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Start: 1 March 2027 · Pay Group E13 TV-L · Fixed-term

Shape the future of personalized medicine with AI. As a maximum-care university hospital with around 1,300 beds and more than 6,000 employees, University Hospital Essen provides medical care, research, and teaching at the highest international level. Within the DFG-funded Research Training Group WisPerMed, 13 full-time positions for Doctoral Researchers (f/m/d) are available for the third cohort, starting 1 March 2027. WisPerMed brings together artificial intelligence, medical informatics, data science, psychology and clinical medicine to develop innovative approaches for knowledge- and data-based personalization of medical decision-making. Closely connected to clinical practice, the research focuses particularly on malignant melanoma and decision-making at the Point of Care (PoC).

Our vision. The digitization of medicine is generating growing volumes of heterogeneous data, from electronic patient records and laboratory analyses to medical imaging and treatment guidelines. WisPerMed trains young researchers to turn this data into structured, contextualized knowledge for personalized medical decision-making. Combining AI, medical informatics, data science, and psychology, our interdisciplinary program bridges research and clinical practice through activities such as dermatology clinic hospitation and a structured curriculum, ensuring that technological developments address the real needs of healthcare professionals and patients — become part of the team.

A unique interdisciplinary research environment. WisPerMed is a cross-institutional collaboration between:

• University Hospital Essen
• University of Duisburg-Essen
• Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

The employment is initially limited to 36 months, with the aim of obtaining a doctorate. The participating researchers represent a broad range of expertise, including medical informatics, bioinformatics, computer science, artificial intelligence, and psychology. You will join a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative team. Your workplace will be based at one of the three participating institutions, complemented by a shared WisPerMed office in Essen.

Research topics. The available doctoral projects cover a broad range of topics, including:

• Access, integration and improvement of multimodal health data
• Agentic AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Information extraction and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Knowledge representation and clinical knowledge modeling
• Machine learning and Data Science
• Radiomics and Genomics
• Human–Computer Interaction and user-centered decision support
• Explainable and trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
• Knowledge- and data-based personalization of treatment
• Clinical decision support at the Point of Care

Your tasks:

• Conduct scientific research within your interdisciplinary doctoral project and document your results
• Publish your research findings in scientific journals and present them at conferences
• Prepare and complete a doctoral thesis
• Collaborate closely in interdisciplinary working groups and with clinical partners
• Actively participate in the scientific and training activities of the WisPerMed Research Training Group

Your profile:

• Very good university degree (Master’s or Diploma) in a relevant field of study, such as Medical Informatics or Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Biotechnology or Bioengineering, Medical Technology, Psychology or a related social science, Statistics, Epidemiology or a related discipline, or an equivalent qualification
• Strong interest in interdisciplinary, research-driven work
• High degree of motivation, initiative and team orientation
• Very good command of English, written and spoken
• Good command of German, written and spoken

Available research projects. The 13 doctoral projects available for the third cohort can be viewed here in full detail: wispermed.org/projects-third.

Application. Please review the available doctoral projects and indicate in your motivation letter which project you would like to apply for, briefly explaining your motivation and suitability for the selected project. Please submit the following application documents:

• Motivation letter, indicating the doctoral project(s) you would like to apply for and briefly explaining your motivation and suitability
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Transcript of records/overview of grades from your Bachelor’s and Master’s studies
• Master’s thesis, if available

Please submit your complete application by 31 October 2026, electronically by e-mail to:

Katarzyna Borys
Coordinator WisPerMed
University Hospital Essen
Research Training Group WisPerMed
E-mail: WisPerMed[at]uk-essen.de

Participation in part-time employment is governed by the University Part-Time Employment Ordinance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The University of Duisburg-Essen strives to promote the diversity of its members. If two candidates are equally qualified, women will be given preference as stipulated in the Equal Opportunities Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesgleichstellungsgesetz; LGG NRW). Applications from qualified candidates with disabilities or equivalent status as defined in Section 2 (3) of Book IX of the German Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch; SGB IX) are expressly encouraged.

Die Klinik für Dermatologie der Universitätsmedizin Essen sucht zur Unterstützung wissenschaftlicher Projekte im Rahmen des von der DFG geförderten Graduiertenkolleg WisPerMed in Kooperation der Hautklinik Essen und der Universität Duisburg-Essen ab sofort eine studentische Hilfskraft (SHK). Im interdisziplinären Umfeld zwischen Medizin und Informatik umfassen die Tätigkeiten die Unterstützung wissenschaftlicher Projekte wie das Herausarbeiten klinischer Verlaufsdokumentationen oder das Herausarbeiten histologischer Schnitte für die Digitalisierung. Die Tätigkeiten finden in enger Abstimmung mit den Principal Investigators der Klinik für Dermatologie statt. Es werden zwischen 6-8 Wochenstunden bei üblichem SHK-Stundenlohn der Universität benötigt. Die Wochenstunden können zeitlich flexibel eingeteilt werden. Bei Interesse schicken Sie bitte eine kurze Bewerbung an: georg.lodde[at]uk-essen.de

The Department of Dermatology at the University Medical Center Essen is looking for a student assistant (SHK) to support scientific projects as part of the DFG-funded graduate college WisPerMed in cooperation with the Department of Dermatology Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen. In an interdisciplinary environment between medicine and computer science, the activities include the support of scientific projects such as the preparation of clinical progress documentation or the preparation of histological sections for digitization. The activities take place in close coordination with the Principal Investigators of the Department of Dermatology. Between 6-8 hours per week are required at the usual SHK hourly wage of the university. The weekly hours can be scheduled flexibly. If you are interested, please send a short application to: georg.lodde[at]uk-essen.de