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Research Assistant, Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
£32,676 - £37,297 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
7 Feb 2021

Job Details

Research Assistant, Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders 

Job ID: 014026

Salary: £32,676 - £37,297 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance 

Posted: 22-Jan-2021

Closing date: 07-Feb-2021

Business unit: IoPPN

Department: Psychological Medicine

Contact details: Dr Hubertus Himmerich, hubertus.himmerich@kcl.ac.uk

Denmark Hill Campus   Research    

 

Job description
This is a full-time research post within the Research Theme “Obesity and learning from extreme phenotypes (OBELIX)” at the Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) until 31st March 2022.
 
OBELIX is a theme that involves clinical researchers with experience in developing novel physical and psychological treatment interventions and working with research groups from genetics, basic neuroscience, nutrition and mental health. The OBELIX Research Theme is led by Prof Ulrike Schmidt. The post-holder will report to Dr Hubertus Himmerich. The OBELIX Theme Lead is Prof Ulrike Schmidt.

The post holder will be responsible for:

  • Performing statistical analyses across studies on AN and obesity regarding inflammatory markers, growth factors, memory/hippocampus functions and body weight regulation.
  • Performing an in-vitro study on the effects of serum from patients with AN, obesity and healthy controls on hippocampus cells.
  • Helping with applications for new studies testing novel biomarkers such as cytokines, growth factors, neuroimaging and neurophysiological markers of the hippocampus.
  • Helping with applications for studies testing new treatment approaches related to inflammation and hippocampus function.

The statistical analyses and help with applications will be performed under the supervision of Dr Hubertus Himmerich, the in-vitro study on hippocampus cells by Dr Sandrine Thuret. The job will involve recruiting participants, setting up data bases, entering data, performing data analyses, report and manuscript writing. This post will be based at the Section of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine at the Denmark Hill campus (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience). 

Further members of the research team include Professor Janet Treasure, Professor Gerome Breen, Professor Iain Campbell, Dr Bethan Dalton, Ms Johanna Keeler (PhD student). 

This is a full-time post, a fixed-term contract until 31st March 2022. 

Key responsibilities

  • Assist with the development of a strategy for optimising BRC resources within the theme and developing protocols for OBELIX related projects, work being conducted by colleagues contributing to the OBELIX theme and obtaining regulatory approvals for OBELIX projects
  • Entering data, evaluating data
  • Laboratory work (in-vitro study with hippocampus cells)
  • Help with grant and ethics applications
  • Report and manuscript writing 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria 

  • Minimum 2:1 degree in Psychology or other relevant area
  • Relevant research experience, e.g. conducting quantitative and qualitative research 
  • Excellent computer and analytic skills
  • Excellent statistical skills
  • Scientific writing skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with service users and their families, health professionals and other researchers 
  • Ability to network with other BRC researchers and clinical teams 
  • Willingness to do wet laboratory work 

Desirable criteria 

  • Experience with wet laboratory work 

Further information 

The post holder will:    

  • Attend research meetings and research project management meetings
  • Undertake any other duties, which may be required from time to time, as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and needs of the service
  • Comply with Trust, University and relevant wider policies and standards 

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearance. 

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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