AI & Medical Data Science Internship

<p>SyncVR Medical is the leading Extended Reality (XR) platform in European healthcare, active in 200+ hospitals across 7 countries. We are selected by a big hospital chain to build a prediction model on actual medical data. This role is a unique opportunity to build a life-saving AI engine using the world’s most valuable clinical datasets.</p> <h2 id="tasks">Tasks</h2> <p>Every year, thousands of patients receive unnecessary pharmaceutical sedation for minor procedures, leading to high costs and long recovery times. You will help us build a Predictive Risk Engine that identifies which patients are candidates for &quot;Immersive Care&quot; (XR distraction) instead of drugs (see <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaf1PZR-W6g">this video</a>).</p> <p><strong>You will work directly with our CEO to:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Mine Unstructured Data: Use NLP (ClinicalBERT / BioBERT) to extract anxiety markers and procedural indicators from thousands of anonymized clinical notes.</li> <li>Feature Engineering: Clean and join complex longitudinal datasets including medication dosages (Infusion tables), vitals (Flowsheets), and recovery timestamps.</li> <li>Build the Model: Develop and validate an XGBoost classification model to output an &quot;XR Suitability Score&quot; with a target AUC-ROC of &gt;0.75.</li> </ul> <h2 id="requirements">Requirements</h2> <p><strong>What We Are Looking For</strong></p> <ul> <li>Education: Final year Master’s student or PhD candidate in Data Science, AI, Medical Informatics, or Applied Math.</li> <li>Python Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of the Python data stack (Pandas, Scikit-learn, XGBoost).</li> <li>NLP Experience: Hands-on experience with the HuggingFace library and transformer models.</li> <li>SQL Skills: Ability to navigate and join massive relational databases (BigQuery/SQL Server).Mindset: You are a &quot;builder&quot; who is comfortable with the ambiguity of clinical data and the fast pace of a scale-up environment.</li> </ul> <h2 id="benefits">Benefits</h2> <ul> <li>Prestige: Direct involvement in a global hospital validation project (a massive career booster).</li> <li>Impact: Your code will directly influence how one of the world&#39;s top hospitals delivers care.</li> <li>Mentorship: Direct contact with our CEO. (NB: no other data scientist though - show independence!).</li> <li>Growth: High potential for either a permanent role or a position at a similar company following a successful internship!Location: Remote (2x/week online video call with CEO in USA)</li> <li>Compensation: you primarily do this internship to learn being in a role full of freedom and responsibility - not for earning a high internship salary. Realize that after completing this project, you will have the best CV booster you can wish for.</li> </ul> <p><em>Join SyncVR Medical and Shape the Future of Healthcare</em></p>