About The Position

The University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, has an exciting full time opportunity for a Post Doctoral Associate for the Department of Research in Miami, Florida. Moreover, the Post-Doctoral Associate promotes institutional recognition through literal contributions to the scientific community.

Requirements

  • Doctorate degree Medicine (MD) required
  • Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
  • Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
  • Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
  • Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Programming in Python and R languages with knowledge of Google Tensorflow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Keras or other related deep learning libraries.
  • Genetic data analysis

Responsibilities

  • Conducts research on specific areas of study as assigned.
  • Prepares research reports and technical papers for publishing.
  • Investigates the feasibility of applying a wide variety of scientific principles and theories.
  • Maintains substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories.
  • Develops advanced analytical models and systems and provides solutions and analyses to support strategic and tactical decisions.
  • Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
  • Develop various machine learning and data mining models including convolutional neural networks (CNNs), Transformers, large language models (LLMs), and Vision Language Models (VLMs)
  • Develop Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) models
  • Developing manifold learning (e.g., tSNE and UMAP), unsupervised clustering
  • Analyze electronics health record (EHR) data and retinal imaging including fundus photographs, optical coherence tomography (OCT) images and genetic data for automated screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of major eye diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and uveitis.
  • Programming in Python and R languages with knowledge of Google Tensorflow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Keras or other related deep learning libraries.
  • Genetic data analysis

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • tuition remission

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Entry Level

Education Level

Ph.D. or professional degree

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