We offer an interdisciplinary research environment with several active projects in reproductive health. The candidate will apply to the competitive Martí i Franquès predoctoral research programme.

The successful candidate is expected:

• To participate in the field work of ongoing reproduction and early life projects in our group.
• Recruiting child, adolescent and adult participants and conducting developmental tests as well as anthropometrical and physiological measurements during the health checkup.
• Blood & biological sample processing, biobanking and analysis (including biochemical, genetic and epigenetic determinations among others).
• Literature search.
• Data analysis and reporting.

The successful candidate:

• Must have excellent English.
• Should have a minimum average total score of ≥ 7 in an undergraduate degree from a biomedical or bioinformatics discipline (preferably, but not necessarily, psychology).
• Must have a Master’s degree in a biomedical or bioinformatics discipline or be due to complete it by June 2026.
• Will be required to certify that they have no criminal record of sex-related crimes
• The project will be carried out in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (in Reus) of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

If you are passionate about nutrition, reproduction and early life research and want to join a team with a solid scientific track record, please send your CV and academic (undergraduate and MSc) records to albert.salas@urv.cat and michelle.murphy@urv.cat.

We offer an interdisciplinary research environment with several active projects in reproductive health. The candidate will apply to the competitive Martí i Franquès predoctoral research programme.

The successful candidate is expected:

• To participate in the field work of ongoing reproduction and early life projects in our group.
• Recruiting child, adolescent and adult participants and conducting developmental tests as well as anthropometrical and physiological measurements during the health checkup.
• Blood & biological sample processing, biobanking and analysis (including biochemical, genetic and epigenetic determinations among others).
• Literature search.
• Data analysis and reporting.

The successful candidate:

• Must have excellent English.
• Should have a minimum average total score of ≥ 7 in an undergraduate degree from a biomedical or bioinformatics discipline (preferably, but not necessarily, psychology).
• Must have a Master’s degree in a biomedical or bioinformatics discipline or be due to complete it by June 2026.
• Will be required to certify that they have no criminal record of sex-related crimes
• The project will be carried out in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (in Reus) of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

If you are passionate about nutrition, reproduction and early life research and want to join a team with a solid scientific track record, please send your CV and academic (undergraduate and MSc) records to albert.salas@urv.cat and michelle.murphy@urv.cat.