Postdoctoral Research Scientist – AI/ML in Medical Imaging and Adaptive Radiotherapy

Postdoctoral Research Scientist – AI/ML in Medical Imaging and Adaptive Radiotherapy

Job Description:

The Department of Radiation Oncology of Columbia University Irving Medical Center is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist position focusing on developing scalable machine learning/deep learning approaches with applications in multi-modality medical imaging and adaptive radiotherapy. The successful candidate will join a dynamic interdisciplinary team comprising data scientists clinicians, and medical physicists, with unique opportunities to leverage machine learning for both scientific discovery and meaningful clinical impact.
Responsibilities:

• Develop novel scalable machine learning algorithms for image-guided radiation therapy, outcome prediction, and decision-making using multimodal healthcare data.
• Work under the supervision of the principal investigator and collaborate with other researchers, medical physicists, clinicians, postdoc fellows, and students to discuss, develop and implement research agenda
• Write, debug and maintain high-quality research code, and help deploy research results (if applicable) in clinical environment
• Present work at scientific conferences and publish high qualify papers

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in Medical Physics, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or other quantitative science-related fields.
• Strong programming skills, particularly in python, Matlab, C++, CUDA or C#; Expertise with deep learning frameworks (Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keres) is highly preferred.
• Familiar with the main deep learning architectures (CNNs, Transformers) and large language models. Experience with reinforcement learning and/or federated learning strongly encouraged.
• Proven background in machine learning, medical imaging, numerical optimization and high-performance computing. Demonstrated experience in deep learning applications for medical image computing (e.g., image reconstruction, enhancement, segmentation, registration, and synthesis), radiomics, multimodal predictive models or automated treatment planning in radiotherapy.
• At least one first-author publication in a related research subject.
• Strong communication skills and excellent scientific writing ability.
• Highly motivated and independent.
• The ability to work under interdisciplinary settings.

The successful candidate will be offered:

• Comprehensive training in machine learning, especially deep learning, to develop and optimize AI-driven solutions in medical imaging and radiation therapy.
• Opportunities to work on some intrinsic challenges in applying AI in medical domain.
• Robust interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers and clinicians across various departments and institutions within Columbia University.
• Competitive salary, excellent health plan and multiple other benefits.
• Visa sponsorship support for qualified international candidates.

Interested applicants should email a cover letter outlining your research interests, current CV and the contact information of 3 references to Yading Yuan, Ph.D. ([email protected]).
Columbia University Irving Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds and identities.