Coordinator, PPMI and Related Studies

About the Role
The post holder will be joining The Centre for Preventive Neurology as a Study Coordinator for the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative https://www.ppmi-info.org/.

PPMI is a large cohort study that aims to identify biological markers of Parkinson’s risk, onset and progression in addition to providing the broad research community a comprehensive, standardized, longitudinal data set and biosample library.

The post holder will manage and direct administrative duties to ensure the smooth running of PPMI, ST Direct, and related studies. Key responsibilities will be to coordinate study visits and participant flow between the studies, overseeing sample collection and completion of recruitment targets, liaison with participants, researchers, and key stakeholders, with appropriate delegation to other administrative staff.

About You
Candidates must be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject. The ideal candidate will have sound experience in coordinating and managing projects and will be familiar with good clinical practice. Experience working within a multi-disciplinary professional team of healthcare professionals, researchers, and patients/public groups is essential. Knowledge of Parkinson’s disease or other neurodegenerative disorders would be desirable.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Wolfson Institute of Population Health is an exciting and dynamic environment. It harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine. The Institute is organised into six research centres which, though complementary and following the Institute’s strategic plan, also have Centre-specific objectives and requirements.

The Centre for Preventive Neurology brings together an expert team to carry out revolutionary new research into Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson’s Disease. Their focus is on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into health strategies and their practical implementation.

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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