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Data Scientist II - Quality & Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi)	29013100 - MD-QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	30 Jun 2025
The Quality and Patient Safety initiative (QPSi) under the UF College of Medicine (COM) is seeking a Data Scientist II to help improve quality and patient safety using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics. The data scientist will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and numerous stakeholders to create innovative approaches to improve patient safety and health care operation pathways. The position will participate in designing and developing algorithms to model complex systems, meeting with end-users and key stakeholders to understand operational questions to be addressed, and working with other team members to support development of AI models and their impact in clinical setting. Leveraging expertise in statistical analysis, machine learning, novel artificial intelligence methods, and programming, the incumbent will drive data-centric solutions to enhance health care outcomes. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to independently select appropriate methods and techniques to deliver impactful results for quality improvement initiatives. The position is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about advancing quality and patient safety, innovative data-driven approaches to support mitigating complex healthcare challenges, and contributing to the communication of often complex issues with various audiences.
Data Scientist III - Quality & Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi)	29013100 - MD-QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	7 Jul 2025
This Data Scientist III will play a pivotal role in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to design, develop, and implement AI-driven solutions to advance initiatives under the UF College of Medicine’s Quality and Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi). This position will partner with health care professionals, UF faculty, data science teams, and others to create and deploy advanced data analytics and AI models that address clinical questions related to quality improvement, patient safety, and medical operations. Leveraging expertise in statistical analysis, machine learning, and programming, the incumbent will drive data-centric solutions to enhance health care outcomes. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to independently select appropriate methods and techniques to deliver impactful results for quality improvement initiatives.
Research Faculty for the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases	27300000 - HA-FIXEL INSTITUTE	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The University of Florida and the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases invites rising star researchers to apply for full-time, open rank, tenure or non-tenure track positions that will potentially include endowed chairs, space, and generous start-up packages. Clinical researchers as well as basic researchers are welcome to apply. We seek a next generation leader and the appointment rank and track will be commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience.
Postdoctoral Researcher - Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS)	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	13 Jul 2025
The Division of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS) within the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI) at the University of Florida (UF) is seeking a highly motivated and ambitious Postdoctoral Researcher with a strong background in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment focused on developing innovative AI/ML solutions for healthcare and biomedical research. The successful candidate will join a collaborative research team to contribute to projects at the intersection of AI/ML, real-world data, and health outcomes. The Postdoctoral Researcher will play a key role in developing and applying cutting-edge methods to analyze large-scale clinica datasets, including electronic health records (EHR), medical imaging, and unstructured clinical text. The candidate is required to have a Ph.D. in biomedical informatics, computer science, information science, data science, (bio)-statistics, (applied) mathematics, physics, or a related STEM field. Prior working experience with EHR data, machine learning, deep learning, imaging informatics, and large language models (LLM) is preferred. This position will require collaboration with diverse stakeholders, including informatics experts, clinicians, basic scientists, and translational researchers in the department as well as across the University of Florida campus. In particular, the Postdoctoral Researcher will lead and assist with data modeling, AI/ML methods, software package development, scientific paper writing, and grant proposal writing.
Post Doctoral Associate in Computational Chemistry	16120100 - LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
A Post-doctoral Associate in Computational Chemistry position is available for Chemical Research to work in a project on the Development of novel ML methods for chemical and biomedical sciences led by Dr. Ramon Alain Miranda Quintana in the Department of Chemistry. We have a position available in our group to work on similarity-based techniques for hyper-efficient ML methods in chemistry and biomedical sciences. Must have PhD in chemistry or physics. This position will be initially awarded for one year, and, contingent upon strong performance and conduct and availability of funds, may be renewed for up to three years.
Assistant Scientist - Natural Language Processing (NLP)	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The Assistant Scientist at the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics will play a pivotal role in advancing research on biomedical informatics and artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on natural language processing, machine learning, large language models, multi-modal vision-language models, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to solve challenging medical problems. This role involves conducting cutting-edge research on AI and developing innovative strategies to promote the application of AI to improve health outcomes. This is a 12-month, full-time (1.0 FTE), non-tenure track research-related appointment.
Division Director, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science & Associate/Full Professor	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida is seeking a Division Director for the Division of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science at the rank of associate professor or above. This individual will provide strategic leadership and oversee a division with 14 biomedical informatics faculty; 30 staff, including project managers, software engineers and programmers; and 40 graduate students. This division is one of three in the Department. The Director will work closely with leadership of the other Divisions (Clinical & Population Health Integration; Implementation Science & Health Interventions) and Departmental leadership.
Professor/Knight Chair in Journalism and Technology	23040000 - CJC-JOURNALISM	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications invites applications for the Knight Chair in Journalism and Technology. We are seeking journalism professionals with extensive experience working at the intersection of technology, innovation and the future of journalism. This is an opportunity to do groundbreaking work developing actionable ideas to help journalism survive and thrive in a next technological age.
OPS Research Assistant - AI-driven Drug Discovery	32030000 - PH-MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	31 Dec 2025
The OPS Research Assistant in AI-driven Drug Discovery will work in the lab of Dr. Yanjun Li in the College of Pharmacy's Medicinal Chemistry department. They will be an active member of a scientific group that develops and prototypes novel AI algorithms for impactful drug discovery problems involving sequence and structure modeling for protein, RNA, or small molecule. This position is in-person and is not eligible for remote work.
Assistant Scientist - UF Health Precision Health Research Center	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Sumter
The Assistant Scientist at UF Health Precision Health Research Center will play a pivotal role in advancing research on aging in The Villages community with a focus on cognitive health, nutrition and wellness, patient-centered engagement, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology. This role involves conducting cutting-edge research aimed at understanding the complexities of aging and developing innovative strategies to promote cognitive health and overall wellness in aging populations.
Postdoctoral Associate- AI-driven Drug Discovery	32030000 - PH-MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The Postdoctoral associate will work independently and collaboratively to develop novel deep learning algorithms for molecule design and optimization, molecular interaction modeling, and precision medicine. More details can be found: https://yanjun-li.com/openings.html. Additional duties of the role will include, but are not limited to: • Leading the development and optimization of the AI algorithms for protein- and RNA-targeted drug discovery; • Supporting the AI modeling and data analysis for the ongoing research studies; • Preparing and writing research papers, presentations, grant proposals, etc.; • Effectively coordinating research progresses with other members of a multi-faculty team regularly; • Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students; • Performing routine lab maintenance and daily lab duties. This position is in-person and is not eligible for remote work.
Co-program Director, AST/ASO/FULL PROF--Department of Neurosurgery, AI Research	29190000 - MD-NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The University of Florida (UF) is embarking on a campus-wide strategic initiative to hire clusters of faculty members with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), broadly defined. As part of this initiative, the Department of Neurosurgery is seeking qualified applicants for a tenure-track faculty position focusing on AI applications in brain tumor diagnosis, treatment, and/or health outcomes. Additionally, applications for neurosurgical diseases, i.e. cerebrovascular disease, primary and metastatic tumors treated by stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), etc. where data science, machine learning, and AI applications may improve diagnosis, treatment, and/or disease prevention are of interest. The Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida, College of Medicine is committed to providing comprehensive clinical services for the diagnosis, management, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients suffering from diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system, including brain tumors, aneurysms, stroke, epilepsy, functional disorders, and spinal disorders and injuries. Our clinical care mission also extends throughout North Central Florida through regional neurosurgery programs. We offer the full spectrum of neurosurgical and neuro-oncology treatment options for both adults and pediatric patients. Our research labs and investigator-led initiatives and clinical trials are developing promising new treatments for neurological diseases that are extremely difficult to treat with conventional therapies. The Department of Neurosurgery offers education and training programs such as ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency programs and fellowship programs.
Research Post-Doctoral Associate - Medical AI Research	29130000 - MD-RADIOLOGY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
A one-year Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Medical AI Research, UF Health - Department of Radiology
Research Assistant/Associate Professor	11760100 - RE-GENETICS INSTITUTE-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
AI for the University of Florida Genetics Institute The University of Florida (UF) is embarking on a campus-wide strategic initiative to hire clusters of faculty members with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), broadly defined. As part of this initiative, the Genetics Institute (UFGI) in partnership with the UF College of Pharmacy is seeking qualified applicants for a non-tenure track faculty position focusing on applying chemical genomic/medicinal chemistry methodologies to nuclear hormone receptors as well as other target classes (via interaction with the Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development) with utilization of AI /structure-based drug design. Individuals in this position would also be expected to teach in the College of Pharmacy PharmD/PhD curriculum (<25% effort). This position will be filled at the Assistant or Associate faculty level in the UFGI. Ranking is commensurate with education and experience.
Research Assistant/AssociateProfessor	11760100 - RE-GENETICS INSTITUTE-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
AI for the University of Florida Genetics Institute The University of Florida (UF) is embarking on a campus-wide strategic initiative to hire clusters of faculty with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), broadly defined. As part of this initiative, the Genetics Institute (UFGI) is seeking qualified applicants for a non-tenure track faculty position focusing on research in the field of transcriptional regulation in neurodegenerative and cognitive disorders applying machine learning and artificial intelligence methods. This position will be filled at the Assistant or Associate faculty level in the UFG. Ranking is commensurate with education and experience.

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Data Scientist II - Quality & Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi)	29013100 - MD-QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	30 Jun 2025
The Quality and Patient Safety initiative (QPSi) under the UF College of Medicine (COM) is seeking a Data Scientist II to help improve quality and patient safety using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics. The data scientist will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and numerous stakeholders to create innovative approaches to improve patient safety and health care operation pathways. The position will participate in designing and developing algorithms to model complex systems, meeting with end-users and key stakeholders to understand operational questions to be addressed, and working with other team members to support development of AI models and their impact in clinical setting. Leveraging expertise in statistical analysis, machine learning, novel artificial intelligence methods, and programming, the incumbent will drive data-centric solutions to enhance health care outcomes. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to independently select appropriate methods and techniques to deliver impactful results for quality improvement initiatives. The position is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about advancing quality and patient safety, innovative data-driven approaches to support mitigating complex healthcare challenges, and contributing to the communication of often complex issues with various audiences.
Data Scientist III - Quality & Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi)	29013100 - MD-QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	7 Jul 2025
This Data Scientist III will play a pivotal role in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to design, develop, and implement AI-driven solutions to advance initiatives under the UF College of Medicine’s Quality and Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi). This position will partner with health care professionals, UF faculty, data science teams, and others to create and deploy advanced data analytics and AI models that address clinical questions related to quality improvement, patient safety, and medical operations. Leveraging expertise in statistical analysis, machine learning, and programming, the incumbent will drive data-centric solutions to enhance health care outcomes. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to independently select appropriate methods and techniques to deliver impactful results for quality improvement initiatives.
Research Faculty for the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases	27300000 - HA-FIXEL INSTITUTE	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The University of Florida and the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases invites rising star researchers to apply for full-time, open rank, tenure or non-tenure track positions that will potentially include endowed chairs, space, and generous start-up packages. Clinical researchers as well as basic researchers are welcome to apply. We seek a next generation leader and the appointment rank and track will be commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience.
Postdoctoral Researcher - Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS)	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	13 Jul 2025
The Division of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS) within the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI) at the University of Florida (UF) is seeking a highly motivated and ambitious Postdoctoral Researcher with a strong background in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment focused on developing innovative AI/ML solutions for healthcare and biomedical research. The successful candidate will join a collaborative research team to contribute to projects at the intersection of AI/ML, real-world data, and health outcomes. The Postdoctoral Researcher will play a key role in developing and applying cutting-edge methods to analyze large-scale clinica datasets, including electronic health records (EHR), medical imaging, and unstructured clinical text. The candidate is required to have a Ph.D. in biomedical informatics, computer science, information science, data science, (bio)-statistics, (applied) mathematics, physics, or a related STEM field. Prior working experience with EHR data, machine learning, deep learning, imaging informatics, and large language models (LLM) is preferred. This position will require collaboration with diverse stakeholders, including informatics experts, clinicians, basic scientists, and translational researchers in the department as well as across the University of Florida campus. In particular, the Postdoctoral Researcher will lead and assist with data modeling, AI/ML methods, software package development, scientific paper writing, and grant proposal writing.
Post Doctoral Associate in Computational Chemistry	16120100 - LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
A Post-doctoral Associate in Computational Chemistry position is available for Chemical Research to work in a project on the Development of novel ML methods for chemical and biomedical sciences led by Dr. Ramon Alain Miranda Quintana in the Department of Chemistry. We have a position available in our group to work on similarity-based techniques for hyper-efficient ML methods in chemistry and biomedical sciences. Must have PhD in chemistry or physics. This position will be initially awarded for one year, and, contingent upon strong performance and conduct and availability of funds, may be renewed for up to three years.
Assistant Scientist - Natural Language Processing (NLP)	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The Assistant Scientist at the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics will play a pivotal role in advancing research on biomedical informatics and artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on natural language processing, machine learning, large language models, multi-modal vision-language models, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to solve challenging medical problems. This role involves conducting cutting-edge research on AI and developing innovative strategies to promote the application of AI to improve health outcomes. This is a 12-month, full-time (1.0 FTE), non-tenure track research-related appointment.
Division Director, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science & Associate/Full Professor	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida is seeking a Division Director for the Division of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science at the rank of associate professor or above. This individual will provide strategic leadership and oversee a division with 14 biomedical informatics faculty; 30 staff, including project managers, software engineers and programmers; and 40 graduate students. This division is one of three in the Department. The Director will work closely with leadership of the other Divisions (Clinical & Population Health Integration; Implementation Science & Health Interventions) and Departmental leadership.
Professor/Knight Chair in Journalism and Technology	23040000 - CJC-JOURNALISM	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications invites applications for the Knight Chair in Journalism and Technology. We are seeking journalism professionals with extensive experience working at the intersection of technology, innovation and the future of journalism. This is an opportunity to do groundbreaking work developing actionable ideas to help journalism survive and thrive in a next technological age.
OPS Research Assistant - AI-driven Drug Discovery	32030000 - PH-MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)	31 Dec 2025
The OPS Research Assistant in AI-driven Drug Discovery will work in the lab of Dr. Yanjun Li in the College of Pharmacy's Medicinal Chemistry department. They will be an active member of a scientific group that develops and prototypes novel AI algorithms for impactful drug discovery problems involving sequence and structure modeling for protein, RNA, or small molecule. This position is in-person and is not eligible for remote work.
Assistant Scientist - UF Health Precision Health Research Center	29240101 - MD-HOBI-GENERAL	Sumter
The Assistant Scientist at UF Health Precision Health Research Center will play a pivotal role in advancing research on aging in The Villages community with a focus on cognitive health, nutrition and wellness, patient-centered engagement, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology. This role involves conducting cutting-edge research aimed at understanding the complexities of aging and developing innovative strategies to promote cognitive health and overall wellness in aging populations.
Postdoctoral Associate- AI-driven Drug Discovery	32030000 - PH-MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The Postdoctoral associate will work independently and collaboratively to develop novel deep learning algorithms for molecule design and optimization, molecular interaction modeling, and precision medicine. More details can be found: https://yanjun-li.com/openings.html. Additional duties of the role will include, but are not limited to: • Leading the development and optimization of the AI algorithms for protein- and RNA-targeted drug discovery; • Supporting the AI modeling and data analysis for the ongoing research studies; • Preparing and writing research papers, presentations, grant proposals, etc.; • Effectively coordinating research progresses with other members of a multi-faculty team regularly; • Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students; • Performing routine lab maintenance and daily lab duties. This position is in-person and is not eligible for remote work.
Co-program Director, AST/ASO/FULL PROF--Department of Neurosurgery, AI Research	29190000 - MD-NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The University of Florida (UF) is embarking on a campus-wide strategic initiative to hire clusters of faculty members with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), broadly defined. As part of this initiative, the Department of Neurosurgery is seeking qualified applicants for a tenure-track faculty position focusing on AI applications in brain tumor diagnosis, treatment, and/or health outcomes. Additionally, applications for neurosurgical diseases, i.e. cerebrovascular disease, primary and metastatic tumors treated by stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), etc. where data science, machine learning, and AI applications may improve diagnosis, treatment, and/or disease prevention are of interest. The Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida, College of Medicine is committed to providing comprehensive clinical services for the diagnosis, management, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients suffering from diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system, including brain tumors, aneurysms, stroke, epilepsy, functional disorders, and spinal disorders and injuries. Our clinical care mission also extends throughout North Central Florida through regional neurosurgery programs. We offer the full spectrum of neurosurgical and neuro-oncology treatment options for both adults and pediatric patients. Our research labs and investigator-led initiatives and clinical trials are developing promising new treatments for neurological diseases that are extremely difficult to treat with conventional therapies. The Department of Neurosurgery offers education and training programs such as ACGME-accredited neurosurgery residency programs and fellowship programs.
Research Post-Doctoral Associate - Medical AI Research	29130000 - MD-RADIOLOGY	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
A one-year Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Medical AI Research, UF Health - Department of Radiology
Research Assistant/Associate Professor	11760100 - RE-GENETICS INSTITUTE-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
AI for the University of Florida Genetics Institute The University of Florida (UF) is embarking on a campus-wide strategic initiative to hire clusters of faculty members with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), broadly defined. As part of this initiative, the Genetics Institute (UFGI) in partnership with the UF College of Pharmacy is seeking qualified applicants for a non-tenure track faculty position focusing on applying chemical genomic/medicinal chemistry methodologies to nuclear hormone receptors as well as other target classes (via interaction with the Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development) with utilization of AI /structure-based drug design. Individuals in this position would also be expected to teach in the College of Pharmacy PharmD/PhD curriculum (<25% effort). This position will be filled at the Assistant or Associate faculty level in the UFGI. Ranking is commensurate with education and experience.
Research Assistant/AssociateProfessor	11760100 - RE-GENETICS INSTITUTE-GENERAL	Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
AI for the University of Florida Genetics Institute The University of Florida (UF) is embarking on a campus-wide strategic initiative to hire clusters of faculty with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), broadly defined. As part of this initiative, the Genetics Institute (UFGI) is seeking qualified applicants for a non-tenure track faculty position focusing on research in the field of transcriptional regulation in neurodegenerative and cognitive disorders applying machine learning and artificial intelligence methods. This position will be filled at the Assistant or Associate faculty level in the UFG. Ranking is commensurate with education and experience.

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