Clinical Research Fellowship in Neurology/Translational Neuroscience

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated clinical trainee interested in Neurology research to join our Motor Neurone Disease/Neurodegeneration clinical research programme. This post will be predominantly patient focused, playing a key role in helping to deliver cutting edge gene therapy and experimental medicine trials. The ability to implement good clinical practice is therefore essential.

You will have the opportunity to be part of the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (Translational Neuroscience for Chronic Neurological Disorders) Junior Academy and gain an appreciation of a wide variety of translational neuroscience research programmes.

You will have the opportunity to develop your own research project aligned to the interests of the MND group.

All members of the academic department are expected to be research active. The group has a number of research interests and involvement with any of these will be encouraged. There is ample opportunity for help with supervision during research but you will be expected to be involved with the process of raising funds for your research. This will be done in consultation with Professor Shaw and colleagues.

The NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is a partnership between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH) and the University of Sheffield awarded in April 2017. It is the vehicle for conducting innovative translational medical science research to drive through improvements in health and healthcare, and encourage closer working with industry. The NIHR BRC in Sheffield has a focus on translational neuroscience and hosts the development of new, ground-breaking treatments, diagnostics, prevention and care for patients suffering from debilitating diseases such as dementia, motor neurone disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

The successful applicant will integrate with a multidisciplinary team of research clinicians and scientists with expertise in an array of cutting-edge biological and clinical research techniques at the state-of-the-art Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield and the Academic Directorate of Neurosciences, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The post offers a comprehensive experience of clinical academic Neurology, working alongside internationally renowned Clinicians and Neuroscientists. The appointees will have the opportunity to learn the principles and practice of experimental medicine clinical trials. Candidates are expected to be highly motivated, enthusiastic individuals wishing to excel in both clinical and academic training and with the ambition to be amongst the next generation of leading academic Neurologists.

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