Join PRIME Lab at UCSF
Launching September 2027
Opportunities
Funded Postdoctoral Fellow
We anticipate recruiting one funded postdoctoral fellow after the PRIME Laboratory launches in September 2027. Ideal candidates will hold a PhD, MD, or MD/PhD and have experience developing/training AI models for biomedical, imaging, or related applications. This position is designed for someone interested in building AI-based tools to address clinically meaningful questions in retinal disease.
Funded Research Fellow with Clinic Exposure
We anticipate recruiting a funded full-time research fellow after the PRIME Laboratory launches in September 2027. This position will generally require a 2-year commitment (minimum: 1 year). This role is designed for highly motivated trainees interested in applying to medical school, ophthalmology residency, or a future career in clinical/translational research in ophthalmology. Research fellows will participate in the full clinical research workflow, including:
- One day per week of clinical shadowing in retina clinic
- Patient recruitment and enrollment
- Ophthalmic imaging of study participants
- Image grading and quality control
- Data curation and organization
- Manuscript writing and presentation of research findings
The goal is to provide an immersive, highly productive research experience. Fellows should expect to contribute to multiple manuscripts, with a goal of 5+ publications and at least one first-author project per year, depending on project timelines, trainee initiative, and study progress.
Unfunded Research Positions
We also welcome motivated trainees interested in unfunded research opportunities (minimum of 3 months) after September 2027. These positions may be in-person or remote, depending on the project, mentorship needs, and institutional requirements. They may be appropriate for medical students, residents, visiting scholars, or computational researchers with independent funding or protected research time. UCSF medical students will receive priority consideration.
Trainees may contribute to projects involving retinal imaging, image analysis, statistical modeling, data curation, literature review, and manuscript preparation as first or co-authors.
Join the PRIME Lab
We are recruiting highly motivated medical students, research fellows, and postdoctoral fellows interested in retinal imaging, computer vision, machine learning, and Bayesian modeling. Located in San Francisco at UCSF. Interviews will start around January 2027.
linus.shen@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, California