The School of Pharmacy is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast/School of Pharmacy for a highly motivated individual who would like to develop his/her skills in studying the in vitro and in vivo behaviour of novel cancer nanomedicines. The post will focus on assessing the biological activity, biodistribution, and therapeutic efficacy of a wide range of cancer nanomedicines developed in our group. This includes establishing new in vivo cancer models. The post is fixed term for 12 months.
The appointee will be a member of a large interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary team of scientists from different research backgrounds, under the supervision of Dr Wafa Al-Jamal. Applicants should have a relevant PhD, ideally in pharmacy, formulation science, drug delivery, nanomedicine or any related field, and fulfil all the essential criteria on the person specification. Holding a valid Home Office (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Licence or an equivalent will be required. This full-time post is available for a fixed-term period of twelve months.
The successful candidate must have:
Queen’s University Belfast is recognised as one of the most diverse organisations in Northern Ireland. We are committed to equality of opportunity, fair participation and welcomes applications from all. However, our Fair Employment Equality Monitoring data tells us that individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, people with a disability and those who identify as LGBT+ Members of the Protestant Community are also currently under-represented in this category of work. As such, we particularly welcome applications for this role from individuals who identify with these backgrounds and / or communities.
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