Senior Research Fellow

This three year non-clinical fellowship is funded by the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund (NIKRF https://nikidneyresearch.org/) as part of a recent investment to build local capacity and enhance sustainability of kidney research. The post offers the successful applicant an opportunity to develop an area of kidney research supported by a multi-disciplinary collaborative team within the Centre for Public Health at Queen's University Belfast.

Kidney disease is an increasingly prevalent chronic condition and represents a major public health concern worldwide. NIKRF has partnered with the Queen’s Foundation to support a non-clinical fellow in kidney disease research, to help guide the development of improved treatments and preventive measures.

This post may include liaising with collaborators, collating existing data, coordinating meetings and workshops, generating novel data, bioinformatic analysis of new or existing data, integrating datasets, preparing regular summary reports, and leading roles in writing academic outputs and research dissemination.

About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• Have a PhD in relevant discipline.
• Substantial post-doctoral relevant research experience and skills.
• Experience working with kidney health or social care research data or other fields relevant to the post.
• Experience of project management, delivering research outcomes, and proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment as part of a research team.
• Good presentation and publication track record commensurate with career stage.

Please submit a CV, to include an abstract (max 400 words), and a short summary, of your proposed area of research to include title, aim, objectives, methods, training plan, and deliverables plus a summary of how your experience makes you a competitive applicant for this post. Please limit the latter to 1,000 words max.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document on our website.

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