Research Fellow - Department of Applied Health Sciences - 104748 - Grade 7

at  University of Birmingham

POSITION DETAILS

Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £35,880 to £45,163 with potential progression once in post to £47,874
Grade: 7
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to August 2029
Closing date: 4th December 2024

ROLE SUMMARY

To optimise the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical trials for rare diseases, explore facilitators and barriers to PRO data collection, develop and offer a PRO design support service for rare disease trials within the LifeArc Centre for Acceleration of Rare Disease Trials.

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids supporting the use of PROs in rare disease trials.
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results
• Contribute to generating funding
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar

MAIN DUTIES

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop PRO specific research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, including leading PRO strategy within the LifeArc Centre with assistance of a mentor if required
• Contribute to writing bids for LifeArc-related research funding
• Analyse and interpret data
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars, via NIHR Learn and via social media
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Undertake management/administration arising from research
• Contribute to School research-related activities and research-related administration
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
• Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods. Specifically for this project this will include qualitative interviews & focus groups, literature reviews, Delphi methodology
• Liaise with PPIE members, co-ordinate and lead PPIE meetings and reporting via PIRIT tool
• Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars, oral presentations at national/international conferences and as posters
• Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research. Develop training resources for the LifeArc PRO design support service
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines