Research Associate - Menopause and Learning Disabilities

About the role

The post holder will support the development and delivery of an externally funded research project exploring the experiences and system requirements to support women with learning disabilities going through the menopause. Working with participants with lived experience, healthcare professionals and commissioners, the project will include developing study protocol, gaining NHS and University ethical approvals, data collection and analysis and leading on the writing up pf the executive report and supporting publications to be submitted to peer-reviewed journals.  

This post is a fixed-term contract until 31/03/2025.

What you can bring 

The successful candidate will possess a postgraduate qualification relevant to this project have experience in carrying out UK based research with people with learning disabilities or other vulnerable populations relevant to this project, and their carers. They will also have a track record of carrying out applied health research project to time and target, be experienced in NHS and other ethical approval processes and have qualitative methodological experience, evidenced by high quality publications.

The closing date for applications is Monday 6^th May 2024 (23.59 GMT).

For any informal queries please email Professor Yitka Graham, Head of the Helen McArdle Nursing and Care Research Institute, at yitka.graham@sunderland.ac.uk

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