"Research Fellow "

The Weil Institute is in search of a Postdoctoral Fellow to develop predictive analytics that will help improve the treatment of cardiac arrest patients in critical care areas such as intensive care units, emergency department and general hospital wards. We use rich, large datasets from a variety of sources including electronic health records (EHR), waveforms from bedside monitors, radiology images and wearable sensors.

This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with clinicians on applications of machine learning, signal processing and image processing in medicine with an extensive level of access to large clinical datasets. Research in the Weil Institute focuses on the development, validation and maintenance of clinical decision support systems and multimodal analytic platforms to translate advanced data science solutions into critical care.

The main focus of this position is on the analysis of the signals that are generated during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including traditional patient monitors and a novel wearable sensor, to develop a tool to guide resuscitation strategies during cardiac arrest. As such, the ideal candidate should have experience in biomedical signal processing with prior publications on the subject.

This role requires active collaboration with our Data Science team as well as with other clinical collaborators within Michigan Medicine and in other institutions. The collaborations will include requirements gathering and regular interactions with other teams. Hence, strong communication skills are highly desired.

In addition to working on the development and validation of decision support systems, this role can evolve into leading data science projects and the design and development of new projects for other critical illnesses including trauma, neurologic emergencies, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and heart failure. This is a 2-year position with an option to extend based on performance evaluation and funding, reporting to the Weil Institute Director of Data Science and Project Principal Investigator.

• Develop and validate cutting edge machine learning and signal processing models to analyze waveforms generated by traditional patient monitors and a novel wearable sensor and build a decision support tool to guide CPR
• Participate in the user interface and workflow development for the decision support tool
• Identify data sets needed to properly develop and validate the CPR decision support tool
• Participate in other projects involving the development of data analytics, including EHR, waveform and image-based and multi-modal applications, through consultation and collaboration with faculty, researchers, clinicians, and other team members
• Communicate clearly and consult with our multi-disciplinary team of scientists, developers, and clinicians.
• Write manuscripts to summarize the research findings
• Be an expert on the latest machine learning techniques, methods, and research, especially deep learning literature, and how these methods apply to our use cases
• Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments with a high level of autonomy and accountability for results
• Write technical patent applications explaining our unique innovations to a diverse audience
• Mentor students and junior team members while providing insight on the projects they are developing
• PhD Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field
• Familiarity with (biomedical) signal processing
• Experience working with clinical data
• Deep learning expertise with advanced architectures including transformers, convolutional neural networks, and recurrent neural networks for multimodal (biomedical) data
• Demonstrated experience with statistical analysis, time-series modeling, and handling of high-dimensional (biomedical) data
• Strong data science and/or signal processing publication record
• 5+ years of demonstrated technical knowledge of machine learning techniques
• Proficiency using data science tools (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, MySQL, Jupyter Notebooks)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with colleagues and stakeholders
• Ability to understand and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Willingness to learn and quickly adjust to new tools and systems
• Capable of converting ambiguous problem statements into concrete project requirements
• Confident teaching and coaching abilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with EHR data processing, data queries, and dashboards
• Familiarity with (biomedical) image processing
• Familiarity with processing data collected using wearable devices (biomedical)
• Experience with natural language processing and Large Language Model (LLM)
• Strong biostatistics knowledge including survival analysis and causal inference
• Experience with reinforcement learning, agentic AI systems and autonomous decision-making frameworks
• Data operations experience including data pipeline development, automated testing, continuous integration/deployment for ML models and data quality monitoring
• Experience with real-time ML models and deployment of AI models