Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Michor Lab

The lab of Prof. Franziska Michor, PhD at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Department of Data Science) & Harvard University (Departments of Biostatistics and Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology) is seeking a Research Fellow to contribute to cutting-edge computational systems for biomedical and clinical data.

Focus

• Develop next-generation computational systems for biomedical and clinical data using:
• * Probabilistic generative models (VLMs, diffusion, flow models)
• * Reinforcement learning & Markov decision processes
• * Causal inference & counterfactual reasoning
• * Mechanistic & physics-informed modeling
• * Agentic AI systems for optimizing adaptive, temporal, high-dimensional systems

Data

• Real-World Multi-Modal Patient Data:
• * Multimodal biomedical data (omics, medical images, histopathology, single cell/bulk, spatial omics)
• * Clinical patient trajectories, treatment schedules, and outcomes (survival, resistance, response)

Impact

• Foundations for interventional medical AI:
• * Patient digital twins
• * Virtual AI clinicians
• * Virtual cells, tumors, and organs
• * Tumor evolution models
• * Virtual clinical trials
• * Large-scale virtual hospital environments

Responsibilities

• Design and execute research projects
• Analyze and interpret data
• Contribute to manuscripts and presentations
• Participate in lab or program activities

Requirements

• Have a PhD in computer science, statistics, applied math, computational biology or related discipline
• Strong programming fundamentals and statistics knowledge
• Interest & knowledge about oncology & immunology, molecular & cellular mechanisms
• Work with ML + generative AI + GPUs at scale
• Experience with clinical or biomedical data and workflows
• Enjoy multimodal + real-world data
• Are excited about high-impact biomedical problems and clinical translation
• Have a strong publication record in math, statistics, or ML/AI research

Qualifications

• Curious, mathematically-minded researcher
• Desire to push the frontier of AI and computational biology in healthcare and biomedicine

Benefits

• Opportunities to work in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment
• Collaboration with leading experts in the field
• Competitive salary range: $72,000.00 - $76,385.00 per year
• Flexible work location: Onsite: occasional remote

Schedule

• Full-time position
• Onsite: occasional remote

Pay

• $72,000.00 - $76,385.00 per year

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.