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This exciting opportunity offers for a postdoctoral researcher to join the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems at the University of Liverpool to join this inter-disciplinary research project which is a collaboration of academic researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Cambridge and several non-academic partner organisations. These include housing associations and organisations working to improve food access in Liverpool. The overall aim of SCHOUSE is to produce new evidence on the drivers of dietary inequalities for residents in social housing and to co-design, deliver and evaluate place-based interventions that address these inequalities. The post holder will be based in Dr Rachel Loopstra’s group in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems within the Institute of Population Health. They will also work closely with the other project investigators and researchers from the Department of Psychology and the Department of Geography and Planning, and from the MRC Epidemiology Unit at University of Cambridge. Key responsibilities and duties will include: - Developing research protocols for codesign activities and trial evaluation. - Preparing ethics applications and related study materials. - Conducting literature reviews and rapid evidence assessments. - Recruiting participants into research studies and working to ensure their ongoing participation over time. - Conducting mixed methods data collection as part of a community-based trial, via questionnaires, interviews and focus groups, and undertaking analyses of these data (mainly quantitative with some qualitative). - Leading on the writing up of academic papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals. - Leading other dissemination of research findings conference presentations, reports, policy briefs). - Liaising with partner organisations and project advisory panels. This role is eligible for sponsorship under the skilled worker route. Salary £39,355 - £45,413 PAClosing date 22/05/2025hours Full Time