Location: | Bath |
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Salary: | £29,605 to £36,024 Grade 6 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 19th June 2024 |
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Closes: | 7th July 2024 |
Job Ref: | CH11821 |
About the role
The Bath Centre for Pain Research (BCPR) at the University of Bath is the home to a team of interdisciplinary researchers that investigate the effect that pain has on people’s lives. It has a focus on exploring the way psychological and social factors impact on pain, and how this understanding might translate into better ways to manage painful conditions. The core areas of work are in: cognitive processes in pain, social factors, child and family, evidence-based medicine and digital development.
The Centre is leading an established multi-institutional consortium (CRIISP) that seeks to better understand how psychosocial mechanisms impact on chronic pain. It will also explore how these factors might work alongside biology, in order to provide a better understanding of pain and how it is managed. The consortium is funded under the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform programme, which is part of a joint and equal investment of £14 million by UKRI and Versus Arthritis. For UKRI, the initiative is led by the Medical Research Council, with support from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This research programme seeks to scale up research into chronic pain to improve outcomes for the many people living with painful and debilitating conditions.
We are seeking to recruit a fixed-term (until 31/12/2025) full time, research associate to support the programme of work that we are leading on from Bath.
About you
The role will support new studies, literature reviews, and work to identify the best psychosocial constructs to understand pain. You will support the recruitment, testing and monitoring of people with clinical pain. These focuses on cognitive/emotional and behavioural factors in pain and support the analysis of datasets. This will also support the dissemination and public engagement activities and involve working across the wider consortium.
You will need to take an active part in the work of the whole consortium including through participation at events and workshops, providing support and advice in keeping with their role and level of appointment, as well as engaging with patient and public focus groups and other stakeholders.
For informal discussions about the role please contact Professor Ed Keogh (pssemk@bath.ac.uk) or Dr Sarah Eliot (se369@bath.ac.uk)
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