Inkfish Principal Medical Research Scientist and appointment as Professor of Digital Health & Health Data Science

About us:

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.

About the role:

King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. We are dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place.  

King's College London, with its King’s Population Health Institute, seeks to appoint a world-class Principal Medical Research Scientist to work within the newly established EMBRACE (Enhanced Maternal and Baby Results with AI-supported Care and Empowerment) large-scale programme of studies & Consortium.    

EMBRACE is a visionary, multicomponent international research programme, the first of its kind in the world, supported by Inkfish with £35M core funds over six years, starting in April 2025. It is a global study of 60,000 participants, including 20,000 mothers, 20,000 infants and up to 20,000 partners.  It brings together world-leading clinician scientists across six distinguished Healthcare organisations, world-leading AI & technology companies with the overarching aim to fast-track major scientific breakthroughs, revolutionise maternal and early childhood health through precision-personalised interventions, powered by a groundbreaking symbiosis of cutting-edge AI combined with human support. 

 The post holder of Principal Medical Research Scientist in Digital Health and Data Science will lead and support high-impact, cutting-edge research within the EMBRACE study for the duration of the programme. This post offers the opportunity to lead interdisciplinary research, and collaborate with world-class experts to deliver innovative, impactful solutions in population health in an international project.  The post will directly lead and manage a team of Research Scientists, along with providing wider senior leadership and direction via matrix management within the study. 

The post is an academic appointment at professorial level with the focus of the post holder’s time being on the EMBRACE programme during its six-year period. The post holder’s performance will be reviewed in the context of the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine’s academic performance framework for education and research academic appointments. The post holder is expected to be able to evidence academic achievement in the form of peer reviewed research papers, sustained research funding and a strong national and international profile for their work. Experience of working collaboratively, developing staff and students, creating a positive research culture is required, along with working collaboratively with international partners. 

This represents a unique opportunity to contribute to a transformative project that will shape the future of personalised health and care and improve outcomes for families worldwide. 

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/08/2029.

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