Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the Role

The Postdoctoral Research Associate will work on a range of studies to adapt and evaluate social prescribing pathways for people experiencing severe mental illnesses (SMI) and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The project will involve 1) conducting a systematic review of the literature and qualitative analysis of interviews with a range of stakeholders to identify barriers and solutions to accessing social prescribing among this population 2) co-producing an adapted social prescribing pathway with a lived experience advisory panel and 3) setting up and delivering a small feasibility study to determine the acceptability and uptake of the adapted social prescribing pathway for people with SMI. 

About You

The successful candidate will have a PhD (or be close to completion*) in a related field. They will have a background in designing and running mixed-methods studies within applied health or care research, preferably in psychiatry, primary care mental health or psychology. They will have experience in conducting systematic reviews, working with PPI representatives across the research lifecycle and of managing, collecting and analysing qualitative and quantitative data. 

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH) is an exciting and dynamic environment, home to 450 staff, 100 PhD students and c500 postgraduate taught students. It harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine. The Institute is organised into six separate research centres which, though complementary and following the Institute strategic plan, also have Centre-specific objectives and requirements.

The Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health plays a key role in the development and delivery of undergraduate medical education (MBBS course) and other undergraduate courses at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

Ranked joint 7th in the UK for the quality of its research in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, we are one of the UK's leading research-intensive higher education institutions, delivering world class education and knowledge transfer across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry and Science & Engineering.

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, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

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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