Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built – nor could it be maintained – without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.
When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of
Healthier Children. A Better World.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.
The Surgical Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) is seeking a highly motivated Clinical Research Project Assistant to work within the Division of Neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children. SAIL aims to develop machine learning tools to better understand neurosurgical diseases and improve patient care.
The Clinical Research Project Assistant works closely with the multidisciplinary research team on a research project focused on Multimodal Deep Learning for Medicine: Utilizing imaging, text, and clinical data for disease diagnosis and prognosis.
Here's What You'll Get To Do
- Medical data collection, curation, and management.
- Algorithm design and development for medical image analysis, machine (deep) learning, and statistical modeling solutions for different tasks (e.g. segmentation and classification)
- Design and development of multi-modal deep learning for medicine: Utilizing imaging, text, and clinical data for disease diagnosis and prognosis.
- Perform quality control procedures to ensure accuracy of algorithms and completeness of collected data.
- Work closely with the deployment team to integrate the newly developed algorithms into the current system.
- Preparing scientific manuscripts and reports.
Here's What You'll Need
- BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Strong knowledge in multimodal deep learning, including medical imaging and natural language processing (NLP) Prior related publications are a plus
- Strong scientific programming skills with Python (PyTorch)
- Excellent technical writing for scientific publications
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work well with a team and to use initiative in achieving goals
- Experience in research coordination, data collection and management
- A commitment to understanding and aiding in the pursuit of equity, diversity and inclusion objectives
Employment Type: Full-time (FTE 1.0), 6 months contract (renewable based on funding), no benefits
A complete application should include a cover letter describing your interest, a resume and the name of 2-3 references
The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.
When requested, SickKids will provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and assessment process. Information received related to access or inclusion will be addressed confidentially.
Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital¿s receipt of all necessary documentation.
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