Research Assistant 1

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School of Computer Science - Professor Li's Lab

Job description

● Tests and maintains new functionality for the ChatHealthAI platform, including model integration, backend components, and the user-facing interface.

● Conducts computational experiments on electronic health record datasets, including data preprocessing, model training, benchmarking, and evaluation of clinical language model outputs.

● Analyzes experimental results and helps prepare figures, tables, and written summaries for manuscripts, conference submissions, and grant reports.

Other qualifying skills

● Experience working with large language models, including fine-tuning, prompting, evaluation, or retrieval-augmented generation.

● Strong programming skills in Python with experience in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.

● Familiarity with clinical or health data, such as electronic health records, medical coding systems (ICD, ATC), or biomedical text.

● Well organized and able to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and collaborate with students and clinical collaborators.

Experience and Education

● Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Quantitative Life Sciences, Statistics, or a related field.

● At least 2 years of research experience in machine learning or artificial intelligence, including experience with deep learning and language models.

● Demonstrated experience analyzing large-scale health or biomedical datasets.

● Proficiency with Python, Git, and high-performance computing or GPU cluster environments.

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.

McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

Hourly Salary:

$30.54

Hours per Week:

30 (Part time)

Location:

McConnell Eng. Bldg.

Supervisor:

Associate Professor

Position Start Date:

2026-11-16

Position End Date:

2027-05-14

Deadline to Apply:

2026-10-23

This position is covered by the Association of McGill University Research Employees (AMURE) collective agreement.

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