Postdoctoral Research Associate

Vacancy terms: Full-time, or job share considered, fixed term contract from 1^st February 2026 to 31^st May 2028

Hours per week: 37.5

Advert closes midnight on: 9^th Dec 2025

About the role

Join our team at the University of Leicester as a Post-Doctoral Researcher. You will work on an important project aiming to improve early diagnosis of retinoblastoma, a childhood eye cancer, using advanced imaging and data analysis.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and apply AI tools to analyse eye images
• Work with hospitals across the UK to collect and study patient data
• Help create new methods to detect and understand this disease
• Travel to different medical centres as needed

About you

We're looking for someone with:

• A PhD (or nearly completed) in bioinformatics, computational biology, or similar field
• Experience analysing medical images and working with data
• Strong programming skills in R or Python
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team

Ideally, you would also have:

• Experience with AI and machine learning for medical images
• Experience working with data from multiple hospitals
• An interest in rare disease research.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Dr Zhanhan Tu on zhanhan.tu@leicester.ac.uk

Applications for job share will be considered.

As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to professional development, this role will also be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Please ensure this is discussed with your line manager prior to applying. More information regarding secondments can be found here

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

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