The Research Assistant will work in Lin Lab, a dynamic lab at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and mental health. This role is particularly focused on exploring privacy-preserving machine learning methods in mental health settings, with tasks including but not limited to deidentification in multi-modal medical records, and analyzing real-world evidence in text, image, video, EHR, and audio. The candidate will contribute to developing research prototypes and clinical application interfaces for patients and doctors across mobile, web, and desktop platforms. Additionally, the role involves preparing research publications, grants, and intellectual property (IP) submissions.

• Research & Development: Develop and implement privacy-preserving machine learning models and algorithms, particularly for use in mental health settings.
• Prototype Development: Design and build research prototypes and clinical application interfaces for various platforms, including mobile, web, and desktop.
• Data Management: Work with multi-modal medical records, including deidentification and data security across text, image, video, EHR, and audio data.
• Grant & Publication Support: Assist in preparing research publications, grant applications, and IP submissions. Contribute to publications in top AI conferences such as AAAI, IJCAI, NeurIPS, ICML, etc.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Support research collaborations, mentorship, and guidance on technology transfer. Engage in industry connections and utilize access to the Mount Sinai datasets, the largest healthcare network in New York.

• Depending on the role, a minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required as per MS Health System hiring policy. Otherwise, Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D as applicable.
• Experience:
  • Prior research experience in privacy-preserving methods, particularly within the field of AI/ML.
  • Experience with large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal data handling is a plus.
  • Proven track record of publications in top AI conferences (AAAI, IJCAI, NeurIPS, ICML etc.).
• Skills: Strong programming skills, experience with data management and analysis, proficiency in developing applications across different platforms (mobile, web, desktop).
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills, ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment, strong problem-solving abilities.

hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

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