Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) – Computational Modelling

Universitätsklinikum Köln AöR; Köln; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 76.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company pension

Structured training

Interdisciplinary team

Zusammenfassung

Universitätsklinikum Köln AöR invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) in Computational Modelling to advance digital mental health and psychiatry research. The role focuses on generative models, longitudinal data, and simulation of patient trajectories within a third-party funded project.

The successful candidate will collaborate with clinicians and methodologists, publish results, and contribute to open resources while supervising junior researchers.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in computational psychiatry, data science, computer science, statistics, neuroscience or related field.
• Strong expertise in ML, deep learning or generative modelling.
• Experience with longitudinal, multivariate behavioural data.
• Excellent programming skills in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch.

Aufgaben

• Develop and evaluate generative models for longitudinal digital phenotyping data.
• Build and refine a simulation framework for synthetic patient trajectories.
• Design and analyse virtual perturbation scenarios to investigate resilience and transition dynamics.
• Develop resilience metrics and approaches for transition typing.
• Contribute to implementation of a research prototype and reusable open resources.
• Collaborate with clinical and methodological partners within and beyond the University of Cologne.
• Contribute to publications, conferences, documentation, and open-science activities.
• Support supervision of junior researchers and help develop the research group.

Kenntnisse

Machine learning

Deep learning

Generative modelling

Time-series modelling

Probabilistic modelling

Simulation

Python

PyTorch

Ausbildung

PhD in computational psychiatry or related field

Tools

Python

PyTorch

Jobbeschreibung

Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) – Computational Modelling

Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) – Computational Modelling for Digital Mental Health and Psychiatry

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
TV-L: 38,5 h/week (100%)
limited for5 years according to WissZeitVG within the framework of a third-party funded project
Your salary will be based on TV-L

• Develop and evaluate generative models for longitudinaldigital phenotyping data
• Build and refine a simulation framework for syntheticpatient trajectories
• Design and analyse virtual perturbation scenarios toinvestigate resilience and transition dynamics
• Develop and validate resilience metrics and approachesfor transition typing
• Contribute to the implementation of a research prototypeand reusable open resources
• Work closely with clinical and methodologicalcollaborators within and beyond the University of Cologne
• Contribute to scientific publications, conferencepresentations, documentation, and open-science activities
• Support the supervision of junior researchers andcontribute to the development of the research group

Your profile

• PhD in computational psychiatry, data science, computerscience, statistics, neuroscience, psychology, biomedicalinformatics, or a related field
• Strong expertise in at least some of the following areas:machine learning, deep learning, generative modelling,time-series modelling, probabilistic modelling, orsimulation
• Very good programming skills, ideally in Python andrelevant ML frameworks such as PyTorch
• Experience working with longitudinal, multivariatebehavioural data
• Strong interest in mental health research andinterdisciplinary collaboration with clinical partners
• A structured, independent, and reliable way of workingcombined with strong team skills
• Very good written and spoken English; German iswelcome but not required
• A solid publication record appropriate to career stage isdesirable

Our offer

• Everything but ordinary:You can expect a secure job in a challenging, innovative environment – including company pension schemes and regular working hours without business trips.
• Team spirit in R(h)ine culture:You will be warmly welcomed by an interdisciplinary team that values mutual respect and helpfulness.
• Strong perspectives:We offer extensive training opportunities – so you can continuously grow and set new goals.

Your future with us

We are one of the leading university hospitals in Germany and network research, teaching and health care at the highest level. That's why many things are a lot bigger for us: the spectrum of exciting development opportunities. The limitless openness with which specialists from all over the world work together here. Or our commitment as an employer to support all employees as best we can in reconciling their job with their goals and life situations.

We are looking to support a newly established research group as soon aspossible.

The position is embedded in the third-party funded research projectSiReD-MH (Tipping Minds: Simulation of Resilience Dynamics inMental Health). The project develops a hybrid in-silico framework tomodel resilience dynamics and transitions into mental illness in youngpeople at risk. Using longitudinal digital phenotyping data, includingecological momentary assessment, actigraphy, and GPS-derived mobilitymeasures, the project combines generative machine learning andsimulation to build synthetic patient trajectories and test resilience undervirtual perturbation scenarios.

The postdoctoral researcher will play a central role in shaping themethodological core of the project and in helping build a newinterdisciplinary research environment at the interface of psychiatry,machine learning, dynamic systems theory, and simulation.

Applications from female candidates are expressly welcome and will be given priority in the event of equal suitability, competence and professional performance. People with disabilities are welcome to apply and will be treated preferentially in the event of equal suitability and qualification. The position is suitable for staffing with part-time employees.

Contact

Uniklinik Köln Karriere
No application deadline

As a modern maximum-care hospital with a capacity of approximately 1,400 beds, the University Hospital of Cologne is dedicated to the practice of innovative academic medical excellence and assumes important societal functions in the fields of research, education and health care. The University Hospital of Cologne provides treatment to over 295,000 patients annually, with 58,000 of them receiving inpatient care. With a staff of about 10,200 employed by the hospital and subsidiary organizations, the University Hospital of Cologne is one of the largest employers in Cologne and ranks among the leading university clinics in Germany.