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The University of Eastern Finland is inviting applications for two Postdoctoral Researcher positions in the field of Generative AI for Personalised Medicine. The positions are hosted by the School of Medicine at the Faculty of Health Sciences and located on the Kuopio Campus. The positions will be filled for a 2-year term from 1 January 2025 onwards (or as agreed) in the research teams led by Prof. Merja Heinäniemi and Prof. Sui Huang. Please find more information below and submit your application by 22 November 2024.
Role and salary
We are looking for enthusiastic, broadly knowledgeable Postdoctoral Researchers in computational sciences who are familiar with AI (deep learning, large language models) and biomedical/clinical data sciences to drive a project to establish the framework for a new approach in deep phenotyping and personalised medicine.
As our new Postdoctoral Researcher in Knowledge Graphs and Personalised Medicine, your research focus will be on building the next platform for integrating big data with the vast knowledge of biomedical facts and multi-omics data for a new kind of personalised medicine.
As our new Postdoctoral Researcher in Tissue dynamics and Personalised Medicine, your research focus will be on developing multi-omics models for predictive medicine.
You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a wide-reaching international and interdisciplinary team of leading bio-computational scientists and clinicians.
Your main responsibilities will include:
Other responsibilities include the co-supervision of PhD students. The researchers can take part in undergraduate teaching in their expert area.
The positions will be filled for a 2-year term from 1 January 2025 onwards (or as agreed). The positions will be filled for a fixed term due to them pertaining to method development in a specific project. A probationary period is applied to all new members of the staff.
Our requirements and expectations
We are looking for a researcher who is initiative and self-driven; imaginative and quick in adopting new paradigms; an outside-the-box thinker, yet rigorous in their scientific work.
Requirements
Expectations
Advantages
Postdoctoral Researcher in Knowledge Graphs and Personalised Medicine:
Postdoctoral Researcher in Tissue dynamics and Personalised Medicine:
Your benefits
Please read more in the Work at UEF section on our website.
You will have an opportunity to work in an interesting/meaningful/diverse role as part of our international, creative, participatory and inclusive academic community.
Enjoy your life in Finland! Known for its cleanliness, welfare know-how, modern technology and superb education system, Finland is an exotic and safe country to work in. Please visit the Life in Finland section on our website to learn more.
How to apply?
Submit your application by using our electronic application form no later than 22 November 2024 by 24:00 (midnight) Finnish time (UTC+2)
Please note that you must include the following appendices in your application:
Questions?
For further information on the position, please contact Professor Merja Heinäniemi, merja.heinaniemi@uef.fi, +358 40 3553842 or Professor Sui Huang, sui.huang@uef.fi
For further information on the application procedure, please contact hrbiomed@uef.fi
Type of employment | Temporary position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 1 January 2025 (or starting date as agreed) |
Salary | Finnish university salary system |
Number of positions | 2 |
Full-time equivalent | 100 |
City | Kuopio |
County | Pohjois-Savo |
Country | Finland |
Reference number | 6059/01.01.03/2024 |
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Published | 25.Oct.2024 |
Last application date | 22.Nov.2024 |