Research Assistant - Clinical Artificial Intelligence Lab - Machine Learning for Healthcare - Abu Dhabi, UAE Position Overview The Clinical Artificial Intelligence Lab at NYU Abu Dhabi is hiring a Research Assistant to support advanced machine learning research aimed at improving diagnostics, prognostics, and clinical decision-making. This role is ideal for candidates passionate about AI for healthcare and eager to work with real-world medical datasets. Job Details Country: UAE City: Abu Dhabi Industry: Biotechnology Function: Research Salary: 8000-10000 monthly (Market estimated) Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time Key Responsibilities * Support the development and execution of the lab's research agenda in machine learning for healthcare * Conduct high-quality research in multi-modal learning, foundation models, and agentic AI * Train and evaluate deep neural networks on large-scale medical datasets * Build and benchmark experiments against state-of-the-art models * Ensure reproducible research through clean, documented, and version-controlled code * Manage sensitive medical datasets following ethical and regulatory standards * Run experiments on GPU and HPC environments * Prepare manuscripts, reports, and presentations for conferences and publications * Collaborate with researchers across NYU's global network and UAE healthcare partners Ideal Profile * Bachelor's or Master's in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or relevant field * Strong foundation in machine learning and deep learning workflows * Experience working with electronic health records or medical imaging datasets * Understanding of transfer learning, self-supervised learning, and transformers * Skilled in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and HPC/GPU workflows * Strong Git practices and reproducible experiment management * Ability to work independently and in collaborative research teams * Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills Skills Set * Multi-modal deep learning * Foundation models and transformers * Data preprocessing and large-scale dataset handling * GPU training, HPC cluster usage * Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow * Experiment tracking, visualization, and reporting * Research code standardization and reproducibility * Strong scientific writing and presentation skills Why Join Us * Work at the intersection of AI and healthcare with real clinical impact * Access to large-scale medical datasets and world-class computing resources * Collaborate with leading researchers across NYU's global campuses * Competitive tax-free compensation with housing and education benefits * Supportive environment for developing publications and advancing research skills About the Company NYU Abu Dhabi is a globally recognized research university, hosting world-class labs and interdisciplinary collaborations. The Clinical Artificial Intelligence Lab focuses on developing machine learning solutions that address critical challenges in modern healthcare, using multimodal clinical data to build robust and impactful AI systems.
