Postdoctoral Associate

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading institution in the intersection of AI and healthcare seeks a Postdoctoral Associate to develop innovative computational methods for analyzing large-scale genomic data. This role involves collaboration with top scientists to solve major challenges in the field and contribute to groundbreaking research.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in computer science and AI research.
• Hands-on expertise in deep learning and large-scale datasets.
• Proficiency in data visualization and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel AI methods for biomedical research.
• Analyze multi-modal datasets for biological insights.
• Collaborate with molecular and clinical scientists.

Skills

Deep learning

Algorithm design

Data modeling

Software development

Education

Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or computational biology

Job description

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Would you like to work at the intersection of AI and healthcare, solving complex computational problems that can transform medicine and deepen our understanding of the biological world?

The newly founded Computational Research and Development group at the Broad Clinical Labs is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate with expertise in AI and a passion for healthcare. Our mission is to pioneer sustainable, innovative, and impactful approaches to characterize and interpret complex molecular and clinical data in order to advance our understanding of the genome and the mechanisms that drive disease, enabling progress in both biomedical research and clinical applications.

By joining our group, you will work in close collaboration with world-leading molecular and clinical scientists at the Broad Clinical Labs to identify and address the key problems in the field and co-design full-stack molecular and computational solutions. You will also be integrated into the large interdisciplinary community of scientists at the Broad Institute and its numerous affiliated institutions.

About the Role:
As a Postdoctoral Associate, you will develop novel algorithms and learning-based approaches for the analysis and interpretation of petabyte-scale genomic and clinical datasets. You will design and implement AI solutions for some of the most critical open problems in the field, leveraging data from diverse molecular assays and sequencing platforms.

About You:
You are an innovative AI researcher with a strong foundation in computer science, driven to make a difference in healthcare. Your expertise includes algorithm design, software development, implementation, training, and benchmarking of deep learning models, and experience working with complex large-scale datasets. You are motivated to develop highly-robust methods that can be deployed in a real-world clinical setting. You enjoy working closely with scientists from diverse disciplines to design solutions that have a strong mathematical and scientific foundation.

Key Responsibilities:

* Develop novel AI methods to address major challenges in biomedical research and clinical applications
* Analyze and interpret large-scale multi-modal datasets to unlock new biological insights
* Design, implement, and optimize deep learning models for diverse data types, including sequence, image, and graph data modalities
* Develop robust and scalable benchmarks to evaluate model performance
* Design and compile large-scale training datasets
* Build, test, release, and maintain high-quality open-source software tools and models
* Collaborate closely with molecular and clinical scientists
* Publish and present your research findings in leading journals and conferences

Qualifications:

* Ph.D. degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, computational biology, or a related discipline
* Hands-on expertise in deep learning
* Proficiency in data modeling, visualization, and debugging at scale
* Strong software engineering skills
* A solid track record of research publications
* Deep interest in healthcare and biological research

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