Hi everyone,

We’re looking for 1 highly motivated PhD student (d/f/m). If you’re interested -or know someone that could be-, please send the CV, a motivation letter, and a recent transcript of records in PDF to Henrike.Heyne@hpi.de

The project

• Topic: “Predicting epilepsy with clinical data from the Mount Sinai Health System”
• Who: Co-supervised by 2 PIs, Henrike Heyne (Potsdam, Germany) and Isotta Landi (New York City, USA)
• Where: HPI at the Potsdam University, including a 1-year stay at the Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC.
• When: start date flexible but ideally ASAP.
• Data: real-world structured and unstructured Electronic Health Records, which includes clinical notes, EEG data, and genomic data.
• Methods: Disease prediction, deep learning (probably including LLM and image classification).
• Funding: Project funded by the Hasso-Plattner Foundation for 3 years (extension possible), travel budget included.

Applicants should have

• A background in (bio-)informatics, life science, medicine, statistics or related field
• Advanced programming skills are a plus (R/python, others)
• Experience with genetic and clinical data are a plus
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Commitment to an interdisciplinary and international research project
• Excellent communication skills in English

For any question, please reach out to Henrike.Heyne@hpi.de

Thanks,
Andrea Eoli