Data Scientist

Job Summary:

The NeuroAI Lab at UCSF, led by Assistant Professor Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, invites applications for a Data Scientist to support and advance our research initiatives at the intersection of AI and cognitive neuroscience. The successful candidate will contribute to a multidisciplinary team developing cutting-edge AI systems for the discovery, diagnosis, and care of neurodegenerative diseases. The Data Scientist will work across the lab’s core research areas, including: (1) foundation AI models that leverage large-scale

clinical databases to identify disease subtypes and risk factors; (2) agentic AI decision support systems that synthesize multimodal patient data for specialist-level diagnoses; and (3) AI conversational agents for scalable clinical assessments. The role involves designing and maintaining robust data pipelines, curating and analyzing complex multimodal datasets (clinical notes, neuropsychological assessments, neuroimaging), developing and evaluating machine learning models, and contributing to research publications. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills and experience with generative AI and traditional ML algorithms, a passion for translational research, and the ability to work effectively across disciplines. This position offers exceptional opportunities for professional growth at the forefront of health AI, with direct exposure to world-class clinical collaborators and the potential to impact real-world patient care.

Department Description:

The NeuroAI Lab operates at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center-Department of Neurology - Weill Institute for Neuroscience . We are also affiliated with the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and the Center for Intelligent Imaging (ci2) .