Senior Research Scientist

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

. Supervise, plan, and evaluate the activities of multiple levels of researchers including research scientists, postdoctoral associates, research support positions, and research assistants.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supervise, plan, and evaluate the activities of multiple levels of researchers including research scientists, postdoctoral associates, research support positions, and research assistants.
Provide design, instruction, and implementation for innovative multi-disciplinary research projects, including oversight and development of apps utilizing LLMs and other NLP technology.
Allocation of lab time, resources, and budgets, interfacing with university administrative personnel.
Senior author or lead author impactful research manuscripts state-of-the-art impactful research at the intersection of AI and psychology.
Lead and prepare grant proposals
Modest service duties to expand the missions of the HLAB.
Other duties as required

Requirements

What you’ll need

PhD in Computer Science or Computer and Information Science with extensive training in Natural Language Processing, Psychology and Health Research.
2 years of post-PhD research experience in computational social science, psychology and related fields.
Track-record of supervising cross-disciplinary research projects
30 peer-reviewed publications covering the use of computational techniques for psychology, or health research.
Track record of methodological or tool development.
Experience as a senior data scientist.
Experience serving on grant review committees and/or organizing research workshops.
Track record of mentoring grad students and scientists

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Natural Language Processingcomputational social sciencemethodological developmentdata scienceresearch designgrant proposal writingapp developmentpsychology researchhealth researchcross-disciplinary research

Soft Skills

supervisionleadershipmentoringcommunicationorganizational skillscollaborationevaluationinstructionplanningservice orientation

Certifications

PhD in Computer SciencePhD in Computer and Information Science