Research Associate (Neuroimaging/Cognitive-Clinical Neuroscience)

Vacancy Reference Number

14090BR

Closing Date

11 Jul 2022

Salary

£34,304 to £40,927 per annum (Grade 6)

Address

School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff.

Duration

This is a full-time post, fixed-term for three years, available from 1st October 2022.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly-skilled and productive Research Associate for a Health Care and Research Wales (HCRW) funded post. The position is for 3 years. The successful applicant will be working on a project assessing the feasibility of a novel motor activity (drumming) training app for people with Huntington’s disease (HD). 

The project will explore the effects of 3 months of drumming training on cognitive and motor symptoms in people with HD as well as underpinning brain plasticity mechanisms using state-of-the art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 

Successful applicants will have a Ph.D. in cognitive/clinical/imaging neuroscience, experimental psychology, or related field. The post-holder will need to be experienced in cognitive assessment and MRI data acquisition and analysis. Experience with intervention studies in clinical populations and clinical trial design would be of benefit. Furthermore, the post-holder will need to have excellent time management, project management, and oral/written communication skills.

A primary interest in the neuroscience of Huntington’s disease is desirable.

Further information 

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

“Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics

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Contact Details

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Claudia Metzler-Baddeley (Metzler-BaddeleyC@cardiff.ac.uk)