Data Science Postdoc, Ophthalmology Imaging

Data Science Postdoc, Ophthalmology Imaging - ~~~W

Description

J&J Innovative Medicine develops treatments that improve the health of people worldwide. Research and development areas encompass oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, retina, immunology, neuroscience, and infectious disease. Our goal is to help people live longer, healthier lives. We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market - from patients to practitioners and from clinics to hospitals.

Preferred Location: Raritan, NJ; San Diego, CA ; Cambridge, MA; Spring House, PA

We are looking for talented and driven individuals to join our computer vision Imaging team at Johnson & Johnson. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will have the exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of advanced AI/ML methods for analyzing images in ophthalmology and retina. Your role will involve applying state-of-the-art AI techniques to extract valuable insights from various image modalities such as OCT (optical coherence tomography), FAF (fundus auto-fluorescence), and CFP (color fundus photography) in diseases such as dry AMD and IRDs. Through the use of these innovative technologies, you will improve our understanding of structural biomarkers during disease progression, ultimately enhancing clinical trial efficacy and efficiency.

The Data Science Analytics & Insights team within J&J Innovative Medicine R&D develops innovative solutions using a variety of data sources across multiple different disease areas. We are looking for an outstanding postdoc with a focus on ophthalmic imaging in computer vision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conceive, develop, and implement image analysis solutions to high-priority scientific problems.

• Participate in cross-functional collaborations with external companies and internal scientific, clinical, and data science teams.

• Shape internal/external collaborations and define the scope of research questions.

• Extract insight from multi-modal images to improve drug discovery and healthcare (e.g., disease identification, patient stratification, disease insights).

• Clearly articulate highly technical methods and results to diverse audiences and partners to drive decision-making.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. degree (earned by end of September) in a field related to quantitative analysis, such as physics, mathematics, artificial intelligence, computer science, bio-engineering, electrical engineering, or similar. Equivalent experience will also be considered.

• Demonstrated experience driving research in and applying computer vision techniques (e.g., Transformers, CNNs, RNNs, GANs).

• Proficiency with one or more programming languages such as Python or C .

• Experience with ophthalmic and retinal imaging.

• Proven expertise in modern image analysis techniques (e.g., foundational models, transformers).

• Extensive experience with traditional computer vision applications, such as OpenCV, object detection, image segmentation, image classification).

• Experience with machine learning algorithms, including random forest, SVM, boosting, neural networks, etc.

• Strong publication record and ability to effectively communicate technical work to a wide audience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with multimodal AI.

• Familiarity with and exposure to drug discovery and clinical development processes.

• Experience working closely with healthcare professionals.

• Experience with meaningful disease biology in retina, cancer, immunology, neuroscience, cardiovascular, or infectious disease.

Expected Base Salary: $95,000

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Primary Location NA-US-New Jersey-Raritan

Other Locations NA-US-Massachusetts-Cambridge, NA-US-Pennsylvania-Spring House, NA-US-California-San Diego

Organization Janssen Research & Development, LLC (6084)

Job Function Post Doc & Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Req ID: ~~~W