Postdoc in Medical Statistics & Health Data ML

Karlstad University; Oulu; On-site; EUR 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Experienced research team

Career development opportunities

International environment

Job summary

The University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Medical Statistics to join the Research Unit for Population Health (PoPH). The role focuses on longitudinal models and machine learning using real-world health data.

The successful candidate will design reproducible studies, implement research software, and contribute to publications within an interdisciplinary team, supported by a vibrant international research community at the university.

Qualifications

• A doctoral degree in health data science, bioinformatics, statistics, computer science or a closely related discipline. Your doctoral degree should be completed by the end of the application period and no longer than 10 years prior.
• Experience of utilising, evaluating and developing machine learning methods, with strong analytical and programming skills (e.g. R or Python)
• Experience of undertaking accurate, reproducible data preparation and analysis
• A track record of peer-reviewed research articles, research software and/or datasets
• Ability to organise competing priorities and deliver accurate, high-quality work to an agreed timetable
• Ability to work independently and take responsibility for planning and delivering tasks
• A collaborative and inclusive approach to interdisciplinary teamwork
• Excellent written and spoken English

Responsibilities

• Extract, link, clean and manage data from administrative health and healthcare data and other relevant sources
• Design reproducible studies and evaluate models using appropriate analytical methods
• Build and evaluate reproducible longitudinal models and research software
• Write scientific articles and contribute to articles led by other members of a multidisciplinary team
• Present research findings in scientific meetings at the unit, university and externally
• Contribute to information governance documentation, project reporting, stakeholder meetings and funding applications

Skills

Machine learning

Programming (R/Python)

Data preparation and analysis

Peer-reviewed publications / datasets

Independent & collaborative work

Education

Doctoral degree in health data science / bioinformatics / statistics / computer science

Tools

R

Python

Research computing

Virtual servers

Job description

The University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Medical Statistics to join the Research Unit for Population Health (PoPH). The role focuses on longitudinal models and machine learning using real-world health data.

The successful candidate will design reproducible studies, implement research software, and contribute to publications within an interdisciplinary team, supported by a vibrant international research community at the university.