Research Associate in Women and Children's Health

King's College London • London, England, United Kingdom • £44,355 - £47,882 / year • 1w ago

About Us

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic Research Associate to work closely with Professor Sophie Moore on a Wellcome Trust funded clinical trial in The Gambia (the INDiGO trial). INDiGO randomises pregnant women and their infants to micronutrient interventions from mid-pregnancy through to six-months post-partum. The primary outcome of the trial is infant neurocognitive development, using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and eye tracking technologies, alongside the collection of neurobehavioural data. The trial collects repeated measures across infancy, culminating in a large volume of complex data. We seek an individual with specific skills and experience in the collection, processing and analysis of complex data to help support this trial.

This post provides an exciting opportunity to engage in a large collaborative research project, working with nutrition scientists, trial statisticians, infant developmental psychologists, biomedical engineers, policy makers as well as working closely with a large, multidisciplinary field team based in The Gambia. Furthermore, this post will provide the opportunity for the individual to develop their own embedded research questions, within the framework of the larger trial. Opportunities for training and development (e.g. junior Fellowship applications) will be encouraged and supported.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/08/2027.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

PhD qualification in relevant subject area *
Experience in applied and/or clinical research, preferably in global health settings
Formal qualification or equivalent experience in infant neurodevelopment
Experience in the implementation of infant neurodevelopmental assessments
Excellent quantitative / data analysis skills
Strong understanding of design, conduct and analysis of epidemiological and clinical studies
Knowledge and practical experience in the use of statistical packages such as Stata, R, Python
Track record in research outputs, including publications and research dissemination

* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase

Desirable criteria

Experience working with fNIRS or other neuroimaging data
Experience in developing / working with analytical pipelines for complex data, ideally neuroimaging data
Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, as it relates to research trials
Experience of working in a collaborative team, across multiple sites
Experience of research supervision

£44,355 to £47,882 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance

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