Postdoctoral and PhD Positions in Medical AI – University of Minnesota

About the role

The lab is recruiting Postdoctoral Researchers, PhD Students (Fall 2027), Visiting Students, and Research Interns. We work at the intersection of AI and medicine, with NIH R01 funding and ample computational resources. Our lab collaborates with Weill Cornell, UT Southwestern, University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, Penn State, and the NIH.

Research Areas

• Medical Image Analysis & Computer Vision
• Multimodal AI
• Large Language Models (LILMs) and AI Agents
• Causal, Explainable, and Fair AI

Application Domains

• Ophthalmology (glaucoma, AMD)
• Oncology
• Osteoarthritis
• Critical Care
• and more

What We Offer

• One-on-one mentoring
• First-author publication opportunities
• Strong support for conferences (MICCAI, CVPR, etc.)
• Multi-institutional collaborations

Recent Publications

• Nature Communications
• MedIA
• npj Digital Medicine
• Radiology: AI
• BIB
• Conferences: CVPR, ACL, KDD

Preferred Backgrounds

• AI/ML
• Computer Science
• Biomedical Informatics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Statistics
• or related fields

To Apply

To apply, send your CV and representative work to lin01231@umn.edu. Please include "[Postdoc/PhD/Internship] Name – Institution" in the subject line.