the HABits Lab located inside the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine . The research environment offers direct access to clinical collaborators and real-world studies. Research interests include wearables , mo...

PhD opportunity at SRM School of Public Health for research at the intersection of chronic disease epidemiology , non-communicable diseases (NCDs) , population health , risk prediction , machine learning , artificial intelligence , health data science , and digital health . The post invites motivated candidates for upcoming PhD admissions under the guidance of Prakash M . The research themes include chronic disease epidemiology, NCDs, large-scale health datasets, real-world health data, predicti...

Join the Kelleher Lab at Indiana University Indianapolis (IU Indy) for two research openings: a Clinical Psychology PhD student and at least one Postdoctoral Scholar . The lab is recruiting for work on a new five-year NIH-funded R01 focused on digital outcome measure development and phenotyping in rare neurogenetic conditions . Research interests highlighted in the post include measure development , psychophysiological assessment , infant development in rare genetic conditions, ecological moment...

Ph.D. opportunity at Tuskegee University for Fall 2027 in a research group working at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) , Artificial Intelligence , and Healthcare . The lab focuses on human-centered research that starts from real community problems and translates lived experiences into responsible technologies. Core interests include Human-Centered AI , Human-AI Interaction for healthcare and well-being, culturally responsive and empathetic AI, Generative AI , LLMs , personali...

Genevieve Dunton at the University of Southern California is inviting prospective applicants to the USC PhD Program in Health Behavior Research for Fall 2027 and the USC REACH Lab. A virtual open house is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23, from 12–1 pm PST via Zoom. This post is relevant for students interested in Public Health , Psychology , behavioral science, and digital health research. The announcement is specifically for a PhD opportunity, with an RSVP link provided for the open house. No fund...