Research Assistant/Associate

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Salary
Research Assistant: £33,951 - £35,608 per annum.
Research Associate: £36,636 - £42,254 per annum.

We are excited to launch this new opportunity in Research Assistant/Associate in Population Health and Care Research in the Population Health Sciences Institute (PHSI), one of the institutes within the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) at Newcastle University. You will join a diverse community of colleagues based in a campus location next to the Town Moor and Exhibition Park, close to public transport services and convenient location for engaging with other multidisciplinary research teams of the institute and the faculty. You will work closely with the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr. Dexter Canoy, and a group of researchers involved in epidemiological and health care research. You will be part of a research team committed to applying rigorous methods to analyse large-scale health data to advance our understanding of the determinants of health and disease in the population. Specifically, this industry-supported project aims to examine the impact of obesity on health outcomes and investigate modifiable determinants and risk factors of cardiovascular disease and other long-term chronic conditions.

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/.

Find out more about the Population Health Research Institute here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/population-health/.

Contact for the post is Dr Dexter Canoy (dexter.canoy@newcastle.ac.uk).

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