NLP/ML Research Fellow — 2-Year Postdoc

University of Liverpool; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development opportunities

Job summary

The University of Liverpool seeks a Research Assistant / Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the Outcomes Tracker project, applying NLP and AI/ML to extract outcomes across trials and publications. You will curate datasets, build reproducible models, and develop practical tools with interdisciplinary colleagues.

Applicants should have PhD or near completion in CS/AI/data science or substantial AI/health data experience, with strong programming and a commitment to transparent research.

Qualifications

• PhD (or near completion) in CS/AI/data science or related discipline.
• Experience applying AI/ML to health data and NLP.
• Strong programming skills and commitment to reproducible research.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate NLP/ML methods for outcome extraction.
• Curate datasets and build reproducible models and software.
• Create tools to identify outcome-reporting bias and assess COMET uptake.
• Collaborate with diverse researchers and patient/public contributors.

Skills

NLP

Machine Learning

Python

Research methods

Data science

Education

PhD in CS/AI/Data science

Master's in related field

Tools

NLTK

spaCy

scikit-learn

Job description

The University of Liverpool seeks a Research Assistant / Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the Outcomes Tracker project, applying NLP and AI/ML to extract outcomes across trials and publications. You will curate datasets, build reproducible models, and develop practical tools with interdisciplinary colleagues.

Applicants should have PhD or near completion in CS/AI/data science or substantial AI/health data experience, with strong programming and a commitment to transparent research.