PhD Researcher Equivalent to Assistant Researcher in Digital Health (Project MEDISPEECH)
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is recruiting
one PhD researcher equivalent to Assistant Researcher
for the
MEDISPEECH
project (Ref. COMPETE2030-FEDER-02491800). The position is based at FMUP in Porto, Portugal, and is assigned to the
RISE-Health
research and development unit.
The project focuses on
improved efficiency in automated medical reporting
to enhance doctor and patient experience, with work situated in
Digital Health
and related areas. The successful candidate will carry out research and development activities, including collection and analysis of health services data, data validation and normalisation, integration of data from different sources, and design of user-centred digital decision support and/or behaviour change components. The role also includes literature reviews on
natural language processing
,
automatic speech recognition
, and
automated clinical reporting
, alongside support for technical, scientific, and dissemination tasks.
Eligibility is targeted to candidates with a
PhD or equivalent
in Digital Health, Medical Informatics, Health Data Science, AI applied to health, NLP, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine, Health Sciences, or closely related fields. Applicants should have proven scientific and/or professional experience in digital health or related areas, and experience in at least one of the following: NLP, language models, automatic speech recognition, clinical text analysis, extraction/coding of clinical information, health data interoperability, electronic health records, clinical terminologies, or clinical decision support systems. A record of relevant scientific or technical outputs is required, and experience with English-language international consortium work is preferred.
The contract is a
fixed-term employment contract of uncertain duration
under private law, with a gross monthly base salary of
€3,576.56
plus meal allowance under the exclusive dedication regime. The call is funded through
COMPETE 2030 / Portugal 2030
via the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
.
Applications must be submitted through the
U.Porto APPLY UP
portal. Candidates must upload a PhD certificate or diploma, a detailed CV in Portuguese or English, a cover letter describing motivation and relevant scientific activities, and additional supporting documents demonstrating eligibility and merit. The deadline is
2 November 2026 at 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
.
