Research Fellow in Glaucoma Risk Prediction - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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2 weeks ago

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UE07 £35,333 - £42,155 per annum

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Centre For Clinical Brain Sciences

Full time; 35 hours per week

Fixed Term; 12 months

We are looking for a person to research the development of computational approaches that will use routinely collected eye data to assess the risk of visual loss for people with glaucoma.

This will involve implementing machine learning algorithms so that the complex patterns that chart the trajectory of the disease can be understood.

The post holder with build this technology utilising previously collected research data from patients with the disease.

The Opportunity:

Existing research software for assessing changes in images of the retina will be combined with other eye measures using machine learning algorithms to research ways to impact on a disease that affects 2 in every 100 people over the age of 40 and can lead to irreversible sight loss and blindness.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD in Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, image analysis, or data analysis.
Programming skills and a good understanding of AI and machine learning techniques
Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Experience in clinical research
Ability to communicate complex information clearly

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme
, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our
staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held
[tbc]
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Further information is available on our
right to work webpage**As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges.

Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

The Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences ( CCBS ; Director Professor Siddharthan Chandran) is part of Edinburgh Neuroscience and Edinburgh Medical School.

CCBS comprises the Divisions of Clinical Neurosciences (Head:
Professor Siddharthan Chandran), Psychiatry (Head: Professor Daniel Smith) and Neuroimaging Sciences (Head: Professor Joanna Wardlaw).

Our work integrates laboratory science, data science, health informatics and clinical research to study the causes, consequences and treatment of all major neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Methodological strengths include neuroimaging, clinical trials, neuropathology, neuropsychiatric genetics and regenerative neurology.

We have 56 Principal Investigators, 70% of whom are NHS clinicians, grounding our work in clinical need and facilitating translation into patient benefit.

We produce more than 500 research outputs per year, leading to improved patient care and NHS policy changes, with substantial impact on morbidity and mortality.

CCBS researchers attracted £49M in external funding over the last three years and we collaborate globally, leading national and international consortia in neurodegenerative disorders, global mental health, psychiatric conditions, stroke and small vessel disease.

With bases at Edinburgh BioQuarter, Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Western General Hospital, CCBS locations link laboratory and clinical science with informatics, public engagement and commerce to facilitate creative interdisciplinary working.

CCBS hosts c.60 postgraduate students, mostly PhDs. We are particularly strong in clinical PhD training, with bespoke funding schemes (e.g. Rowling Scholars), and we host the Wellcome Translational Neuroscience Doctoral Training Programme.

Through generous philanthropic support, CCBS has established many specialist research hubs that are expanded by community fundraising and which engage closely with patient groups, policy-makers and public.