Postdoctoral Research Associate

Wednesday 11th February 2026

Contact Email for the Job Positing sccraig2@wisc.edu
Organization University of Wisconsin - Madison
Location Madison, WI
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
URL https://hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-research-intern-vacancies/
Closing date May 31, 2026
Description The Department of Radiology is recruiting two (2) highly motivated postdoctoral fellows to implement machine learning methods to support personalized diagnosis and treatment planning for brain tumor (one position) and breast cancer (one position) patients. To achieve this goal, the successful candidate will develop and apply computational frameworks to integrate and analyze multimodal data from radiology, pathology, and clinical sources.
One postdoctoral fellow will work directly with Dr. Pallavi Tiwari (Data Informatics) and Dr. Wenhui Zhou (Breast Imaging) and will have the opportunity to shape the design and direction of active projects, including risk stratification, treatment response evaluation, and prognosis assessment. This position is ideal for researchers looking to deepen and translate their computational skills into impactful, real-world solutions that improve the diagnosis and management of breast cancer patients.
One postdoctoral fellow will work directly with Dr. Pallavi Tiwari to develop novel radiomic features in adult and pediatric brain tumors, optimizing the resulting radiomics predictors to distinguish different response groups to chemoradiation, and to perform blinded validation of these tools. You will gain expertise in feature extraction and disease quantification, feature combination, and predictive model construction, as part of this project.

Research Area
AI, Medical Imaging, Radiomics, Oncology

Qualifications
The candidate should have a PhD degree in Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, or a related quantitative field, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills. The following qualifications are not required, but highly valued: (a) strong background and training in artificial intelligence/machine learning methodology and statistical theory; (b) proficiency/experience in R-package development using computer languages such as MATLAB or Python; (c) high-level of interest in applying computational skills to innovate healthcare solutions.

Salary
NIH stipend level

Percent Time
100 (Full-time)

Application Instructions
Please submit a cover letter, CV, and three professional/supervisor references to SCCRAIG2 {at] WISC.EDU.
The start date is flexible. We will review applications on a rolling basis.