CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Image Analysis

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The opportunity

• Exciting opportunity for an early career researcher with a PhD in medical image analysis
• 3-year postdoctoral fellowship supported by a team of imaging scientists and software engineers
• Be part of the CSIRO Health and Biosecurity Biomedical Informatics Group located in Brisbane, Australia

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

The Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC - http://aehrc.com/) is a world-class centre undertaking research and development across health and biomedical informatics and health services. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated individual within our Biomedical Informatics group.  This group develop innovative medical technologies to enable precision health solutions. Our vision is to have our technology deployed in clinics, hospitals using informatics platform across the human lifespan (from pregnancy to ageing) and across the disease spectrum (including cancer, osteoarthritis, cerebral palsy, and dementia). 
 

Theranostics is an emerging key method to improve outcomes for currently untreatable advanced cancer. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in theranostics provides key insights into metabolic and molecular processes within the body. In most theranostic procedures, patients receive an intravenous injection containing a radiotracer (which contains two components: a biologic side which binds to a designated target and a radioactive component). A PET scan can show where the radiotracer is being delivered within the patient (for diagnosis a low amount of radiation is used; for theranostic treatment a more powerful amount of local radiation is used).  However automatic, quantitative, and standardised reporting for the location, extent and treatment response of cancer cells is urgently needed.  
 

The CERC Fellow will be a member of the biomedical informatics group in Brisbane Australia, and will work in close collaboration with industry partner, AdvanCell, and the medical physics group at the Ingham Institute, NSW.  Supported by a team of imaging scientists and software engineers the Fellow is expected to take an active role in developing and applying advanced image analysis methods to develop novel software that provides more accurate and standardized reporting of individualized therapies which should result in enhanced patient outcomes.  

Your duties will include:

• Assisting in developing and conducting research projects and investigations, including experiment design, experiment execution, data analysis and documentation of experiment results requiring originality, creativity and innovation.
• Working in close collaboration with clinical partners; attending clinical meetings, helping solve clinical and practical problems, presenting and discussing results with clinicians.
• Performing complex statistical analysis of collected/processed data and writing interpretative reports.
• Assisting with grant preparation and reporting.
• Developing deep-learning quantification approaches.

Location: Herston, Brisbane, Queensland

Salary: AU$96k - AU$105k plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term of 3 years

Reference: 97649

To be considered you will need:

• A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as medical image analysis or related field. Please note: To be eligible for this role you must have no more than 3 years (full-time equivalent) of postdoctoral research experience.
• Ability to investigate issues of complex and ill-defined problems and develop appropriate responses by adapting/creating and testing alternative solutions. 
• Demonstrated performance in developing, implementing, and validating new medical image analysis algorithms with experience in one or more of the following: machine learning, deep learning, image segmentation, or image registration.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed research team, plus the motivation and discipline to carry out autonomous research.
• High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including the presentation of research outcomes at national and international conferences.

For full details about this role please view the Position Description

Eligibility

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible working arrangements

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How to apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications close

13 September 2024, 11:00pm AEST