Postdoc position in Biomedical Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Are you an NLP star looking for a postdoc? Would you like to do NLP research at a leading academic medical center creating tools that will streamline and improve healthcare for millions of people? Does working at a lakefront location in downtown Chicago excite you?

If so, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has an opportunity for you. Be part of a prestigious institution that offers great benefits. To apply, email sid@northwestern.edu with your CV or see below. 

Job Summary:
http://www.northwestern.edu/hr/careers (Job ID - 22036)

Northwestern University has A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW position in Biomedical Natural Language Processing (NLP) is open in the Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics. The position is part of a 3-year NIH/NLM Grant headed by Dr. Siddhartha Jonnalagadda. The successful candidate will participate in innovative research to use NLP methods for medical literature mining and decision support. They will work in a stimulating environment of the Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics.

Specific Responsibilities:

• To conduct natural language processing research within the scope of the NIH award.
• Consultation with co-investigators on appropriate design and development.
• Work toward independent research writing papers, manuscripts, presentations and briefs.
• To supervise students and other techs working in the dry lab.
• Prepares written reports and publications as primary author and presents research findings at regional and national meetings.

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD in Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics or related fields with a focus on Natural Language Processing or Computational Linguistics and exposure to biomedical literature.
• Strong publication record in Biomedical Natural Language Processing.
• Willingness to coordinate and supervise part of the research work of the project.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment, with a strong commitment to achieving research goals.
• Solid programming skills.
• Java and practical expertise with standard NLP/related tools are required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Perl/Python is a plus
• Experience in mining clinical literature.

As per Northwestern University policy, this position requires a criminal background check. Successful applicants will need to submit to a criminal background check prior to employment. 

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer 

Date Posted: 10/8/2013