Job Description
Grade UE07: £41,064-£48,822
CMVM- Edinburgh Medical School/Deanery of Clinical Sciences
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: 3 Years
The Opportunity
To analyse neuroimaging, cognitive, and biological data from the UKRI MRC-funded
PREterm
Neurodevelopment and
COGnition study (PRENCOG), the Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort (TEBC), and other early life image datasets available to the research community. We wish to develop an understanding of how preterm birth affects the brain by studying children born preterm and term comparators. We are collecting multiscale data during the neonatal period and at ages 5 and 7 years. The post-holder will apply statistical and computational approaches to the analysis of high-dimensional data sets from children affected by preterm birth, including MRI, DNA methylation, and phenotypic data, and they will undertake longitudinal image analyses. To contribute to the development of new ideas, approaches, concepts or techniques, to the overall direction and management of this research project, and to publishing or otherwise disseminating the outputs of the research.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.
This post is fixed term for 3 years, but there is a possibility of an extension.
The salary for this post is
£41,064 to £48,822 per annum.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- PhD in neonatal neuroimaging (MRI)
- Postdoctoral research experience in neonatal neuroimaging (MRI
- Sound understanding of the potential non-academic impacts early life brain research, and experience engaging with stakeholders to achieve these.
- Experience integrating MRI with collateral data clinical, biological and behavioural data.
- Experience and achievement in the neonatal neuroimaging science (MRI), reflected in a research portfolio that includes high quality publications and grant income.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
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On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is
11th December 2025.
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Interview dates to be confirmed.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The Centre for Reproductive Health (CRH; Director; Professor Andrew Horne) at the University of Edinburgh has the largest concentration in the UK of scientists who study reproductive health, from basic biology to clinical translation. It is one of the leading Centres in reproductive health in the world and is a trusted source for this research globally.
CRH conducts fundamental and applied research that aims to develop novel treatments for the major unmet needs in reproductive disorders and to exploit impacts of this research across medicine. The internationally competitive research activity of reproductive scientists based within the Centre is augmented by clinical activities based within the adjacent Royal Infirmary and Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health.
A central mission is “to gain fundamental understanding of the impact of reproductive processes and their pathologies on the entire life-span of males and females: to use this knowledge to improve human health from birth to old age and to provide leadership in training and public engagement in reproductive health“. This vision is currently enabled by four groupings: (i) Reproductive Resilience, Proliferation, Differentiation and Repair (ii) Reproductive system cancers: aetiology, pathogenesis and therapy (iii) Optimizing life-long health through pregnancy and perinatal interventions (iv) Immune-Endocrine interactions in Reproductive Health.
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