Postdoc: Multimodal AI for Whole-Body PET/CT Imaging

CAS in Medication Safety University of Bern; Bern; Vor Ort; CHF 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of Bern invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Multimodal AI for Whole-Body PET/CT. This 100% position is fixed-term for three years at Bern University Hospital, with engagement in an international, interdisciplinary research environment.

You will develop multimodal methods combining PET/CT with clinical text, lead multicentre validation, publish in top journals, and contribute to grant applications. Start date December 2026 or by arrangement.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in computer science, machine learning, biomedical engineering or related field.
• Strong deep-learning research on images; 3D/volumetric experience desirable.
• Excellent Python/PyTorch skills; reproducible pipelines at scale.
• Substantial methodological ownership and first-author publications.
• Ability to frame research questions, design baselines/ablations, identify leakage, and communicate across disciplines.
• Valuable: multimodal/vision-language learning, self-supervised pretraining or medical foundation models, longitudinal imaging, clinical NLP/report generation, computational pathology/WSI, and distributed training.
• Prior PET/CT experience not required; clinical, biological and imaging expertise provided.

Aufgaben

• Shape research questions and develop multimodal methods combining PET/CT with clinical text, followed by longitudinal imaging and digitised histology.
• Develop context-aware image analysis and segmentation, multimodal representation learning and outcome prediction; explore physician-editable report generation.
• Lead projects from model design through multicentre clinical validation.
• Aim to publish in leading international journals and present at machine-learning and medical-imaging conferences.
• Contribute to follow-on grant applications and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Jobbeschreibung

University of Bern invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Multimodal AI for Whole-Body PET/CT. This 100% position is fixed-term for three years at Bern University Hospital, with engagement in an international, interdisciplinary research environment.

You will develop multimodal methods combining PET/CT with clinical text, lead multicentre validation, publish in top journals, and contribute to grant applications. Start date December 2026 or by arrangement.