Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in Biostatistics: Statistical Machine Learning and Image Analysis

Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF Additional location: Department of Statistics, 24-29 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LB We are looking to appoint a Senior Researcher in Biostatistics: Statistical Machine Learning and Image Analysis to join the Oxford-Novartis Collaboration in AI Medicine team at the Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine. You will develop novel probabilistic statistical machine learning methods to build causal predictive models available in the one-of-a-kind Novartis-Oxford MS (NO.MS) dataset as part of Oxford–Novartis Collaboration for AI in Medicine. The NO.MS is the largest and the most comprehensive dataset on multiple sclerosis (MS), a collection of data on over 40,000 individuals measured longitudinally, some over a decade. It is essential that you hold a PhD/DPhil in Statistics, Statistical Machine Biostatistics, Statistical Genetics or similar subject with post-qualification research experience and the ability to develop research projects with a strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. You will have good understanding and potential to implement statistical techniques used in clinical studies/genomic research, and experience in high-throughput data analysis, integration and interpretation (e.g. high-throughput sequencing, proteomics, array-based technologies, etc.), preferably in human diseases.