Principal Clinical Informatician

Duration: fixed term position until 30 November 2025

About the role:

We are looking for one candidate to contribute to the success of the new data-driven AI initiatives at the Cancer Biomarker Centre (CBC) to work on safe and explainable AI models for supporting the development of complex biomarkers. This position will be hosted at the digital Experimental Cancer Medicine Team (digital ECMT) at the CBC.

You will develop and evaluate novel multi-layer complex biomarkers supported by contemporary AI methods with a particular focus on data fusion, explainability and safety aspects. The project will involve the continuous interaction with experts in cancer research. You will develop and evaluate new models in the context of their accuracy, interpretability, safety and utility to domain experts. This position may include research on a diverse set of techniques such as neuro-symbolic approaches, variational autoencoders, explainable AI and adversarial methods.

Background:

The digital ECMT, within CRUK Manchester Institute Cancer Biomarker Centre, aims to digitally empower patients and healthcare professionals to innovate and design new cancer care pathways.

About you:

You will have a PhD in Computer Science or Bioinformatics or related area, OR a relevant postgraduate degree in computer science or bioinformatics (or related field) along with significant relevant experience and with exposure to contemporary AI methods. Experience in neuro-symbolic and explainable AI methods is desirable. Development of complex AI software prototypes in Python and Pytorch is required.

Why choose Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute?

The Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute (www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk), an Institute of The University of Manchester (www.manchester.ac.uk), is a world-leading centre for excellence in cancer research. The Institute is core funded by Cancer Research UK (www.cancerresearchuk.org), the largest independent cancer research organisation in the world. In spring 2023 the Institute moves into a £150 million flagship purpose-built biomedical research centre directly attached to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in South Manchester.

We are partnered with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (adjacent to the CRUK MI Paterson Building) in South Manchester (www.christie.nhs.uk), one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe.  These factors combine to provide an exceptional environment in which to pursue basic, translational and clinical research programmes.

How to apply?

To apply for this position please visit our website: https://www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/recruitment/candidate/searchvacancies

For any informal enquiries about this post, please contact Andre Freitas (andre.freitas@manchester.ac.uk)

Closing date: Sunday 16 April 2023.

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