"Research Assistant/Associate"

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Salary
Research Assistant: £33,002 - £34,610 per annum.
Research Associate: £35,608 - £46,049 per annum.

The Role
You will conduct statistical analyses of Parkinson datasets collected in TraPCAf (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/trapcaf/), a project funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. This is collaboration between Parkinson disease experts based in UK and in Africa, the post is based in Newcastle. There will be opportunities to interact with colleagues at Newcastle university, including in the Biomedical Research Centre, the Centre for Cancer and the Clinical Trial Unit.

TraPCAf (Transforming Parkinson care in Africa) aims to investigate various aspects of Parkinson Disease in Africa, including the prevalence, the risk factors, the efficacy of easy-to-use diagnostic screening tools and the efficacy of a local plant in treating the disease. The postholder will contribute to some of these analyses using a range of statistical methods.

This post is full-time, fixed-term for a period of 11 months.

For informal enquiries contact: Dr Jérémie Nsengimana (Jeremie.nsengimana@newcastle.ac.uk), Dr Natasha Fothergill-Misbah (Tash.fothergill-misbah@ncl.ac.uk) or Professor Richard Walker (Richard.Walker@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk).

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/.

Find out more about our Research Institutes here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/.

As part of our commitment to career development for research colleagues, the University has developed 3 levels of research role profiles. These profiles set out firstly the generic competences and responsibilities expected of role holders at each level and secondly the general qualifications and experiences needed for entry at a particular level.