Applied Machine Learning Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Summary

Dr. Ghulam Rasool seeks an Applied Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join his lab and develop and apply advanced AI methods for multimodal cancer patient modeling. The research will focus on federated learning across distributed clinical data environments, with applications in matching patients to clinical trials, predicting treatment response and outcomes, stratifying risk, and personalizing cancer care.

Position Highlights:

• The position offers a unique opportunity to work in a world-class research environment, with state-of-the-art facilities and strong collaboration with many researchers and clinicians from diverse fields.
• It offers exciting opportunities for developing new machine learning models for integrating multiscale heterogeneous cancer datasets.
• Opportunity for applying new machine learning approaches in pre-clinical and clinical model development.
• Moffitt integrates excellent patient care with cutting-edge clinical and basic research. Having a cancer hospital on-site provides unique opportunities for translational research.
• Outstanding mentorship from expert faculty with wide-ranging funded research programs, including T32 Training Grants.
• You will be encouraged and supported to apply for training grants.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Expertise in natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), medical imaging, and multimodal machine learning, with experience integrating structured and unstructured clinical data, including electronic health record (EHR) and clinical text, medical imaging, pathology, and molecular data.
• Experience with federated learning, privacy-preserving AI, clinical prediction, patient-trial matching, and modern deep learning frameworks is highly desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new machine learning models using Transformers and/or GNNs for multimodal cancer data integration, including radiology, pathology, and clinical data.
• Develop pipelines for image, text, and tabular data processing for the machine learning models.
• Develop privacy-preserving and federated learning approaches across distributed clinical data environments to support patient-trial matching, treatment response and outcome prediction, risk stratification, and personalized cancer care.
• Collaborate with team members on developing and implementing these technologies in preclinical and clinical settings, manuscript writing, and generating data for grant applications.

Credentials and Qualifications:

• A PhD or equivalent degree in Electrical, Biomedical and/or Computer Engineering/Computer Sciences/Mathematics/Physics or related discipline is required.
• Should have at least one first-author publication.

Moffitt Postdocs enjoy comprehensive medical coverage, with Moffitt covering the premium effective your very first day. In addition to this valuable benefit, you’ll also be eligible for dental and vision insurance, generous paid time off, retirement, parental leave, and much more. Furthermore, you may qualify for relocation assistance as per our policy, ensuring a seamless transition to your exciting new role.

Moffitt Cancer Center proudly stands as a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the vibrant city of Tampa, Florida. This dynamic city is an exceptional choice for those seeking exciting opportunities in a rapidly growing metropolitan area. With its flourishing economy and rich cultural diversity, the Tampa Bay region masterfully combines urban elegance with breathtaking natural beauty. Discover why countless individuals have chosen to make Tampa their home and experience firsthand what makes it one of the fastest-growing metropolitan cities in the United States.

How to Apply: Interested applicants should send a single PDF file that includes a cover letter summarizing their research training and accomplishments, a personal statement of research interests and goals, current CV with recent publications, and contact information for three references to Dr. Rasool ([email protected]).

Salary Range

$72,639.00 - $101,694.60

Salary ranges posted for this position represent the expected base pay range for the role. Actual compensation may vary based on location and a variety of job-related factors, including experience, skills, education, and internal equity among Team Members in similar positions.

We are committed to maintaining fair and equitable pay practices and regularly review compensation to ensure alignment across our workforce.

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