Research Assistant/Associate Health Data

Company description:

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Job description:

Salary:

Research Assistant: £32,546 to £34,132 per annum (pro rata)

Research Associate: £35,116 to £38,249 per annum (pro rata)

The Role

Do you want to improve the use of healthcare data for patient benefit? Are you highly skilled in clinical data assembly and keen to develop and use your expertise, working in an interdisciplinary team with ophthalmological data? If yes, we want someone like you for the role of research assistant/associate on EYESAVE: AI-enabled triage for Glaucoma, a new project led by Newcastle University, funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust.

You will work as a research assistant/associate within a highly collaborative team including computer scientists, bioengineers, informaticians, neuroscientists, ophthalmologists, and epidemiologists, working across Newcastle University, Durham University, and local NHS hospitals. The dataset will be used by the computer scientists in the team to develop new software that forecasts disease progression for patients with suspected glaucoma.

In this full/part-time role, you will be based at our Newcastle upon Tyne campus that has excellent transport links and state of the art facilities. Some of your work will take place within the Royal Victoria Infirmary on the Newcastle campus, and also within the Sunderland Eye Infirmary. You will also have working space and resources in the Biosciences Institute in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. We are happy to discuss flexible working needs with you.

Applications will be considered for full-time employment (FTE) ranging from 1.0 to 0.75.

Please contact Professor Anya Hurlbert (anya.hurlbert@ncl.ac.uk) or Professor David Steel (david.steel@ncl.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.

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