Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence for Life Sciences (Teaching and Research)

About the role
In this role you will conduct high-level research and teaching whilst generating funding through grants, consultancy and knowledge transfer activities and contribute to collaborative research in health data science with the College of Life Sciences, especially to build a strong collaboration with the Leicester Diabetes Centre, which is internationally recognised for its research in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. You will give lectures, seminars and tutorials, especially in areas across the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum. Your research will result in significant contributions to papers in leading international conferences and journals, whilst helping to build your relationships with external partners to support knowledge transfer and impact outside academia.

We will consider all candidates whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas:
• Artificial Intelligence for Life Sciences
• AI driven personalized health
• AI driven health learning systems
• Integrating and Interpreting large medical datasets and systems
• Applications of AI, machine learning and data science in life sciences
You will work in a very supportive environment with research and teaching mentoring. At the heart of the UK, the University of Leicester is a research-intensive university. Different areas of activity are balanced by a workload model to ensure fair and transparent balance between staff and different areas of activity.
About you
In addition to being engaged in innovative learning and teaching that engages and inspires students, you will already have an established reputation for research, with a strong record of publications (appropriate to your level of experience) in peer reviewed journals and conferences of substantial international standing. You will have excellent networking skills which you use to seek out opportunities for collaboration and citizenship, both internally and externally. You will also be able to demonstrate the ability to generate external funding through research grants, contracts or other sources. Finally, you will have a track record of engaging with a range of communities related to your research and teaching interests, including external organisations and companies.
Additional information

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Lu Liu at l.liu@leicester.ac.uk.

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