Researcher in AI and Computational Method Development for Precision Medicine

More about the position

The Centre for Precision Psychiatry is dedicated to research on severe mental and neuropsychiatric disorders. The Centre runs multidisciplinary studies involving hospital departments in Oslo, research groups at the University of Oslo, and international collaborators. The main goal is to develop tools and knowledge for precision medicine in brain disorders, using advanced statistical methods and AI tools for the analysis of large-scale genetic, neuroimaging, registry, clinical, and molecular data.

The Centre has access to large datasets including biomarkers, clinical and cognitive variables, genotyping and sequencing data, and MRI brain imaging data. In addition, we work closely with national population cohorts such as Tromsø, HUSK, and HUNT, Nordic registry and biobank resources, and large international consortia including PGC, ENIGMA, ADNI, NBDC, UK Biobank and others. We also collaborate with international partners at UC San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute, and with leading industry partners such as Nvidia, OpenAI, and Microsoft.

For more information about the Centre, please visit our website: Centre for Precision Psychiatry - Centre for Precision Psychiatry

The researcher hired for this position will work in a multidisciplinary team including clinicians, neuroscientists, geneticists, statisticians, applied mathematicians, AI researchers, and computer scientists. The candidate will contribute to computational method development, statistical modelling, machine learning, and AI-based analysis of large and complex biomedical datasets. The work will include development, implementation, testing, documentation, and application of reproducible analytical pipelines.

The candidate will work with the Centre’s datasets, analytical methodology, and computational tools, including state-of-the-art data storage and research infrastructure hosted at the USIT TSD service, with access to high-performance GPU computing resources for large-scale AI and deep-learning applications: Services for sensitive data (TSD) - University of Oslo

Our research environment is international, friendly, and inspiring, and the position represents a unique opportunity for career development for a motivated candidate with strong quantitative and computational skills.

Main responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and evaluate machine learning, statistical modelling, and AI-based methods for the analysis of complex biomedical and multimodal data.
• Contribute to method development for precision prediction, risk stratification, longitudinal modelling, and integration of genetic, imaging, clinical, registry, and behavioural data.
• Perform data processing, quality control, harmonization, feature engineering, and model validation using large-scale datasets such as UK Biobank, NBDC, All of Us, HUNT, HUSK, and other Norwegian, Nordic, and international resources.
• Develop and maintain reproducible analytical pipelines in collaboration with researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and international partners, including collaborators at UC San Diego.
• Contribute to AI-based and potentially federated/online analytical frameworks for secure analysis across computational environments and research partners.
• Collaborate with clinicians, neuroscientists, geneticists, statisticians, and computer scientists to interpret findings and support applications in early diagnosis, prediction, and patient stratification.
• Contribute to scientific reports, presentations, manuscripts, documentation, and project deliverables.

We offer

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• A pleasant and stimulating work environment.
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Researcher, position code 1108 in salary range from NOK 600 000 to 680 000 / position code 1109 in salary range NOK from 620 000 to 750 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

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Application

Your application should include:

• Application letter
• CV
• A complete list of publications
• Transcripts and certificates
• Contact information for 2-3 references

Your CV must be entered in Jobbnorge’s CV form and cannot be submitted only as an attachment. This requirement is intended to ensure correct documentation and record-keeping in accordance with the Public Administration Act, Section 15.

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When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.