Postdoctoral Associate

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Research, Biomedicine, Cancer, Computer Science, Data Mining, Data Modeling, Data Science, Data Sets, Diabetes, Disease, Disease Immunity, Electronic Engineering, English Language, Grant Writing, Health Department, Healthcare, Infectious Diseases, Informatics, Information Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Medical Record System, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Problem Solving Skills, Product Lifecycle Management, Proposal Writing, Publications, Research Skills, Software Development, Statistics, Team Player
LOCATION
Gainesville, FL
POSTED
16 days ago
The Division of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS) within the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI) at the University of Florida (UF) is seeking a highly motivated and ambitious Postdoctoral Researcher with a strong background in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment focused on developing innovative AI/ML solutions for healthcare and biomedical research. The successful candidate will join a collaborative research team to contribute to projects at the intersection of AI/ML, real-world data, and health outcomes.
Classification Title:

Post Doc Associate

Classification Minimum Requirements:

Ph.D. degree in biomedical informatics/bioinformatics, computer science, data science, electronic/biomedical engineering, mathematics or related majors

Job Description:

The Postdoctoral Researcher will play a key role in developing and applying cutting-edge AI methods to analyze large-scale clinical datasets, including electronic health records (EHR), unstructured clinical text and multi-omics data. The candidate is required to have a Ph.D. in biomedical informatics, computer science, information science, data science, (bio)-statistics, (applied) mathematics, or a related STEM field.

Prior working experience with EHR data, machine learning, NLP, bioinformatics, and large language models (LLM) is preferred. In particular, the Postdoctoral Researcher will lead and assist with data modeling, AI/ML methods, software package development, scientific paper writing, and grant proposal writing. This position will work under the guidance of Dr. Rui Yin, in collaboration with a team of data scientists, clinicians, bioinformaticians and computer scientists to fulfill the research and service missions of the BMI program.

Expected Salary:

$62,232

Required Qualifications:

Ph.D. degree in biomedical informatics/bioinformatics, computer science, data science, electronic/biomedical engineering, mathematics or related majors

Preferred:
• Strong passion and motivation for research with a desire to solve practical biomedical problems.
 
• Ph.D. degree in biomedical informatics/bioinformatics, computer science, data science, electronic/biomedical engineering, mathematics or related majors.
 
• Research experience and expertise in data mining, machine learning and LLM/NLP/PLM in biomedical domains.
 
• Domain knowledge in one of the diseases, including AD/ADRD, cancer, diabetes, liver disease and infectious diseases (e.g., autoimmune or other immune-related diseases).
 
• Demonstration of publications, teamwork and communication in English.
 
• Experience in grant writing (optional but advantageous).
Special Instructions to Applicants:

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

This is a time limited position.

This requisition has been reposted. Previous applicants are still under consideration and need not apply.

Health Assessment Required:No

 

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