Postdoctoral Researcher
Saturday 22nd February 2025
Contact Email for the Job Positing skhan.shadab@gmail.com
Organization ADIA Lab
Location Abu Dhabi, UAE
Title Postdoctoral Researcher
URL https://forms.gle/ZYVqTcCa3vRBuMTg8
Closing date Apr 30, 2025
Description To Apply, please fill this form: https://forms.gle/ZYVqTcCa3vRBuMTg8
Postdoctoral Researchers – AI for Health Sciences
Location – ADIA Lab, Abu Dhabi
Eligibility – PhD completed within the last two years or completing soon within 3-4 months.
About the Role
ADIA Lab is seeking Postdoctoral Researchers in AI for Health Sciences to lead high-impact research in multimodal AI, computational biology, and AI for advancing public health and clinical trials. Postdocs will drive novel research projects, collaborate across academia and industry, and contribute to scientific advancements in AI-driven precision medicine.
As a postdoc, you will have the opportunity to influence the research directions, while benefiting from a collaborative research environment and mentorship. The position is for 1-year and will be extended to another year depending on the performance.
Topics of interest
Postdocs will lead research efforts in one or more of the following focus areas
1. Multimodal AI for Health Sciences
- LLMs, foundation models for genomics, imaging, and EHR.
- Risk stratification models for chronic diseases.
- AI for digital biomarkers and voice-based diagnostics.
2. Trustworthy AI & Explainability in Health Sciences
- Developing AI models that are interpretable, robust, and fair.
- AI bias detection and fairness assessment in healthcare.
- Tools to detect and account for biases in open datasets.
- Auditable AI models for regulatory and clinical applications.
3. AI & Computational Biology for Genomics
- AI-driven multi-omics data integration and analysis.
- Foundation models for understudied health data modalities.
4. Public Health and Clinical Trials
- AI-powered decision science, real-world evidence, and causal inference
5. AI Scalability & HPC for Health Sciences
- High-performance AI for large-scale multimodal health data.
- GPU-accelerated bioinformatics pipelines.
- Novel AI architectures for biomedical research.
6. Other topics – If applicants are particularly passionate about other topics at the intersection of AI and Health Science, it may be possible to pursue that during the postdoctoral research. Please describe your ideas in the “Research Interest” field in the form. It may also be possible to involve other academics (e.g., your previous supervisors, which can be discussed during the interview process). We are particularly interested in ideas with a high-impact potential in the field.
Required Skills
We seek candidates with a strong publication record in AI, health sciences, computational biology, biostatistics or a related discipline. Candidates should also possess:
- Intermediate to expert skills in Python, PyTorch, Spark, CUDA.
- Expertise in deep learning, transformers, and probabilistic modeling.
- Experience with health datasets – EHR, imaging, DNA, RNA, claims, text, etc.
- Strong fundamentals – Math for ML, programming, basic software engineering, and critical thinking.
What We Offer
- Highly competitive salary ($-standard, tax-free, equivalent to full-time research positions in many countries).
- Mentorship and support with leading research projects.
- Collaboration opportunities within and beyond UAE.
- Resources to succeed - compute, conference attendance opportunities, etc.