Research Assistant in Bladder Biomechanics

Contract Type: Fixed term for 10 months

Working Pattern: 7 hours per week

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

In this project, you will join an international team of researchers who are developing a digital twin of the urinary bladder. The position is funded as part of the US NIH-R01 funded project in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh. “A Digital Twin for Designing Bladder Treatment informed by Bladder Outlet Obstruction Mechanobiology (BOOM).” 

This is a multidisciplinary project involving state-of-the-art in silico, in vitro and in vivo investigations to quantify the biomechanics/mechanobiology of the urinary bladder in response to outlet obstruction. Your role will involve developing virtual reality/augmented reality models of the bladder that account for its microstructure and composition, synthesising data from multiple imaging modalities. 

We are looking for strong candidates with a BSc in Computer Science and experience of mathematical/computational modelling of physiology. You will join the group of Professor Paul Watton and collaborate with investigators at the University of Pittsburgh. 

On appointment, you will become a research staff member of the Complex Systems Group in the Department of Computer Science and an associate member of the Insigneo institute at the University of Sheffield. The Department of Computer Science of the University of Sheffield (a Russell Group university) is a leading research body in computer science with 99% of its research output evaluated as world-leading and internationally excellent in the REF2021 exercise. The department also ranked eighth in research environment out of all UK computer science departments in REF2021. The Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine is a collaboration between the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust. The Insigneo Institute is driving innovative research at the interface of healthcare, engineering and science to transform the future of healthcare technology. For more information on Insigneo please see https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/insigneo 

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development. 

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