ABOUT US

The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

We are looking for an outstanding and highly motivated Research Assistant with strong interest in preclinical development of nucleic acid therapy for the treatment of hereditary sensory neuropathy. The project will focus on various in vitro and in vivo studies of RNA compounds in cellular models and transgenic mice which include behavioral studies, tissue dissection and further laboratory analysis. The research assistant will play a crucial role in assisting the senior postdoc to implement the designated research project. The position is funded by a charity foundation for 6 months in the first instance with potential to extend for a further period.