Ref Number
B
Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support
Department
School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
See advert text
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
On site
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
14-Oct-2025
About us
The UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience seeks to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow to work with Professor Dennis Chan on behavioural and physiological measures of entorhinal cortex and hippocampal function and their application to early AD. Behavioural measures will include active VR navigation testing and app-based passive tracking of real life navigation, while physiological measures will involve MEG-based measurement of theta oscillations during navigation.
About the role
This work forms part of the NETBALL (NexT generation Blood and digitAL tests for the diagnosis of early ALzheimer's disease) study funded by a grant to Professor Chan from the Korean Institute for the Advancement of Technology and involves testing of patients with mild cognitive impairment due to AD.
About you
The candidate should hold a PhD in cognitive neuroscience or similar and have experience in undertaking VR and MEG studies, and with data analysis in both fields. An interest in Alzheimer's disease and experience working with clinical populations would be desirable.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance Visit to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.