Postdoctoral Research Fellow

About the Role
The Research Fellow will contribute to the intellectual life of the School / Institute and wider institution. They will be involved in the MRC-funded ATTUNE project investigating mechanisms and mental health impacts of adverse childhood experiences to co-design preventative arts and digital interventions.

About You
Candidate will have a PhD or Professional Doctorate in a social science discipline, or equivalent publication record. They will have knowledge of academic research into ACEs and mental health and have a publication record appropriate to experience level. They will have experience and expertise in advanced quantitative data analysis including data cleaning, regression models, SEM, and latent class modelling. Candidate will have the ability to work with large complex data sets and communicate complex information effectively, both verbally and in writing.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Unit of Psychological Medicine is a part of the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. It has a focus on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into public health strategies and their practical implementation – all dedicated to the reduction of disease and disability.

Ranked in the top 10 in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Queen Mary University of London, is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive higher education institutions, delivering world class education and knowledge transfer across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry and Science & Engineering.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at Whitechapel/Charterhouse Square Campus in London. It is a full-time (35 hours per week), fixed-term appointments for 1 years, with an expected start date of November 2022. The starting salary will be Grade 4, in the range of £35,775 – £39,815 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr Sania Shakoor at sania.shakoor@qmul.ac.uk .

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button.

The closing date for applications is 14 October 2022.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.