Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Data Science

Job title:

Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Data Science

Company:

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Category: AcademicJob Description:Grade UE07: £40,497 – £48,149 per annumCMVM / Institute of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular ResearchFull-time: 35 hours per weekFixed-term: 17 monthsThe Opportunity:We are looking for an exceptionally talented and motivated data scientist to take up a fully funded position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) as part of a British Heart Foundation Project Grant: “Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Diagnosis of Acute Cardiac Conditions in Clinical Practice,” led by Dr Dimitrios Doudesis.The post-holder will be responsible for conducting and supporting original research, focusing on the use of health data for the development of clinical decision-support tools in acute cardiovascular care using advanced machine learning techniques, including deep learning.Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Dimitrios Doudesis, Principal Investigator (Dimitrios.Doudesis@ed.ac.uk).The salary for this post is £40,497 to £48,149 per annum.Your skills and attributes for success:

• The ability to use mainstream data science programming languages (such as R and Python) for data extraction, transferring and transforming data, and statistical data analysis.
• Experience in using one or more statistical software packages (e.g. R or similar).
• Experience working with routinely collected cardiovascular health data.
• Understanding and/or experience of machine and deep learning (e.g. XGBoost, convolutional neural networks etc.).
• Flexible, enthusiastic and confident in relating to colleagues of varying levels of seniority. The ability to work well as part of a team.

Click to view a copy of the fullApplication InformationPlease ensure you include the following documents in your application:– CV– Cover letterAs a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab).On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 17 June 2025.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59 pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interviews will be held TBC and preferably via TEAMS.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The Centre for Cardiovascular Science (Head of Centre, Professor Andrew Baker) is a world-leading centre of excellence that integrates discovery, translational and clinical cardiovascular research to transform the diagnosis, treatment and management of people with heart and circulatory diseases.We are working with local, national and international partners and funders to develop solutions to our research challenges with regional and global impact.Research in the CVS is investigator-led. CVS has 50 principal investigators leading research across four themes: Metabolism Obesity & Diabetes (MOD), Hypertension & Renal (HART), Cardio-metabolic Imaging (CINEMA), and Coronary & Valvular Heart Disease.The technologies employed within CVS span basic molecular and cell biology, to model organisms (flies, fish, rodents), to clinical trials. The ethos in the CVS is that, whatever their background, investigators can use our network of collaboration and training to deliver fundamental discoveries and implement them in translational research.CVS hosts two British Heart Foundation research centres: the Centre of Research Excellence (REA3) and the Centre for Vascular Regeneration (CVR).To find out more, visit

Expected salary

£40497 – 48149 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Thu, 22 May 2025 02:03:54 GMT

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