Clinical Research Fellow - Genes and Health

About the Role
Applications are invited for a new Clinical Research Fellow post supporting two flagship research programmes. Genes & Health is a large, long-term study of 67,000 British Bangladeshi and Pakistani participants with linked health and genomic data. Black Health Legacy aims to become the UK's largest health research study dedicated to diseases affecting Black people, funded by a Wellcome Discovery Award.

The Clinical Research Fellow will contribute to research across Genes & Health and/or Black Health Legacy, depending on study priorities and the individual's skills, experience and interests. They will join a collaborative research team with a strong track record of supporting resident doctors and allied health professionals into research fellowships and clinical academic careers.

Research activities may include volunteer recruitment, analysis of health and genomic data using genetic epidemiology, trial emulation or health economic methods to investigate cardiometabolic disease risk, disease trajectories, treatment response and long-term health outcomes in diverse populations. Opportunities to contribute to qualitative and health services research on improving inclusion and representation in research may also be available.

About You
You will bring a strong clinical background as a doctor, pharmacist, nurse or allied health professional. Research experience is desirable but not essential, but the ability to think critically and develop scientific hypotheses and research plans is required. You will be self-disciplined, organised and passionate about your work, and about delivering improvements in health through research that effectively engages with and includes people from underrepresented backgrounds.

You will be ambitious about your future career and seek training and development opportunities. You will be supported in undertaking part-time clinical work alongside this role where possible.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH) is an exciting and dynamic environment, home to around 450 staff, 100 PhD students and 500 postgraduate taught students. It harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine. The Institute is organised into six research centres which, following the Institute strategic plan, also have Centre-specific objectives.

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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