AI/ML postdoc opportunity at AstraZeneca

Dear colleagues - Please see the ML/AI post-doc opportunity below - within the Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics group at Astrazeneca. Seeking a promising, energetic researcher interested in applying ML/AI to examine our substantial clinical trial database to develop insights into disease progression, patient segmentation, and therapeutic response in cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases. While in the program, in our department, you can also get exposure to the clinpharm/pharmacometrics staff and industry. Interested candidates can send their CV and note of interest to Dave https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveboulton/, the Industrial Supervisor/ AstraZeneca Hiring Manager, via email at: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by 14th May, 2021. They can also copy me ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) or reach out to me to discuss the project details. Postdoc Fellow: Machine Learning to Predict CV and Renal Outcomes (R-099638) Do you want your work to truly make a difference? About the Postdoc Program: We're currently looking for talented scientists to join our innovative academic-style Global Postdoc https://careers.astrazeneca.com/postdocs-astrazeneca. From our center in Gaithersburg, MD or Waltham, MA, you'll be in a global pharmaceutical environment, contributing to live projects right from the start. You'll take part in a comprehensive training program, including a focus on drug discovery and development, given access to our existing Postdoctoral research, and be encouraged to pursue your own independent research working with cutting edge Machine Learning/Data Science tools. What's more, you'll have the support of a leading academic advisor, who'll provide you with the guidance and knowledge you need to develop your career. This is an exciting area that hasn't been explored to its full potential, making this an opportunity to make a real difference to the future of medical science. About the Opportunity: We will use artificial intelligence tools and computational modelling to predict individual long-term risk of major CV events (MACE) and renal disease based on patient characteristics and short-term biomarker changes in a very large combined database of AstraZeneca's cardiovascular outcomes trials (patient-level data for ~180 000 individuals). This will facilitate treatment selection for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease by identifying characteristics that predict therapeutic response or non-response to different drug classes, inform patient selection and outcome definitions for future CV and renal outcomes trials, and characterize disease progression over time. If this sounds like you, apply now! Essential Education and Experience: * A PhD and/or a recent Postdoctoral fellowship in a quantitative discipline (engineering, pharmacology, computational biology, applied math, or related) * Success demonstrated by scientific publications and conference presentations. * Interest in applying quantitative tools to solve clinically-meaningful problems * Desirable Qualifications: * Working knowledge of biology and physiology * Experience working with clinical data * Skills and Capabilities: * Proficiency and hands-on experience with data analysis, machine learning, and/or computational modelling in R or similar software * Ability to communicate technical material to a broad audience * Proven track record of effectively working independently, as well as within a team, to achieve results * This is a 2-year program, which will be based in Gaithersburg, MD or Waltham (Boston), MA with a competitive salary/benefits on offer. To Find Out More: Contact Dave https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveboulton/, the Industrial Supervisor/ AstraZeneca Hiring Manager, via email at: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by 14th May, 2021. About AstraZeneca AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have an outstanding workplace culture that encourages innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity. ________________________________ ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and may contain confidential and proprietary information. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system and note that you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Any unauthorized use or disclosure of the contents of this message is not permitted and may be unlawful.