"Research Assistant"

About the Role

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant at the Centre for Clinical Pharmacology and Precision Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Charterhouse Square. The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry supports research addressing cardiovascular disease and improving patient care within the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre’s Precision Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine theme, led by Professors Panos Deloukas and Patricia Munroe. The successful candidate will work across two projects: investigating structural genetic variation linked to resting heart rate and ECG traits, and exploring genetic relationships between blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, contributing to digital twin models in collaboration with BRC Cardiovascular Devices researchers.

About You

The successful candidate will hold a relevant undergraduate degree, followed by a postgraduate MSc degree, with a personal interest in genetics. For example, the applicant may either: (i) have a degree in e.g. biomedical sciences, and be interested in developing their computational skills for genetics research; or (ii) have a degree in a computational subject such as mathematics, statistics, computing or bioinformatics, and be interested in applying their skills to the areas of cardiovascular genetics.

Key attributes of the successful candidate should include: good basic computational skills (e.g. Excel or similar; experience of basic statistical analyses); great communication and interpersonal skills, self-motivation and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team; interest to work in a research team environment.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The William Harvey Institute is a world-leading centre for research, with a vibrant, multidisciplinary scientific environment devoted to therapeutic innovation in cardiovascular, endocrine and inflammatory.

A number of large-scale patient and cohort studies are taking place to address genetic, demographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with the cardiovascular system and develop new tools for improved disease diagnosis, prediction, and treatment. The Barts BRC at QMUL and Barts Health Trust will support and coordinate projects aiming to address challenges in CVD research and work in concert with partners at the British Heart Foundation (BHF)-NIHR Cardiovascular Partnership as well as the BHF Accelerator internally.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.