Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

About us

The post will be held at the King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People, which has the new Pears Maudsley Centre as its home.

We are a partnership between academia (King’s College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience), Child Mental Health Services (the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust) and the Maudsley Charity.  Together we aim to create a completely new approach to combining research and care.

The postholder will be based primarily in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and supported in forming links across King’s, particularly with AI and neuroimaging research teams, and with clinical services, to augment the translational impact of research.

The post is funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

About the role

The postholder will conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of neuroimaging, genomics, and computational modelling, with a focus on child and adolescent mental health.

The successful candidate will primarily lead analyses of large-scale datasets, applying advanced computational and statistical methods to integrate multimodal data (including MRI, MEG, EEG, and genomic data).

The postholder will work with a team with a strong track record in Big Data analytics in child mental health, helping accelerate the move toward analytics that support precision care in mental health.  We have a strong interest in determining the clinical, neural and genomic features that predict the course of childhood mental challenges as well as response to treatments.  The role also provides the opportunity to gain experience in data acquisition and analysis as part of the launch of the £11 million UKRI funded Clinical Research Centre, which houses state-of-the-art OP-MEG, MRI, EEG and fNIRS technologies.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career researcher to build a distinctive profile in Big Data analytics, AI as applied to mental health, focusing on developmental processes.

We offer a supportive and collaborative research environment at the Pears Maudsley Centre, with access to extensive neuroimaging, genomic, and clinical datasets and excellent computing infrastructure and expertise in AI.   Our career development emphasizes on training in relevant new skills and mentoring to support the pursuit of independent funding.

This is a full-time post and offered on a fixed term contract until 1st January 2030.

Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.

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