Research Assistant-Technical, Cancer Research @UCC

1 Year 8 Months, Fixed-term, Whole-time Post

Position Summary

The eHealth-Hub for digital health research in cancer is an All-Island collaboration between the University of Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre (LDCRC), and Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen's University Belfast, which was recently established with a 4-million-euro award from the Higher Education Authority Shared Island programme. The eHealth-Hub for Cancer partners with seven universities, eight hospitals, industry, and international partners. Multidisciplinary teams of bioinformatics, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, software developers, clinicians and cancer doctors are developing new innovative algorithms and software to advance cancer digital health and real-world evidence research.

Key Research Hub Areas:

Computational Cancer Genomics

Digital Health Software Development

Cancer Data Science

Real World Data Research

The purpose of a research assistant (RA) is to support and contribute to the research efforts of a principal investigator and the research team. RAs will play a crucial role in the research process by assisting with various tasks and responsibilities involved in conducting research studies. In particular, assisting in conducting a data landscape of the different partnered hospitals.

The overall purpose of a research assistant is to provide support and contribute to the research project's success by assisting with various tasks, thus facilitating the smooth execution and advancement of the research endeavour

Post Duration: 1 year 8 months

Salary: €30,025 - €39,908 p.a. (IUA Research Assistant Salary Scale)

Project Title: eHealth Hub for Cancer

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/.

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Mary Cahill, Cancer Research @UCC, Email: [email protected].

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to [email protected], quoting the job-title and project name.

Please include in your application a CV, including contact details of at least two referees, and a cover letter.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 5 January 2024. No late applications will be accepted.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

UCC is committed to creating and fully embracing an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated.  As a University we strive to create a workplace that reflects the diversity of our student population where people from a wide variety of backgrounds learn from one another, share ideas, and work collaboratively. UCC is committed to being an employer that recognises the value of diversity amongst its staff.  We encourage applicants to consult our policies at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/policies/ and initiatives at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/implementation/ and we welcome applications from everyone, including those who are underrepresented in the protected characteristics set out in our Equal Opportunities & Diversity Policy.

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