**UniBE is prestigious.** With us, you benefit from the excellent reputation of a long-standing institution all around the world. **Start Date** Date (01.07.2026) or by arrangement **Employment Relationship** fixed-term **Institution / Workplace** [ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research](https://www.artorg.unibe.ch/) **General Information** The ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research is the University of Bern's transdisciplinary Center of Excellence for medical technology research. Its mission is to tackle unmet clinical needs and envision future diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment challenges to create viable healthcare technology solutions with imagination, agility, and purpose. Its projects run from discovery and basic research to clinical translation. The Artificial Intelligence in Health and Nutrition (AIHN) laboratory of the ARTORG Center has opened one Ph.D. student position in mechanism-informed multimodal AI models. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of next-generation AI methods integrating mechanistic knowledge with data-driven approaches within a large international research consortium. The duties of the successful candidate include interdisciplinary collaboration and research in the following topics: * Development of mechanism-informed multimodal AI models * Mechanism formalisation and discovery using knowledge-driven, data-driven, and hybrid approaches * Causal inference and modelling (e.g., Structural, Temporal, and Dynamic Causal Models) The candidates will be affiliated with the University of Bern as PhD students. The positions are funded for up to 4 years. Salary will be according to Swiss University regulations. The lab offers an international environment and the possibility to conduct excellent research. The PhD project is part of a larger, international consortium and requires close collaboration with engineers, computer scientists, healthcare professionals, as well as with industrial partners. Th...