Research Assistant

About the role
The Centre for Oral Immunobiology & Regenerative Medicine that's sits within the Institute of Dentistry is looking to recruit a talented Research Assistant to work on a research project led by Professor Anwar Tappuni. The postholder will lead on recruiting patients and managing the Research Project. The location is for the post is Whitechapel and the post is for one day per week (7 hours).

About You
We are looking for a highly motivated Research Assistant with expertise in identifying and sampling suspicious oral lesions, and experience in managing general oral medicine patients.

About the Institute of Dentistry
The Institute of Dentistry (IoD) is one of six Institutes in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD), located primarily on our Whitechapel site. It comprises four academic centres and employs in excess of 170 staff (c77 FTE). The IoD has been conducting internationally recognised research in oral and dental sciences in Whitechapel for more than. It has a long and proud history of providing internationally renowned taught programmes and currently offers 2 undergraduate programmes and 12 Post graduate taught programmes, with a combined cohort of c500 students. In 2014 we opened the stunning £78m Royal London Dental Hospital and QMUL Dental School, incorporating some of the most technologically advanced dental facilities in the country.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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