Clinical Research Fellow (Neurology/Translational Neuroscience)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated clinical trainees interested in Neurology research to join our Motor Neurone Disease/Neurodegeneration clinical research programme. This post will be predominantly patient focused, playing a key role in helping to deliver cutting edge gene therapy and experimental medicine trials. The ability to implement good clinical practice is therefore essential.

You will have the opportunity to be part of the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (Translational Neuroscience for Chronic Neurological Disorders) Junior Academy and gain an appreciation of a wide variety of translational neuroscience research programmes.

You will have the opportunity to develop your own research project aligned to the interests of the MND group.

The post will be based at the state of the art Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), in the Division of Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health.  SITraN was awarded the Queen’s anniversary prize for contribution to translational research in neurodegenerative diseases. SITraN is a purpose built research institute and houses computational, clinical and basic scientists with a focus on neurodegenerative disorders such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.  For further details on the Division of Neuroscience please visit https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/research/themes/neuroscience

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

This vacancy is part of a Fair Recruitment pilot scheme within the faculty. This is a positive action initiative which aims to improve staff diversity and to deliver an inclusive recruitment experience for all applicants.

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