Research Fellow

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and passionate post-doctoral researcher to progress the understanding of the role of exercise as medicine and provide academic research excellence in the NHMRC-funded project “Discovering the neuroprotective potential of exercise in individuals with Motor Neuron Disease”.

This project aims to discover if carefully prescribed exercise can slow the neurodegeneration in people with MND, by evaluating its effects at multiple levels (brain, spinal cord, muscle) of the motor system.

Position Key Duties

• Undertake quality academic research, typically in collaboration with research students and/or research staff.
• Publish papers, articles and reports in high-impact academic journals, including journals, and conference proceedings.
• Assist with supervision of research undergraduate/interns, honours, Masters, and PhD students working on individual or group projects.
• Prepare and submit external grant applications, and develop external research collaborations and partnerships.