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Shaoxiong Ji
3 weeks ago
Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers in Foundation Health Models and Medical Reasoning University of Turku
Degree Level
PhD, Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Full funding availableDeadline
Aug 17, 2026
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University of Turku

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The Department of Computing at the University of Turku and ELLIS Institute Finland are recruiting for two research positions in foundation health models and medical reasoning: a Doctoral Researcher and a Postdoctoral Researcher. The project, FINe-Health Foundry, focuses on training and aligning clinical foundation models using Finland’s nationwide health databases and structured longitudinal electronic health records.
Research themes include: pretraining foundation health models, medical reasoning and grounding, and agentic methods for virtual labs. The doctoral role is aimed at candidates interested in building training pipelines and working on medical AI, NLP, and clinical data analysis. The postdoctoral role is for researchers with experience in large language models, multimodal clinical data, and alignment methods such as RLHF, DPO, and GRPO.
The positions are hosted by the University of Turku (Faculty of Technology, Department of Computing) in collaboration with ELLIS Institute Finland, with work based in Espoo or Turku, Finland. Applicants will have access to local clusters (Roihu and Triton) and the LUMI Supercomputer. The post highlights a collaborative research environment, strong work-life balance, and competitive salary with standard pension and social security benefits.
Eligibility highlights: Doctoral applicants should hold an MSc in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a closely related quantitative field, with strong programming and deep learning skills. Postdoctoral applicants should hold a PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Science, or a related field, with a strong publication record and experience training large language models or handling multimodal clinical data.
Deadline: 2026-08-17 at 16:00 Helsinki time.
How to apply: Submit your application through the official university portal linked in the post. For questions, contact Dr. Shaoxiong Ji at [email protected] and include the subject line specified in the announcement. Prepare a cover letter and CV with publications or relevant projects.
Funding details
Full funding including tuition fees and living expenses is available for this position. The scholarship covers all educational costs and provides a monthly stipend.
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Please submit your application including a cover letter, CV, academic transcripts, and contact information for two references. Applications should be sent via the online portal before the deadline.
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