Graduate Student Research Internship

Canadian med-tech startup Future Fertility www.futurefertility.com is looking for a graduate student for a 3-6 month internship starting immediately. At Future Fertility, you will be joining a research team working on exciting developments in Assisted Reproductive Technology.  Please note that this is an unpaid internship with the opportunity to be actively involved in cutting-edge research with real clinical applications, as well as ample opportunity to co-publish in medical journals. 

About Us: Founded in 2017, Future Fertility is a Toronto-based startup company that is changing the future of reproductive medicine using artificial intelligence. They develop AI-based solutions in the area of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). They currently offer a non-invasive image analysis tool called Violet™, which visually assesses the probability of a human egg (oocyte) to successfully fertilize and reach a blastocyst stage embryo. 

Main Duties:

  • Graduate student for a 3-6 month internship starting immediately
  • Working personally with our CTO and team of data scientists to develop and optimize our machine learning applications. Duties may include technical support within the IVF lab, data extraction and processing, strategic approaches to image analysis, training and evaluating validation.
  • Working personally with our CMO and team of fertility specialists to develop clinical applications to our software solutions. Duties may include designing clinic studies and ensuring study completion. 
  • Working alongside fertility clinics and associated IVF lab directors, analyzing data, drafting abstract and manuscripts, as well as the opportunity to present our collaborative research.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled or have already completed a graduate program in Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline
  • Experience with designing, training, and evaluating neural networks.
  • Excellent scientific writing and presentation skills
  • Programming experience.
  • Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

What we offer:

  • The opportunity to collaborate with leading fertility doctors, lab directors, and machine learning scientists working towards innovation in reproductive medicine.
  • The opportunity to join Future Fertility as a full-time staff position after internship.

 

Please contact sophie@futurefertility.com with a resume and outline of why you would be a good fit for the role. Thank you.

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