Postdoctoral Scholar, Interpretable AI – Neuroscience Precision Medicine

Company: Johnson & Johnson
Location: San Diego
Posted on: July 4, 2025

Job Description:

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com Job Function: Career Programs Job Sub Function: Post Doc – Data Analytics & Computational Sciences Job Category: Career Program All Job Posting Locations: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, San Diego, California, United States of America Job Description: Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Our Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Scholar, Interpretable AI – Neuroscience Precision Medicine, a fixed-term position for 2-years, located in either Cambridge, MA or La Jolla, CA. This exceptional scientist will join the Computational Neuroimaging Technologies team within the Neuroscience Precision Measures organization. In this role, the individual will bring expertise in Interpretable AI and rule mining methodologies to advance our capabilities in patient-centered decision-making. The Scientist will collaborate closely with a cross-functional team, analyzing clinical scale data alongside features from diverse domains, including molecular, digital, and imaging biomarkers. By applying state-of-the-art Interpretable AI methods, you will contribute to developing transparent, understandable models that support precision medicine strategies. These efforts will help ensure that regulators, payers, physicians and patients clearly understand the rationale behind treatment decisions while providing new insights into brain mechanisms underlying neurological diseases. You will be part of a dynamic, interdisciplinary Precision Measures team with diverse expertise, driving value across our pipeline from discovery through development. Key Responsibilities : Work within a team focused on linking clinical phenotype data to neural circuits and brain-expressed targets. Develop and apply Interpretable AI methodologies to support discrete and continuous prediction problems, including treatment responsiveness, disease subtypes, and measures of brain circuit dysfunction. Leverage expertise in discrete optimization techniques and scalable computational approaches for rule mining to derive actionable insights. Establish and optimize Interpretable AI approaches for clinical trial data to enhance patient selection strategies for treatment response. Develop interpretable models that aid in biomarker discovery and validation, enhancing the understanding of disease mechanisms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including clinicians, neuroscientists, and data scientists, to integrate multi-modal data (molecular, digital, imaging) for comprehensive analysis. Stay current with the evolving landscape of Interpretable AI methodologies and their applications in neuroscience and precision medicine. Present findings to internal and external stakeholders, translating complex AI models into insights accessible to non-technical audiences. Foster strong partnerships with the Data Science & Digital Health team, collaborating on cross-functional projects to drive scientific innovation. Qualifications Required: PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Biomedical Informatics, Physics, Neuroscience or a related field with a focus on interpretable AI, completed within the past 3 years, or to be completed within the next 6 months. At least 1 year of progressive experience with prior application in life sciences. Strong expertise in developing and applying interpretable machine learning models, with a focus on methods that enhance transparency and explainability in decision-making processes Demonstrated experience with clinical or questionnaire data analysis and/or biomarker data, including molecular, digital, or imaging-derived features. Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights in healthcare or biomedical contexts. Known for driving towards novel solutions to problems (often sought after for strategic advice) Ability to clearly communicate technical work to a diverse audience is required. Preferred: Prior experience in neuroscience and human neuroimaging. Experience working within Neuropsychiatry and/or Neurodegeneration areas would be a plus. Prior experience in healthcare, biopharma, or life sciences, particularly in the analysis of patient-level clinical trial data. Experience integrating multi-modal data sources (molecular, imaging, digital) into interpretable AI models. Familiarity with model auditing, bias detection, and fairness assessments in AI systems. Contributions to open-source projects, publications in peer-reviewed journals, or presentations at relevant conferences in interpretable AI or healthcare data science. Other: This position is based in either Cambridge, MA or San Diego, CA and currently has the option to follow a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week working on site and 2 days per week working remotely. (No fully remote option available.) May require up to approximately 10% travel (international and domestic). Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource. The anticipated base pay range for this position is $77,000 to $124,200. The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market. LI-SL JNJDataScience JNJIMRND-DS LI-Hybrid

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