What are the responsibilities and job description for the Postdoctoral Research Associate - Family and Community Medicine position at uic?
Position Summary
The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), through the
AI.Health4All Center for Health Equity using Machine Learning and Artificial
Intelligence, at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) is seeking
applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct research in the
area of generative AI and Large Language Models to address blood pressure
control and remote patient monitoring of different patient populations. The
scholar will join the newly formed Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Program
which is tasked with piloting new clinical workflows, models and technologies
within the general Family Medicine Center at UI Health.
Appointments will be for a 2-year period. The
Postdoctoral Research Associate will also be affiliated with the AI.Health4All
Center and is expected to participate in monthly seminars with other
postdoctoral research associates in the UIC College of Medicine.
Duties & Responsibilities
- For chronic disease management, the post-doctoral scholar will explore different Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to utilize as a health coach, medical assistant and/or other roles. The scholar will also have at their disposable the 1-Search software which is a search engine for medical resources, journals and related information patented by Dr. Karl Kochendorfer. Using these technologies, the scholar will examine the amount of unmet information needs to help both clinicians and patients to address the wicked challenges of health disparities such as health literacy in CDM. This will culminate in the scholar creating an interactive website that can dynamically display outputs of their built AI model based on various research evidence sources.
- The scholar will be tasked with creating a new AI model (based on LLMs) to analyze Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) data and researching experimental clinical workflows to provide equitable solutions for blood pressure control. We also expect the scholar to create their own research poster(s) and present at relevant conferences with the goal for publication.
- Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
