Phd Position Development of An Ai Agent for Patient

Il y a 3 mois


Mol, Belgique VITO Temps plein

**Exciting Opportunity**:
**Your Research Journey**:
**Key Research Questions**:

- How can diverse data types be integrated and interpreted diverse for personalized medical information and clinical decision support?
- How can we develop AI methods to effectively communicate health recommendations across different levels of health literacy?
- How can we ensure that the AI agent is compliant with ethical, privacy, and regulatory standards in handling sensitive health data?

**Methodologies**:
You will explore methods such as:

- Symbolic, sub-symbolic, and neurosymbolic methods for semantic knowledge integration and question answering over structured, semi-structured and unstructured data sources.
- The development of explainable AI methods that offer compelling explanations for clinical decision support.
- Methods to combine conversational AI (including but not limited to LLMs) with knowledge graphs and machine learning models to propose therapeutic trajectories and explore personalised treatment plans.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Research & Development**:

- Collaborate with molecular biologists, geneticists, clinicians, ethicists and pharmacologists to refine research objectives and interpret findings.

**Data Management & Analysis**:

- Curate, pre-process, and analyze large-scale datasets.
- Implement machine learning models and statistical techniques to identify patterns and insights within complex datasets.
- Ensure data security and maintain data integrity.

**_ Position Details:_**
- Duration: 4 years (full-time)
- Location: Flexible working at VITO Health (Belgium) with regular travel to University of Maastricht (NL)

**Qualifications**:

- Master's degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, data science or related.
- Proficiency in Python, R and familiarity with bioinformatics tools.
- Strong statistical skills, experience with omics data analysis and/or Tensorflow / PyTorch / Jax as a framework ispreferred.

**Personal Attributes**:

- Strong problem-solving skills and innovative thinking.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- High attention to detail and commitment to producing quality results.

**Collaboration & Teamwork**:
Work closely with the supervisory team to set research goals, refine methodologies, and discuss progress.
Engage with interdisciplinary teams within the institution and with external collaborators.
Support and mentor junior researchers and students within the group.

**Professional Development**:
Stay updated with the latest developments in knowledge discovery, bioinformatics, and pharmacogenomics.
Participate in advanced courses, workshops, and seminars relevant to the research area.



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