Research Assistant

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: 19 months

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The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We look for the best in the field across all disciplines and provide a working environment where academics can develop their careers and passion for their chosen subject area. We offer the full range of academic roles and have a genuine focus on our students performance and wellbeing.

The Opportunity:

A full-time research assistant is sought to support data collection and analysis for birth cohort studies investigating the long-term consequences of preterm birth on neurodevelopmental, cognitive and behavioural outcomes. We collect biosamples, brain MR imaging, and longitudinal follow-up from a group of preterm infants and healthy controls from birth through early childhood. The post-holder will assist at the following stages of the research pipeline: biosample collection, scheduling appointments, supervision of children undergoing brain MRI, collection of neurodevelopmental and cognitive outcome data at 5, 7 and 10 years, and data entry.

The study is funded by the charity Theirworld and the UKRI Medical Research Council.

This job requires Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Registration.