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Position overview
Position title: Postdoctoral ScholarApplication Window
Open date: May 21, 2025
Next review date: Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Thursday, Jul 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
Join Us in Transforming Healthcare with Digital Innovation!
Are you passionate about advancing healthcare through wearable technology, AI, and remote patient monitoring? UCLA’s Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT) is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our dynamic interdisciplinary team, where engineers, clinicians, and industry partners collaborate to drive innovation and transform patient care.
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomechanics, Biomedical, Kinesiology, or a related field. The ideal candidate will have expertise or familiarity in one or more of the following skills:
• Remote patient monitoring or AI-enhanced patient-provider communication
• Gamified exercise for chronic disease management
• Wearable tech for motion analysis, gait assessment, and rehabilitation
Start Date: As soon as possible
About Us:
At UCLA’s CASIT, our interdisciplinary team is dedicated to bridging disciplinary gaps and rethinking how innovation is integrated into patient care to improve clinical outcomes. Our current projects include developing wearable sensors and telehealth solutions to monitor physical and cognitive resilience, advancing personalized care coordination for home-based settings, creating innovative technologies for individualized wound care, and designing targeted interventions to enhance balance, reduce pain, and alleviate fatigue. These efforts aim to expand access to personalized care, strengthen patient engagement, improve provider-patient communication, and support healthy aging and longevity.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead innovative studies in digital health
• Analyze complex datasets and contribute to publications & grant proposals
• Mentor students and collaborate with clinicians, engineers, and researcher
Why Join Us?
• Primary Appointment with the Department of Surgery: Directly interact with clinicians and patients, gaining invaluable experience as a biomedical scientist.
• Engage in Groundbreaking Research: Contribute to innovative projects that directly improve the well-being of the aging population.
• Collaborate with Leading Experts: Work with top professionals in digital health, surgery, and gerontology in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Access State-of-the-Art Facilities: Utilize advanced resources and cutting-edge research facilities at UCLA.
• Professional Development Opportunities: Benefit from ample opportunities for career growth and advancement within a leading academic and research institution.
Joining our team offers a unique combination of clinical exposure, research innovation, and professional development, placing you at the forefront of advancements in healthcare technology and patient care.
Qualifications
PhD
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomechanics, Biomedical, Kinesiology, or a related field
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter - Limited to two pages, summarizing your career goals and prior research relevant to human movement analysis.
Statement of Research (Optional)
Statement of Teaching (Optional)
Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form
Sample Publication - A sample of a relevant prior publication.
- 3-5 required (contact information only)
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Help contact: cristinagomez@mednet.ucla.edu
About UCLA
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
- “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
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