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Graduate Student (Research Institute)

Graduate Student (Research Institute)

Research Institute of the McGill University Health CentreMontréal, CA
30+ days ago
Job description

Do you want to work for a world-renowned research institute that pushes the boundaries of biomedical science and health research? Right here in Montreal! At the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), you can be part of an organization focused on scientific discovery and innovation in patient-centered medicine. Join us today and make a difference!

Job Description

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MUHC

The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is a world-renowned biomedical and hospital research centre. Located in Montreal, Quebec, the Institute is the research arm of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. The RI-MUHC is supported in part by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS).

Position summary

Research project : Multimodal AI for prediction of response and survival in bladder cancer patients treated with organ preservation approaches

Description : The student will be expected to curate the collected data and build a prediction model to predict the patients who would achieve complete response following concurrent chemoradiation. Dataset includes clinical data, proteomic, genomic, as well as histopathology images.

General Duties

  • Curate the collected dataset
  • Pre-process data
  • Feature selection and engineering
  • Obtain data representation of histopathology slides

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE :

  • Student will participate in weekly meetings to ensure progress,
  • Performance would be measured as follows :
  • Dataset curated and preprocessed to a state that can easily be fed into learning algorithm,
  • Good data representation of histopathology slides.
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    Education / Experience

    Bachelor's Degree

    Field of Study : engineering / computer science / machine learning

    Other education considered an asset for this position :

    Work Experience :

    Machine learning experience is required

    Professional Membership : ☐ Yes ☒ No

    If yes, please specify :

    Other Requirements :

    Examples :

  • Ability to work independently or with teams with minimum supervision,
  • Requires good knowledge of machine learning, deep learning would be a bonus