Research Fellow of Clinical AI and Health Equity

CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute
UE07: £40,497 to £48,149
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term available from 1st September 2025 until 31st January 2027
Location: Usher Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter (EH16 4UX)
 

We will consider requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular (weekly) on-campus working.  The Usher Institute expects a minimum of 40% on campus working. 

The Centre for Medical Informatic at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a post-doctoral research fellow with expertise in machine learning techniques to solve real world problems and large-scale datasets, risk prediction models using large-scale real-world electronic health records and analysing and mining large-scale clinical data.

The Opportunity:
To join a team of experienced health data scientists, AI specialists, statisticians and clinical epidemiologists and contribute significantly to assess and mitigate data and AI induced bias from large scale national and local health record data resources. This role is part of the QMIA project https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FX030075%2F1 .

Informal enquiries may be directed to Honghan Wu, Professor of Health Informatics and AI, Honghan.wu@glasgow.ac.uk or Sarah Wild, Professor of Epidemiology, sarah.wild@ed.ac.uk.

 

Your skills and attributes for success: 
•    PhD or equivalent experience in computer science, informatics or a related discipline (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning)
•    machine learning techniques on solving real world problems and large-scale datasets
•    analysing and using large health datasets for risk prediction
•    excellent oral and written communication skills, including peer-reviewed publications
•    ability to work effectively and flexibly in a multi-disciplinary team

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As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits 

 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT+ equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab). 

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.  

 

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 4 August 2025.

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