POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE USHER INSTITUTE

UE07: £36,333.00 – £43,155.00 Per Annum.
CMVM / Usher Institute / CMI.
Fixed Term Contract – Available from 1st September 2023 for 24 months (this is an approximate start date)

Full Time – 35 Hours Per Week.

The Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work with an interdisciplinary team of researchers on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare practitioners, practices and organisations.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on an exciting research project examining the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare. The project focuses on the real-world effects of AI on clinicians (e.g., tasks, roles, skills, expertise), practices (e.g., diagnostic workflows, care delivery pathways) and the healthcare system.

The two-year, full-time position offers an opportunity to work closely with Dr Luciana D’Adderio (the project’s Principal Investigator) and her extended multidisciplinary team including experts in the Social Sciences (Business/Management, Organization Science/Studies, Information Systems, Healthcare Innovation), Artificial Intelligence and Medicine.

The Postdoctoral Fellow will be based at the University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute, a leading academic innovation hub combining a strong interdisciplinary research culture, an unrivalled focus on AI and data-driven innovation for medicine and healthcare, and an emphasis on state-of-the-art research and real-world impacts.

The University of Edinburgh is an exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement and a defined benefits pension scheme.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Luciana D’Adderio, Chancellor’s Fellow in Data Driven Innovation and Turing Fellow (l.d-adderio@ed.ac.uk).

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Applicants must have completed (or be close to completing) a Ph.D. in Business, Management or related social science discipline (e.g., Sociology, Science and Technology Studies).
• Applicants must have completed (or be close to completing) a Ph.D. in Business, Management, Organisation Theory or related Social Science discipline (e.g., Innovation, Science and Technology Studies, Information Systems, Sociology)
• Experience of or willingness to engage in interdisciplinary academic teams and activities as well as with a range of stakeholders, including industry and government partners
• Designing and conducting empirical qualitative research including collecting, managing and analysing data from ethnographic observations, interviews and focus groups.
• Excellent academic record and work ethic.
• Excellent organizational and oral/written communication skills.

Click here for a copy of the full job description. 

APPLICATION

To be considered for the position, please submit:
(1) your Curriculum Vitae
(2) a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post

Previous applicants need not reapply.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

Work with us | Usher Institute – where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world.

Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment.  Our vision is to catalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people, populations and their data.

We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.  Working with partners across UK and international universities, health and care providers, policymakers, industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.

Our greatest asset is our people, working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

The Usher Institute works with people, populations and their data to understand and advance the health of individuals and populations through innovative collaborations in a global community. Our Director is Professor Aziz Sheikh OBE, and we sit within the Edinburgh Medical School in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.

Working with partners across the NHS, policymakers, industry partners and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos. Three core research centres in Global Health, Medical Informatics and Population Health Sciences are at the heart of the Usher Institute; also home to the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit and a bustling General Practice, the Mackenzie Medical Centre.

The Usher Institute is a truly interdisciplinary environment. Around 350 researchers and support staff with expertise in a varied range of methodologies and topics contribute to world-leading research in global health, population health sciences and medical informatics. Our research expertise is at the heart of the excellent educational experience we offer in a wide range of taught and research postgraduate programmes, both online and on-campus, our programme of continuing professional development and in our contribution to the undergraduate medical degree.

We maintain an open, engaging and dynamic environment and welcome collaborations from around the globe.

To find out more visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher