Postdoctoral Fellow, TEAM-AI Lab, Department of Quantitative and Systems Health Sciences

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Postdoctoral Fellow, TEAM-AI Lab, Department of Quantitative and Systems Health Sciences

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Quantitative and Systems Health Science (QSHS)

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All Applicants

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40

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Exempt from FLSA

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Immediately

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Expected to Continue Until Aug 31, 2027

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AUSTIN, TX

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Dell Medical School is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow, TEAM-AM Lab for the Department of Quantitative and Systems Health Sciences.

The TEAM-AI Lab seeks multiple

Postdoctoral Research Associates to lead methodological innovation, software architecture engineering, and scientific execution across its active grant portfolio. Working under the direct mentorship of Dr. Hongfang Liu andlabfaculty, the Postdoctoral Researcher will drive research at the intersection ofhealth data science,multimodal AI, digital twins, computational phenotyping, and responsible AI. PhD must have been received within the last three years

The candidate will hold primary responsibility for designing novel algorithmic frameworks, coordinating multi-institutional research networks, and translating real-world health data into actionable clinical intelligence. This position provides structured preparation for an academic tenure-track career or lead research scientist position in industrial AI labs, providing access to national data networks, high-performance computing clusters, and clinical interdisciplinary collaborations across UT Austin.

The applicants will join a collaborativeresearchenvironment at the Translational AI Excellence and Application in Medicine (TEAM-AI)
Lab,focusing on accelerating the translation of AI innovations in biomedicine and healthcare. The lab consists of faculty members, program managers/coordinators, data scientists, and scientific programmers. The activities carried out by the team range from advancing AI innovations through big data, empowering biomedical and clinical sciences through team science collaboration and best practices, to building human-centered, value-added, and evidence-based tools, resources, and services to facilitate real-world implementation of said innovations.

This position is a temporary with an end date of 08/31/27, renewable based upon availability of funding, work performance, and progress toward goals.

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• WONDER:
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  Onco-AI award.
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  ReCARDOnetwork to extract, standardize, and validate
  
  Common Data Elements (CDEs) for Alzheimer’s disease research.
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