Job Description
About the University of Sunderland
The University of Sunderland offers life-changing opportunities for 27,500 students across its campuses in Sunderland, London, Hong Kong, and through global partnerships with learning institutions in 19 countries. We're proud to be a top 30 UK university (Guardian University Guide 2024), with top-quality facilities, inclusive culture, and our vibrant, ever-changing city.
The University of Sunderland is in an exciting phase of its development with a new vision and redefined strategic ambitions designed to take advantage of the ever-changing higher education landscape at home and overseas.
About the role
You are invited to apply for the role of Research Associate to work with us on a research project funded by Prostate Cancer Research. The project title is: ‘Encouraging early diagnosis of PROstate CANcer for Black men (the PROCAN-B+ study): A mixed-methods, two-arm, multi-centre randomised controlled trial of a co-produced, peer-led intervention’.
In the original PROCAN-B study we co-designed an intervention to raise awareness of the risk of prostate cancer among the Black community. In this follow-on project, the PROCAN-B+ study, we build on the previous work and test the intervention’s effectiveness. Black African and Caribbean men are at twice the risk of de...