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Job

Postdoctoral Fellow in Health AI/LLMs Research

Organization

National Library of Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Bethesda, MD and surrounding area

Join a dynamic and interdisciplinary team pushing the frontiers of biomedical and health AI under the leadership of Senior Investigator Dr. Zhiyong Lu in the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The fellow will work closely with Dr. Qiao Jin in the Lu lab on his recently awarded K99/R00 project “Improving Medical Information Verifiability with Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence.”

About the position

The NLM is one of the 27 institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NLM is the world’s largest biomedical library and a leader in research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. The DIR within the NLM has two primary research areas: computational health research and computational biology. In computational health research, our efforts center on natural language processing (NLP), clinical image analysis, biomedical ontologies, information modeling, and clinical data analytics. In computational biology, we emphasize transcriptional regulation, chromatin and network biology, structural and functional analysis, sequence statistics, and evolutionary genomics. Information about the Lu lab: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/bionlp/.

Specific areas of interest for this role include:

  • Evaluating the medical knowledge and reasoning capabilities of AI models
  • Building high-quality medical evidence databases with AI agents
  • Training foundational models for biomedical verification and fact-checking
  • Developing deep research agents for answering biomedical questions
  • Applying large language models to various medical applications

Position Overview: This is a full-time postdoctoral fellow position. The initial appointment will be for one year and is renewable on a yearly basis based on performance, with extensions up to 5 years total. The NIH offers a competitive salary (based on postdoctoral experience, see stipend tables: https://www.training.nih.gov/stipends/) and comprehensive health insurance. The NIH is dedicated to the continued education and career development of all its research staff. Candidates are subject to a background investigation. Additional information about NIH postdoctoral fellowships: https://www.training.nih.gov/research-training/pd/

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What you'll need to apply

Prospective candidates should include "Postdoctoral Fellow in Health AI/LLMs Research" and their last name in the email subject line. Applicants must submit the following materials to BOTH Dr. Zhiyong Lu ([email protected]) and Dr. Qiao Jin ([email protected]):

  • Cover letter including past research experiences and future plans
  • CV/Resume
  • Contact information for 3 references (please include the full name with titles, institute, email address and phone number of each reference).

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Contact name

Dr. Zhiyong Lu and Dr. Qiao Jin

Contact email

[email protected]

Qualifications

Essential:

  • PhD in Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, or a related field
  • Publications in medical AI or related fields
  • Experience with open and commercial LLMs
  • Knowledge of natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning
  • Strong Python coding skills
  • Strong communication skills

Preferred:

  • Medical knowledge
  • Experience with training LLMs
  • Experience with developing AI agents

Disclaimer/Fine Print

U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply. NIH welcomes foreign nationals with the exception of individuals from this list.

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