2025 Health AI Scholar, Digital Health

Lab Summary

Samsung Research America Digital Health Team collaborates with top hospitals, healthcare-industry partners, and universities to transform how healthcare is delivered and good health sustained. We use design thinking to address some of healthcare’s toughest challenges, from improving care and producing better outcomes, to reducing costs and expanding access.

Focusing on wearable, mobile, and cloud-based form factors, our multi-disciplinary team develops innovative technologies that we then turn into groundbreaking commercial products to support clinicians, patients, and consumers. We use advanced sensor technology to capture physiologic responses and make use of our AI/ML framework to build algorithms that detect and trigger alerts for specific health conditions. We employ data analytics to supplement clinical care and facilitate remote patient monitoring, thereby helping patients make behavioral changes that improve their health and daily lives.

Our portfolio of digital health solutions are important tools in helping clinicians and their patients monitor and manage serious health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and cancer; as wells chronic illnesses including mental health, diabetes, hypertension, depression, sleep disorders, and obesity. Our work encompasses the entire range of processes, from ideating, developing, and incubating; to designing and delivering market-ready products; to supporting and evolving currently released products.

Position Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented individual to join the Digital Health Team as a Health AI Scholar for a 10-month residency program to employ cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques to health-related challenges. This position is ideal for a new graduation PhD student or a postdoctoral researcher passionate about applying cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques to health-related challenges. You will have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse and innovative team, leveraging your expertise to advance our AI-driven health initiatives.

Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on digital health will provide you with unprecedented large data sets and healthcare analytics challenges.

Responsibilities

• Support development of advanced generative AI based applications for health and wellness indications.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to translate AI-driven insights into impactful health and wellness solutions.
• Review peer-reviewed literature and data from internal research studies for key information that may aid in product development.
• Work closely with generative AI team to build, evaluate, and revise generative AI models for health and wellness applications.
• Contribute to the development of novel AI methodologies to address complex healthcare challenges.
• Actively engage in team discussions, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Required Qualifications

• PhD (near completion) or postdoctoral experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
• Education or expertise in data science, machine learning, generative AI.
• Excellent understanding of human physiology in conditions across health and wellness.
• Enthusiasm for fitness-related digital health products.
• A track record of peer-reviewed publications in health technology.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Compensation

Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The hourly pay rate range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the hourly pay rate range, individual rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location as well as