[Corpora-List] University of Michigan NCIBI Postdoc Fellowship

[mtjoseph at umich.edu]

The National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics (NCIBI) at 
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, [see http://ncibi.org] is 
offering an interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowship focused on 
biomedical applications of natural language processing (NLP).   The 
project will provide an opportunity to combine the resources of the 
NCIBI with major bioinformatics, computational, biomedical research 
centers and will focus on collaboration between NCIBI and the National 
Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of 
Medicine, NIH, Bethesda.  This project specifically will continue to 
develop and apply NCIBI NLP and subgraph matching capabilities, in 
conjunction with complementary efforts at NCBI/NLM, to relate 
literature on molecular regulatory pathways to genes and diseases with 
the goal of developing enhanced tools and methods for computational 
biomedicine. The position is sponsored by the National Centers for 
Biomedical Computing (NCBC) program of the NIH Roadmap to bridge 
efforts across the NCBCs and other significant national centers and 
resources.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in computer science, computational 
linguistics, or a related field and be familiar with state-of-the-art 
NLP technology.  Knowledge of molecular biology and biomedical science 
is highly desirable.  The successful candidate will have excellent 
communication skills, both verbal and written, and a good publication 
record. She or he should be capable of succeeding in a collaborative 
working environment, and developing an independent contribution to this 
field.  The individual chosen will have strong mentoring and access to 
training and resources for research during this 2-year fellowship. This 
position is open now; thus, immediate availability of the candidate 
will be a consideration.  The University of Michigan is an equal 
opportunity/affirmative action employer.  Please respond to James 
Cavalcoli (cavalcol at umich.edu), Ph.D., Project Manager, National Center 
for Integrative Biomedical Informatics (http://ncibi.org) or Brian 
Athey (bleu at umich.edu), Ph.D., Principal Investigator.