School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Assistant. The successful candidate will work on the SPACE (Supportive environments for Physical and social Activity, healthy ageing and CognitivE health) project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge. The successful candidate will become a member of the QUB Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group in the Centre for Public Health working with Dr Ruth Hunter, Dr Bernadette McGuinness and Dr Claire Cleland. The programme of research is focused on investigating the impact of the urban environment on cognitive health in older adults in Northern Ireland. A team of researchers work on the project from across the University. This particular post will assist the team in collecting, collating and processing physical activity and GPS data. A brief overview of the rationale for the project and methods is provided below.
This is a fixed term post for 18 months.
The successful candidate must have:
Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
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 the Protestant community are 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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