Research Assistant United Kingdom
Job description
Fixed-term contract for 24 months, part-time 0.8 FTE.
The University of Warwick is seeking to appoint a researcher based at the Department of Psychology, as part of funding provided for the Big Baby 2 UP (BB2UP) study. The researcher will be working with Professor Dieter Wolke, the BB2up team and the wider DW Preterm Research Team. The Data Manager/Research Assistant will be joining a dynamic team of academics, postdocs, RA’s and PhD students working across several studies on the effects of early adversities on development from childhood into adulthood. The appointment is for 24 months at 0.8 FTE. However, there is some flexibility and appointments from 0.6 FTE (for a longer period) or full-time 1.0 (shorter period) would be considered. Please indicate 0.8; 1.0 or 0.6 FTE clearly in your application.
The research is on the effects of alternative obstetric approaches to dealing with big babies (anticipated birth weight >4500g) and the consequences on their development using experimental research (randomized controlled trial) and longitudinal studies conducted using data from birth cohorts and population based registries. The data manager will also be working on data sets of various studies that have assessed developmental outcome across the whole gestation range to determine the effects of being born large or small onto development into adulthood.
The successful candidate will be prepared to begin as soon as possible after 1 June 2023. All applications must be made online and accompanied by a CV and covering letter. References may be requested prior to shortlisting.
This post is a unique opportunity for someone with a B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree with appropriate experience interested in research work or those returning to work. The post will be working within a research team and the RA is able to contribute to publications enhancing the researchers’ career.
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
Interview date: Early May 2023.
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
The researcher(s) will be responsible for managing and documenting data that are already collected, are collected in a new wave of data collection or will be accessed using other cohorts or registry data. These include pre- and perinatal variables and psychological outcomes such as cognitive, motor or behavioural development and quality of life. Specifically, the RA will work on bringing together data from various longitudinal studies, harmonise these where required for the team to allow the investigation of the effects of delivering babies a few weeks early on development. The researcher will be working together within the team, i.e. the Principal investigator, postdocs and PhD students and closely with researchers elsewhere who have relevant cohort or registry data and the teams collecting new data on psychological function and biomarkers. The researcher will receive, check, harmonise and document, manage and distribute data to various researchers. The researcher will be involved in basic data analysis and will be able to acquire advanced data analysis skills to contribute to research publications.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To get familiar with the BB2Up study and its data.
2. To help and search for cohorts and registry data and extract data for data analysis.
3. To document and develop the cohort/registry data base and develop harmonisation protocols for new data if needed.
4. To provide basic and descriptive statistics on the data and contribute to publications if possible.
5. to communicate with collaborators re. data access, data flow and data exchange and coding information.
6. To help produce slides using powerpoint or similar presentations packages for reports or conference presentations by the PI/team.
7. To participate in regular data meetings within and across teams.
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