Clinical Research Fellow (working towards a PhD)

Job id: 080650. Salary: £55,265 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 12 December 2023. Closing date: 04 January 2024.

Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Department: Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

Contact details:Dr Miguel Reis Ferreira. [email protected]

Location: Guy’s Campus. Category: .

Applications are invited for a Clinical Research Fellow post working between the Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions at King’s College London, Guys Campus. This post has been established to support research within the Reis Ferreira group and will be available from April 2024 for a period of 48 months. 

The Reis Ferreira group focuses on understanding how the microbiota contributes to cancer treatment outcomes. Within this theme, we have an interest in understanding how gut bacteria modulate the outcomes of radiotherapy for prostate cancer. The post is adequate for a candidate with an interest in oncology and is particularly suitable for candidate with a background in clinical oncology.

The applicant will be working towards a PhD and research whether the intestinal microbiota predicts side-effects of prostate cancer radiotherapy. This work will involve interaction with an international and multidisciplinary team. They will develop skills in metagenomics, bacterial community profiling, metabolomics, clinical data interpretation and machine learning. Additionally, the candidate will contribute to sample collection and processing within the scope of their studies and attend relevant clinics at Guys. The Reis Ferreira group is an inclusive environment. We welcome and support candidates wishing to learn and develop towards a career in cancer research.

This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 4 years.

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.

• The post holder will be required to undertake a leading role in a major research project. The research project will entail project design, ethical approvals, experimental work in addition to data analysis and reporting the results in peer-reviewed journals and at national and international conferences.  
• The post holder will also attend weekly research clinics and will be encouraged to maintain clinical activity and training, including radiotherapy planning. However, clinical work will be made commensurate to research activities to ensure feasibility of the project within the timescale above. 
• The post-holder will also contribute to other research initiatives in the lab and oversee sample processing and data extraction. 
• The post-holder will interact with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers and data scientists 
• This post will involve a major international collaboration and may require international travel and small periods of international collaborative work. However, the vast majority of the work will be undertaken in London. 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Essential criteria  

Desirable criteria

For further information please contact Dr Miguel Reis Ferreira: [email protected] .

This post is subject to Occupational Health clearance.