Post-doctoral Research Assistant

Department: Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Salary: £42,405 per annum (Grade 5)
Reference: 2253
Location: Whitechapel
Date posted: 30 May 2024
Closing date: 27 June 2024

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About the Role

The Postdoctoral Research Assistant will contribute to the intellectual life of the School/Institute They will be involved in the the MRC-funded Mental Health Platform Hub titled “Building recovery and resilience in severe mental illness (SMI): Leveraging the role of social determinants in illness trajectories and interventions”. The post-holder will provide support to the Chief Investigator Prof Jennifer Lau in day-to-day running of the HUB, including organizing recruitment, conducting data collection and analysis, and disseminating the findings of the project.

About You

Candidate will be educated to PhD level or have equivalent experience. They will have experience and expertise in conducting mental health research including data collection and analysis, and publication record appropriate to experience level. Candidate will have an interest in practical application of research findings to the health context, and the ability to communicate complex information effectively to a range of stake-holders, both verbally and in writing.

About the Institute/Project

The Youth Resilience Unit, is a part of the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. It has a focus on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into public health strategies and their practical implementation – all dedicated to the reduction of disease and disability.

Ranked in the top 10 in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Queen Mary University of London, is one of the UK's leading research-intensive higher education institutions, delivering world class education and knowledge transfer across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry and Science & Engineering.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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