Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, Hong Kong
- Institution
- THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Position type
- PhD
- Subject area
- Medicine & Health
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Hours
- Full Time
- Location
- HK
- Funding
- Fully funded position
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About this position
Ref.: 536727
Work type: Full-time
Department: Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine (21200)
Categories: Senior Research Staff & Post-doctoral Fellow
Applications are invited for appointments as Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine (several posts) (Ref.: 536727), to commence as soon as possible for one to two years, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance.
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, computational biology, related disciplines or equivalent. They should be self-driven, highly motivated, creative with excellent communication skills in written and spoken English and Cantonese. Expertise and knowledge in AI deep learning model development on histology whole slide imaging analysis in computational pathology is essential. Applicants should have a solid publication record and demonstrated experience in computer vision or analysis of pathology images.
The appointees will participate in a multidisciplinary collaborative research project related to development of deep learning model for diagnosis and prognosis of different sarcomas. He/she will develop and train deep learning models with state-of-the-art algorithms based on histology whole slide images. They may also contribute to research of integration of multimodality data with clinical, radiological images and genomics data. Enquiries about the duties of the post should be sent to Dr. Maximus Yeung at mcfyeung@hku.hk.
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits.
The University only accepts online application for the above posts. Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date C.V. Review of applications will start as soon as possible and continue until Sept 30, 2026, or until the posts are filled, whichever is earlier.
Applications close:Sep 30, 2026 (HK Time)
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