Senior Research Associate - Bristol, United Kingdom - Britsoccrim

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented postdoctoral researcher to join the Immunopsychiatry Programme led by Professor Golam Khandaker at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology unit (IEU) at the University of Bristol.

You will be joining a multidisciplinary team of clinical and basic science researchers who are working to find new and more targeted ways to treat depression and other psychiatric disorders.

The team use epidemiological, genetic and data science methods as well as clinical trials to identify and validate immunological causal mechanisms, novel treatment targets, and disease subtypes.

This role will involve leading on research examining the relationship between inflammation and depression and other psychiatric disorders through analysis of epidemiological cohort/biobank and clinical datasets.

The post-holder will lead on research examining the relationship between inflammation and depression and other psychiatric disorders.

This will involve analysis of epidemiological cohort/biobank and clinical trial datasets including blood and other biomarkers data, psychiatric diagnosis and questionnaire data, and other types of data.

There will be scope for developing skills in epidemiological and genetic epidemiological methods such as Mendelian randomization.

As well as data analysis, the post-holder will write and publish papers, present at conferences and other scientific meetings, develop/contribute to fellowship/grant applications, help with supervision of students and staff, and make a positive contribution to the wider objectives of the group through for example science communication, public engagement and involvement.

The role will suit a researcher with good knowledge and experience of analysing blood immunological and other biomarkers, psychiatric and cognitive data.

Contract type:
Full time/ 1 FTE

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in aninclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential.

We wantto attract, develop, and retain individualswith different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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