Research Fellow (Psychology)

Job No.: 625927

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $70,789 - $96,074 pa Level A (plus 10% employer superannuation)

• Be inspired, every day
• Drive your own learning at one of the world’s top 80 universities
• Take your career in exciting, rewarding directions

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You’ll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you’ll need to publish your work. We’re a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what’s expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

The Opportunity

The School of Psychological Sciences is seeking to appoint a highly skilled and passionate Research Fellow who will support the operations of the Epidemiology of Dementia (Epi-D) research group. This research group has a particular focus on the role of vascular health and sleep in the development of dementia, as well as validating biomarkers to improve dementia diagnosis (particularly blood-based biomarkers of neuroinflammation).

The Research Fellow will contribute to the groups key initiatives including prospective cohort studies, clinical studies, and consortia focused on the following:

• understanding risk and protective factors for cognitive impairment and dementia and;
• validating biomarkers to improve dementia prediction and diagnosis. 

The Research Fellow will be involved in coordinating study operations with various cohorts both locally and around the world. The occasional testing of participants may also be required.

You will be expected to enrich the lab environment by building on or generating new ideas, write and prepare papers for publication, assist with data collection and entry and present results at national and international conferences. You will assist with the development of funding applications, research protocols, ethics applications and amendments as well as maintain a record of grant deadlines. This position will also assist with general lab activities and analysis of other national and international datasets.

Ideally, we are seeking someone with a doctoral qualification in Psychology, Neuroepidemiology or a related discipline.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

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Enquiries

Associate Professor Matthew Pase, +61 401 267 924 

Position Description

Research Fellow (Psychology)

Closing Date

Tuesday 30 November 2021, 11:55pm AEDT

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