Job description
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Full Time, 12 Months fixed term contract
Join us and be part of a vibrant community at Loughborough University.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for:
This position supports project funded by the EPSRC ‘Emerge’ Place Based Impact Accelerator Account. The project involves developing and refining a smartphone app to assess and monitor breathing patterns. This will support improved rehabilitation outcomes for patients with Breathing Pattern Disorder (BPD), a common but under-diagnosed cause of breathlessness. BPD is associated with frightening symptoms, so this project has the potential to transform rehabilitation outcomes and quality of life outcomes for patients.
The role will involve app development for a mobile device to monitor and classify breathing patterns from video data. You will be working alongside the project team to incorporate stakeholder feedback and move the product along the regulatory pathway. Occasional travel will be involved to support meetings with stakeholders and to undertake system testing in clinical environments.
About the University
Universities are one of this country’s greatest assets. We’re educators, employers, innovators and pioneers. We shape culture and society.
At Loughborough, we strive for better, think differently, challenge convention and take action. We are passionate about finding solutions to the major problems faced by society and the planet, and we create opportunities for those with the drive, the ambition, and the determination to apply themselves in the pursuit of better.
About the Department
The School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences (SSEHS) is a multi-disciplinary school committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community. It upholds the highest standards of excellence in research, innovation, and pedagogy across the full spectrum of disciplines within sport, exercise, health and wellbeing.
About You
To be successful in this role we are looking for candidates with the following key experience and skills.
1. Experience of mobile device application development
2. Experience of image feature extraction and classification
3. Research background in a relevant area of computer science
4. Ability to programme in Python and / or Kotlin
5. Ability to write clear documentation
6. Well-organised with an ability to work to deadlines
7. Ability to comply with relevant requirement in relation to Research Ethics, Data Protection and Good Clinical Practice
8. Ability to communicate well via presentations and written reports to the project team and collaborators and a variety of professional, clinical and patient stakeholders.