Job title : Independent Research Fellow (AI & Digital Health)
Job Location : Nigeria
Deadline : December 10, 2025
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- This is a unique opportunity to gain co-authorship on multiple high-impact papers , while contributing to work that will shape the global conversation on bias, fairness, and representation in health AI.
Responsibilities :
Pipeline coordination : Track and manage timelines for 6+ manuscripts across design, analysis, drafting, and submission.Data preparation & analysis : Clean, structure, and run statistical / ML analyses under PI direction.Manuscript drafting : Contribute to literature reviews, methods, results sections, figures, and references.Collaboration : Liaise with academic partners (UCSF, LSHTM, Imperial, etc.) and manage correspondence.Compliance : Support IRB exemption filings and ensure GDPR / NDPR / HIPAA-compliant governance.Submission management : Prepare manuscripts for target journals (JAMIA, npj Digital Medicine, BMJ Health Informatics, The Lancet Digital Health) and coordinate revisionsRequirements
Master's or PhD in Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Biomedical Data Science, or related field.Publication experience (co-author on peer-reviewed papers; understands the submission / revision process).Strong technical skills in R / Python, statistics, and longitudinal health data.Highly organized project manager able to keep multiple manuscripts moving in parallel.Strong academic writing ability (clear, precise, structured).Comfortable being supporting author enabling the PI / CEO to serve as first author while gaining co-authorship on multiple publications.Mission-driven, with interest in health equity and AI