Clinical Research Fellow

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £38,619 to £65,955

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to 3 years

Closes: 13/05/2024

Role Summary

The appointees will be PhD students in the area of paediatric oncology and be registered on the ‘The Azaylia Childhood Cancer PhD Programme’. They will undertake project-specific research in this area, on one of the below projects, as part of an established academic team: 

Identifying therapeutic vulnerabilities in paediatric AML harbouring KMT2A rearrangements. Supervised by Dr Paloma Garcia.

Linking phenotype to genotype in paediatric Acute Myeloid Leukaemia with GATA2 mutations. Supervised by Dr Rui Monteiro.

Their main objective is to produce international quality research data and present a thesis for PhD viva voce examination. These posts align with current strategy in the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences to strengthen in the areas of clinical oncology and translational cancer research in Birmingham. It is an expectation that the appointees will help establish stronger links between the Birmingham Children’s Hospital and The University of Birmingham and enhance, directly, translational research capacity within the Institute.

Main Duties

• To plan and develop research contributions to subject area using methodologies, critical evaluations, interpretations, analyses and other appropriate techniques 
• To contribute to writing bids for research grants 
• To suggest and contribute to the development of research techniques, models and methods in collaboration with colleagues 
• To disseminate research findings using appropriate and effective media such as publication, research seminars, attendance at conferences etc 
• To provide guidance to other staff and students on own specialist area 
• To contribute to the production of research reports and publications 
• To prepare papers for Steering groups and other bodies
• To analyse and interpret the results of own research and generate ideas based on outcomes
• Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture

Person Specification

• Medical degree, membership of one of the Royal Colleges and higher degree in area of research interest
• Appropriate levels of speciality training (ST6-ST8) in paediatric oncology
• Possesses sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge to undertake both clinical responsibilities and research within established research programmes
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day-to-day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly

Informal enquires can be made to Dr Paloma Garcia, email: P.Garcia@bham.ac.uk, or Dr Rui Monteiro, email: R.Monteiro@bham.ac.uk. 

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