Research Associate

About us:

The School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine & Sciences (SCMMS) provides an outstanding multi-disciplinary environment for the pursuit of cutting-edge cardiovascular and metabolic research (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/scms).

We study the fundamental molecular, cellular, and physiological processes that underly normal and abnormal cardiovascular and metabolic function and we drive the translation of this strong basic science into advances in clinical practice to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This activity provides a high-quality research and training environment for non-clinical and clinical scientists.

The School occupies facilities across the Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Denmark Hill campuses of King’s College London and comprises over 65 academic groups, hosting 400 staff and 110 PhD students.

Our community of world-renowned researchers and educators have access to a state-of-the art core facilities and expertise, including for high-throughput screening, multimodality in vivo imaging, proteomics, integrative physiology and viral & non-viral vector production. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for basic-clinical interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

The School is a partner of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St. Thomas’, which offers world class facilities for translational studies and phase I/II clinical trials. 

About the role:

Dr Olena Rudyk’s lab goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying vascular changes in diseases such as pulmonary hypertension. The successful candidate will broadly investigate the role of cyclin-dependent kinase 19 and other growth-related kinases in pulmonary vascular cell proliferation/pulmonary hypertension, and the roles of these processes in maintaining health or dysregulation during the disease.

The ideal candidate would have a background and research experience in cardiovascular science, general cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology or redox biology and hold a PhD in a relevant area of research. You must be ambitious, strongly research-motivated and reliable, with good organisational, verbal and interpersonal skills and attention to detail, willing to work self-driven on your own and as a part of a research team. You will also be able to communicate well both in writing and orally and work well independently and as part of a team.

The post will be based at the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence in the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, located at St Thomas' Hospital. The post is funded by the British Heart Foundation and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 16 months from the start of contract. More funding could become available by the end of 16 months-contract, however this is not guaranteed at this point.

This is a full-time post – 100 % full time equivalent 35 hours/week

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.

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

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