Research Associate in Cardiac Image Analysis

Job number

**MED05317**
- Faculties

**Faculty of Medicine**
- Departments

**Institute of Clinical Sciences**
- Salary or Salary range

**£48,056 - £51,885 per annum**
- Location/campus

**Hammersmith Campus - On site only**
- Contract type work pattern

**Full time - Fixed term**
- Posting End Date

**29 Jul 2025**

**About the role**:
We are looking to appoint a Research Associate in Cardiac Image Analysis to analyse cardiac MRI datasets in a national multi-centre study. This multidisciplinary collaboration will integrate imaging, clinical and genetic data to better understand mechanisms of disease and improve patient stratification.

**What you would be doing**:
You will lead on developing innovative approaches for robust segmentation and motion
tracking of cardiac MRI datasets across diverse populations. The role will involve curating the data, developing analysis pipelines, and working on approaches to model the results. The work will be at the intersection of computer vision and data science in translation medicine. The post holder will also use 3D+time digital models of the heart for classification, association and prediction tasks. You will work closely with a diverse group of clinicians, geneticists and computer scientists to achieve these goals.

**What we are looking for**:

- A PhD in computer science or a closely related discipline relevant to medical image
analysis
- Experience of cardiac/medical image segmentation, shape modelling and motion
analysis
- Strong interest in understanding the drivers of cardiovascular disease
- A solid understanding of data science approaches including deep learning prediction and classification models.

**What we can offer you**:

- This role offers excellent training in computer vision and machine learning applied to human health
- You will work at a world-leading Institution and be part of a diverse team interacting with leading experts
- You will have an opportunity to make discoveries about human health that have an impact on patients
- An opportunity to develop your own research interests within a research group focussed on cardiovascular health
- Grow your career: gain access to Imperial’s sector-leading dedicated career support for researchers as well as opportunities for promotion and progression.
- Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 39 days off a year and generous pension schemes).
- Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources to support your personal and professional wellbeing

**Further information**:
Expected start date is 1st September 2025
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If you require any further details about the role, please contact: Prof Declan O’Regan

**Available documents**:

- Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.- Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

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