We are seeking
to appoint a Research Assistant to join a growing programme in metabolic psychiatry. Reporting to Associate Professor Amedeo Minichino, you will join a team working at the frontier of preventive mental health across clinical trials, large-scale data science, and translational research. What We Offer As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including: • An excellent contributory pension scheme • 38 days annual leave • A comprehensive range of childcare services • Family leave schemes • Cycle loan scheme • Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans • Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
About the Role The post is funded for one year and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital. Due to the nature of the role (support for clinical studies), flexible working is not available for this post. You will manage your own research and administrative activities, including supporting clinical trial and experimental medicine studies. You will select, follow, and adapt specialist data analysis methodologies using R and/or Python to work with large-scale datasets. You will represent the research group at internal and external meetings and seminars, including presenting research findings at lab meetings and relevant conferences. You will also contribute to discussions with collaborators and partner institutions, helping to refine analytic strategies and prioritise next steps. About You You will have a first degree in psychology, neuroscience, medicine, pharmacology, or a closely related biomedical discipline or data science, statistics, or computer science. You will have a demonstrable interest in psychiatric research and mental health and be working toward a doctorate in a specialist discipline along with sufficient specialist knowledge to work within established research programmes. You will have experience working with large datasets, including data wrangling and producing clear visualisations, and be confident in following and adapting research methodologies. You will be able to manage your own research and administrative activities, including organising workload, maintaining clear and reproducible records, and meeting agreed deadlines. Experience of working with clinical trial or experimental medicine studies would be desirable. Diversity Committed to equality and valuing diversity Our active teams and initiatives including our, work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible.
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