Research Assistant: AIM-UP and GRACE

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to support our portfolio of studies in ageing and dementia research. The successful candidate will primarily work under the supervision of Professor Claudia Cooper to realise the objectives and development of the research programmes AIM-UP and GRACE.

About You

This role is well suited to someone who has been awarded their Master’s. You will be committed to interdisciplinary research in mental health and ageing and engage with a range of stakeholders, including people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals. You will have experience of collecting participant data (e.g., neuropsychological testing) and can demonstrate a strong understanding of ethical research practice.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Dementia and Ageing Research Unit (DARE) is a part of the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health.

Ranked in the top 10 in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Queen Mary University of London, is one of the UK's leading research-intensive higher education institutions, delivering world class education and knowledge transfer across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry and Science & Engineering.

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.

Interviews will be held in person in Whitechapel on 26th January 2027.

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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