Department of Health Technology and Informatics
Research Assistant
(Ref. 260624002)
[Appointment period: twelve months]
The Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is searching for a research assistant. The laboratory focuses on cutting‐edge research at the intersection of medical images and genetics, developing and applying AI technology to large medical images and genetic data for understanding brain development and aging, and precision psychiatry.
In the past years, the laboratory has conducted various human studies on brain and cognitive development in children from birth to adulthood as well as brain aging. It has collected brain scans, cognitive and genetic data, as well as deep phenotypes of environmental factors of 60,000 subjects across multiple time points.
Our research laboratory has great computing capacity, including multiple H100 and A100 GPU systems for deep learning, and computing clusters for large dataset processing. In addition, the laboratory has more than 4000T medical data, including medical records, medical images, and pathological images, publishing more than 170 peer‐reviewed journal papers. Among them, 87% were published in the top 10% of peer‐reviewed journals, such as Nature Mental Health, PNAS, Medical Image Analysis, IEEE Transactions on medical image, Neuroimage, Cerebral Cortex, etc.
Duties
The appointee will assist the project leader in the research project - “Image processing and machine learning”. He/She will be required to:
(a) be in charge of IT equipment management and setup; and
(b) participate in the research project on understanding brain development and aging via the use of imaging genetic approaches.
Qualifications
Applicants should have:
(a) an honours degree or a master’s degree;
(b) a good track record in computing; and
(c) good communication and writing skills in English.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Qiu Anqi via email at an-qi.qiu@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
Consideration of applications will commence on 2 July 2026 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 24 June 2026