"Research Fellow"

About the role

This post offers an excellent career development opportunity for a Researcher with experience in epidemiological / data science research methods and an interest in conducting research to inform practice for children and young people with or at risk of disabling disorders. The post-holder will be joining the CHOIR (Childhood Ocular Inflammation Research, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/choir-lab) team. The CHOIR team conduct Wellcome Trust funded projects which share the primary aim of leveraging routinely collected clinical data, administrative datasets, patient generated data and imaging to improve our understanding of childhood onset blinding disorders and associated multi-system disease. The post-holder will lead the quantitative image analysis component of the CHOIR programme, focusing on the discovery and validation of predictive imaging biomarkers using OCT, OCT-A, fundus photography, and other imaging modalities. Working closely with clinicians and other data scientists, the postholder will contribute to multi-centre imaging studies, the development and management of our internationally unique imaging datasets and image analysis methods, and integrate imaging findings with clinical and demographic data. They will be expected to work independently and as part of a team, in a timely manner. Training will be provided to enable the post-holder to deliver study responsibilities. The post will require the post-holder to be on site for a minimum of two days a week. The post holder will report to the study CI and line manager (Dr Ameenat Lola Solebo, https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/5172-lola-solebo). Lola is a Wellcome funded Clinician Scientist within PPP, and a Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Her work investigates the determinants of outcome for children with eye disease, and how best to translate these findings into changes in practice and policy. The post is based within the Population Policy and Practice Programme (PPP) at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCLGOSICH) and is funded for 36 months in the first instance.

About you

The post holder will • Be committed to excellence in research culture: equity, diversity and inclusion, and open science • Be committed to patient-centred research • Hold a PhD in biomedical imaging, image analysis, computer science, ophthalmology, or a related discipline. • Have demonstrated experience in medical image processing and analysis, ideally including OCT or ophthalmic imaging. • Have strong programming skills (e.g., Python, MATLAB) • Have a proven record of ability to conduct high quality research in eye or child health related subject • Have experience of scientific writing and dissemination, including experience of scientific presentations • Be proficient in use of database and statistical analysis software (e.g. STATA, SPSS or R) • Understand data security, governance and confidentiality • Have excellent administrative skills, and the ability to organise and prioritise workload • Have excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills • Be able to work independently and as part of a team to agreed deadlines Applicants will need to submit a cover letter

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