Universität Bern · Education
Assistant Professorship (non-tenure track) in Clinical Cancer Informatics Werner and Hedy Berger-Janser Foundation Endowed Professorship
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With us, you can expect a culture of respect and a healthy working environment. Your Responsibilities
Your Profile
We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative individual with:
What We Offer
With us, you can expect a culture of respect and a healthy working environment. Your Responsibilities
- Develop and lead an innovative research program in clinical cancer informatics
- Advancement of standardized terminologies, interoperabilities and mapping strategies to harmonize heterogeneous data sources
- Integrate heterogeneous clinical data sources and develop advanced analytical approaches
- Contribute to the development of AI-based decision-support tools in radiation oncology and medical oncology
- Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration between clinical and computational disciplines
- Acquire competitive third-party funding
- Contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervise early-career researchers
- Actively participate in the strategic development of digital medicine at the Faculty of Medicine
Your Profile
We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative individual with:
- A medical degree (MD or equivalent) or PhD with strong clinical insight
- Excellent research achievements in clinical informatics, data interoperability and standardization, data science, or a related field
- Experience with real-world medical data, AI, or computational methods in healthcare
- A strong interest in translational and interdisciplinary research
- Demonstrated ability (or strong potential) to lead research teams
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work across disciplines
- Fluency in English; German skills or willingness to acquire them
What We Offer
- A unique opportunity to shape a highly innovative and rapidly developing field
- Access to excellent clinical and research infrastructure
- Integration into a dynamic and collaborative academic environment
- Dedicated funding through the endowed professorship
- Support for career development and long-term perspectives (following an evaluation before the end of the four-year term, an extension by a further two years may be considered; long-term funding and the potential establishment of a structural professorship will also be reviewed.)