Are you enthusiastic about AI methods and data science? Do you believe AI will change future health care?
Then consider joining us!
The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, is launching a strategic initiative on AI method research within health data science. We aim at creating a cross-disciplinary initiative to strengthen cohesion across medicine, engineering and natural science disciplines and departmental boundaries at the Faculty.
To kick-off the initiative, three tenure track assistant professors are recruited within the area of AI and Health Data Science. One position is specifically within advancing multimodal AI for clinical practice to predict lifetime risk and treatment outcomes in cancer and complex diseases, and this tenure track assistant professor will be employed at the Department of Clinical Medicine.
The assistant professor position is available for a period of up to six years and is full-time - 37 hours per week. After approximately six years and a successful tenure review, the position comes with a promotion to a permanent position as associate professor.
The position is open for appointment from November 1, 2025, or soon hereafter.
Your work tasks
You will be responsible for developing novel national and international AI solutions for clinical practice based on multimodal data, including fusion of the rich Danish and international register data with data from journal notes, image data, omics data, and electronic health records. You will work within our areas of expertise on prediction of lifetime risk, treatment outcome, and risk of developing complications in cancer and cardiovascular disease, and more generally on stratification of complex disease trajectories. You will collaborate with clinical researchers to translate data into clinical applications. Additionally, you will contribute to teaching and supervision within the university's graduate and postgraduate programs.
As a tenure track assistant professor you are expected to participate in drawing up your individual tenure-track research plan, including both research and teaching career goals.
Your Competencies
We seek an ambitious early-career scientist with a PhD in computer science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or a related field, and a solid research record in multimodal AI. We expect the candidate to have practical expertise in developing solutions based on one or more of the following areas: transfer learning for foundation models, reinforcement learning, or agentic AI. Theoretical insight into contemporary neural networks such as transformers is essential, and knowledge on development of neural networks focused on trustworthy, energy-efficient, and privacy preserving solutions will be highly valued. A collaborative, impact-driven mindset is key to success in this role, and experience with clinical or healthcare applications is an advantage.
Qualification requirements
Applicants for a tenure track assistant professorship must have academic qualifications at PhD level.
When appointing tenure track assistant professors, Aalborg University also place particular emphasis on:
- The candidate can demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in their previous education and employment path
- The candidate shows considerable potential and is among the best in their field
- The candidate has academic experience from several universities and/or research institutions and preferably international experience
- The candidate is a skilled communicator
- The candidate writes and speaks English at the academic level
- The candidate is expected to meet the criteria for permanent employment as an associate professor at Aalborg University at the end of the tenure track process
Who we are
CLINDA is a multidisciplinary center dedicated to bridging clinical practice and data science. It comprises three research groups: (1) Clinical AI, (2) Bioinformatics and Statistics, and (3) Data Science Methods. The assistant professor will be assigned to one of the research groups depending on competencies and interests, with the potential to start an independent research group. CLINDA includes 17 core staff members and collaborates with more than 20 affiliated postdocs and PhD students from other university faculties and Aalborg University Hospital. Learn more about CLINDA here.
The Department of Clinical Medicine provides research-based teaching across all disciplines of the medical degree program and conducts research within clinical specialties. The department collaborates closely with hospitals in the North Denmark Region and general practice in both teaching and research. Medical students receive instruction at several hospital sites and in general practice throughout the region. The department is affiliated with approximately 40 research units, each representing a specific medical specialty. In addition, the department is also associated with several other research units and centers. The majority of the department’s staff hold concurrent clinical positions alongside their academic appointments. Read more about the Department of Clinical Medicine here.
Assessment in connection with transfer to associate professorship
The assessment in connection with transition to tenure as an associate professor normally takes place in the final six months of the tenure track assistant professors’ employment. However, the employee may request that an assessment take place at an earlier time in the first four years. If this assessment finds that the employee is not academically qualified, they may request another assessment within the final six months of their period of employment. A maximum of two assessments may take place.
The assessment, on transition to the associate professorship, will as a minimum, emphasize the following qualifications in relation to the scientific subject area of the tenure track assistant professorship:
- Research qualifications equivalent to the level that can be achieved on the basis of satisfactorily completed employment as tenure track assistant professor.
- Documented scientific production at international level. Assessment will be based on up to ten selected publications selected by the employee.
- Documentation of pedagogical supervision and upgrading of qualifications, including a positive written assessment of teaching qualifications. The assessment will also be based on the employee's teaching portfolio.
- The level of contribution to an active academic environment as well as the ability to collaborate and build relationships.
- The level of experience with grant proposals and experience of communicating research to relevant stakeholders.
If the tenure track assistant professor fails to request that their qualifications be assessed in the last year of their period of employment or if they are assessed as not academically qualified, the university must immediately initiate dismissal proceedings in accordance with the collective agreement rules.
How to apply
Your application must include the following:
- Application, stating reasons for applying, qualifications in relation to the position, and intentions and visions for the position
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Diplomas (master's degree diploma and PhD diploma)
- List of publications, with an indication of the attached publications that you wish to be taken into account in the assessment. You may attach a maximum of five publications.
- Documentation of teaching qualifications. Depending on which faculty you are applying for employment, please see guidelines for teaching portfolio at The Technical Faculty of IT and Design, The Faculty of Engineering and Science and The Faculty of Medicine or guidelines for teaching portfolio at The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. If this is not enclosed, the applicant must enclose the reasons for this .
- A presentation of your research area or interests and a description of your research plans (spanning 4-6 years)
- Dissemination qualifications, including participation on committees or boards, participation in organisations etc.
- Additional qualifications in relation to the position
- References/recommendations
You can read more about the requirements for your application here.
The application must be submitted via Aalborg University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aalborg University's website.
Aalborg University wants to reflect the surrounding society and has diversity as a core value. Therefore, everyone, regardless of personal background and orientation, is encouraged to apply for the position.
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions about the position, you are more than welcome to contact Professor Martin Bøgsted, m_boegsted@dcm.aau.dk, +45 5092 5639.
See other contacts at the bottom of the jobpost.
Further information
Read more about our recruitment process here
The appointment process at Aalborg University involves a shortlisting process. You can read more about the shortlisting and appointment process here.
The hiring process at Aalborg University may include a risk assessment as a tool to identify potential risks associated with new hires, ensuring the safety, compliance, and integrity of the workplace.
Salary and terms of employment
The employment is in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities (the Appointment Order) and the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities (in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (in Danish).
Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the collective agreement between the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the state (AC collective agreement) (only in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (only in Danish).
Aalborg University - Knowledge for the world
Aalborg University is an international workplace with more than 3,700 employees. We offer real-world-oriented education and create world-class research results through collaboration between researchers, students, and public and private companies. This is how we achieve insights, new solutions to societal problems, and knowledge that changes the world. Our main campus is in Aalborg, but we also have campuses in Esbjerg and Copenhagen.
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Aalborg Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aalborg Universitet, Selma Lagerløfs Vej, 9260 Gistrup
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 25-08-2025;
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