Postdoctoral Fellow - AI-assisted Medicine

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the Unberath Lab within the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare and the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics. The role focuses on AI-assisted medicine, radiology AI self-monitoring, and vision-based surgical autonomy across robot platforms.

Applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Biomedical or a related field, with strong publications and collaborative research experience.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Biomedical or a related field.
• Strong publications in relevant areas.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Work on radiology AI self-monitoring and auto-correction, including human-AI interaction evaluation.
• Develop vision-based surgical autonomy across robot platforms including surgical robots and humanoids.

Skills

Medical image analysis

Surgical robotics

Generative models

Explainable AI

Education

PhD in CS/DS/biomedical

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first researchuniversity and home to nine world-class academic divisions workingtogether as one university.

Salary

$63,480 to $77,076

Johns Hopkins University: Whiting School of Engineering: Laboratoryfor Computational Sensing and Robotics

Description

The Unberath Lab is seeking to immediately fill postdoctoralpositions You will join a multidisciplinary team, contributing toour mission of building the future of AI-assisted medicine.

Project 1

Innovative methods for radiology AIself-monitoring and auto-correction, including the development andevaluation of human-AI interaction paradigms.

Project 2

Novel methods for vision-based surgical autonomyusing various robot form factors including surgical robots andhumanoids.

We will always consider applications from strong candidates inother areas related to our research mission that would complementour team.

Our research is based in the Malone Center forEngineering in Healthcare , the Laboratory for Computational Sensing andRobotics , and the newly established Data Science and AIInstitute . You will be advised primarily by Mathias Unberath in the Department of Computer Scienceand will interact regularly with other leading experts inengineering and medicine at Johns Hopkins and beyond.

We are committed to identifying candidates who will contribute tothe diversity and excellence of the academic community. Moreinformation on diversity and inclusion in the department isavailable at here . We are also committed to providing a highlysupportive and dynamic environment for junior investigators to growand develop their future career.

Qualifications

Depending on the project, you should haveexperience (evidenced by peer-reviewed publications) in one or moreof the following fields:

• Project 1: Medical image analysis, generative models,data and model auditing, explainable AI, and human-AIinteraction.
• Project 2 : Surgical computer vision, vision-basedsurgical robotics, multimodal data fusion, camera tracking, and 3Dreconstruction

We are particularly looking for creativity, enthusiasm, goodcommunication skills, and interest in growth opportunities as partof a multidisciplinary team. Your PhD degree must be completedbefore beginning this position.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continueuntil the positions are filled.

Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Biomedical or a relatedfield.

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