Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning Improved Ophthalmological Outcomes Limited

Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning for Improved Ophthalmological Outcomes
Limited Term Faculty Position (Assistant Professor)
Departments of Ophthalmology and Medical Biophysics
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
St. Joseph’s Health Care

The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario, in partnership with St. Joseph’s Health Care London, invites applications for a new member of faculty specializing in advanced analytics and machine learning for precision medicine, with a focus on the use of high-resolution ophthalmic imaging for improved clinical decision making. The successful candidate will be appointed to a full‑time Limited Term position at the rank of Assistant Professor.

The position will be for a term of five years, with the possibility of renewal. The successful candidate will be jointly appointed to the Department of Ophthalmology, within St. Joseph’s Health Care, and the Department of Medical Biophysics, within the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry.

The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry fosters an interdisciplinary approach to research and teaching that is enabled by state‑of‑the‑art facilities and a common mission to innovate, integrate and translate breakthrough biomedical and health knowledge research. The Department of Medical Biophysics website describes the broader department’s collaborative research‑intensive environment, which involves over 80 graduate students and approximately 100 researchers from the University and its affiliated research institutes and hospitals across the city of London.

Students and faculty in Medical Biophysics are eligible to participate in multiple Collaborative Specializations, including the Collaborative Specialization in Machine Learning in Health and Biomedical Sciences. This specialization, recognized by the Vector Institute of Artificial Intelligence, provides advanced, practice‑oriented graduate training that bridges data science and health research. As an add‑on to select participating graduate programs—including Medical Biophysics—the specialization helps attract top‑tier students eager to develop and apply AI approaches to complex biomedical challenges.

The Ivey Eye Institute is the largest comprehensive standalone eye institute in Canada, with a high volume of patient care of over 150,000 visits per year across all subspecialty disease areas, including glaucoma, retina, cornea, and oculoplastics. It is also one of the few Canadian Eye Centers that has a dedicated, onsite translational research laboratory. It houses a comprehensive repository of multi‑modality imaging data, including routinely captured optical coherence tomography, ultrasound, fundus photography, fluorescein and OCT angiography with functional correlates such as automated perimetry and electroretinography.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to both the teaching and research mission of the School and Western University in areas such as biophysics, ophthalmology or medical imaging.

Applicants must have a PhD in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Biophysics or a related field. The successful candidate should have an increasing profile of research into the use of advanced imaging analytics for determining ophthalmological health and disease, associations with systemic disease, as well as guidance of clinical decision making. They will be expected to lead an independent, competitive research program in advanced imaging analyses, using extensive state‑of‑the‑art ophthalmologic images, for clinical decision making and precision medicine that will attract excellent trainees, strong external research support, and develop extensive collaborative partnerships across the University and affiliated hospital partners and their respective research institutes.

They will be expected to excel in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. The position provides excellent opportunities to expand established collaborations in basic science and clinical departments, including Ophthalmology, Medical Imaging, Medical Biophysics, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

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