Research Fellow

About us

The EGA Institute for Women’s Health is an exciting and dynamic environment, and its mission is to bring together the expertise of clinicians and researchers from a diverse range of disciplines so that they can deliver excellence and innovation in research, clinical practice, education, and training in order to make a real and sustainable difference to women's and babies’ health locally, nationally, and worldwide.

About the role

The successful candidate will have the unique opportunity to join the WE CARE Centre and the Women’s Cancer Department with an open-ended contract. The candidate needs to have experience in either wet-lab procedures or bioinformatic analyses of complex data including genomics/multiomics datasets relevant for the current interests of the group.

The is offered at UCL Grade 7 £45,103– £56,950, incl. London Weighing Allowance

A PhD or equivalent professional qualification is required for this role. They will need to show evidence of independent and original contributions to the research. They will also need to be willing and can contribute to the wider research and teaching programme of the Centre.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff

About you

We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow with either wet-lab experience or bioinformatic skills in analyses of complex data including multiomics datasets to work collaboratively with other team members, whilst developing their own research niche within the Centre.

The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Filipe Correia Martins (Centre lead) and will work with the research group and collaborators’ network and will be supported to build new collaborations as required. PhD or equivalent professional qualification is required for this role. If the PhD has not yet been awarded, the initial appointment will be at Grade 6B with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD Thesis.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

If you have any queries about the post, or if you’d need a reasonable adjustment, or a more accessible format to apply for this job online, please contact

For more information on the WE CARE centre, please visit this link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/womens-health/research/womens-cancer/centre-womens-cancer-research-evolution-and-interception-we-care-centre

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Gold award, in recognition of our long-term commitment and 'beacon' status in advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

Please also visit EGA IfWH webpage: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/womens-health/ega-institute-womens-health

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