69 faculty health sciences other health sciences jobs found in Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN), WIN/FMRIB, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU We are looking for a researcher who can contribute expertise in analysis of multimodal imaging data, in applying machine learning methods across brain imaging, device-based and clinical data emerging from existing studies specific to Parkinson’s disease (PD and RBD cohorts), and to translate disease-specific imaging biomarkers into unselected population brain imaging data in UK Biobank. The post holder will optimise image pipelines, and create new pipelines, to convert and process raw imaging data. They will also produce progress reports and, when possible , publish and present research results to the international community in collaboration with the PIs. The post holder will employ machine learning tools to data across the different data sources  to identify candidate disease biomarkers, including multiple modalities from each data source The successful...

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit (MRC BNDU), Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TH. We currently have an exciting opportunity for creative neuroscientists to join the  Brain Network Dynamics Unit as a Research Assistant. There are 2 positions available for those who enjoy collaborative and multidisciplinary work. The post holder(s) will be part of the Sharott Group based at the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit (MRC BNDU), University of Oxford. The Group has a strong track record in studying the functional organisation of the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic networks in rodents and humans. The Group use transdisciplinary approaches to elucidate the substrates underlying activity dynamics in these brain circuits, employing innovative techniques to monitor and manipulate neurons and to determine their influence on behaviour. The proposed research will take full advantage of the intellectual environment, capital equipment,...

Oxford Population Health (Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU and Big Data Institute, Oxford, OX3 7LF Prof. Wilson’s Infectious Disease Genomics group are at the forefront of the development and application of approaches for infectious disease genomics, including genome-wide association studies and expression analyses for understanding the genetic basis of observable differences in important microbiological traits including disease severity and drug resistance. We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work closely with the wider research team to generate data in the lab, including large scale RNA extractions in collaboration with the senior postdoctoral researcher within the team, and phenotypically characterise a bank of carriage and infection associated strains for comparative analysis. Additionally, the post holder will pursue an ambitious sampling study, liaising with clinical...

Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX We are looking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to work within the flourishing theme of the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).   The theme is led by Professor Willem Kuyken and Professor Ilina Singh and will investigate how non-clinical environments might be utilised to enhance public health and mental health.   Its main aim is to enable flourishing initiatives and interventions for patients and non-patients, delivered in spaces beyond the clinic.   The post is based in the Department of Psychiatry, at the Warneford Hospital.   The post is for a fixed term (funded to 31 March 2026). You will be primarily responsible for setting up work streams and the delivery of work packages.   This will include setting up clear task objectives, project management, writing up and dissemination.  You will need to develop productive collegial working...

Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX We are looking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to support the development of research led by Professor Kam Bhui, on cultural psychiatry and health inequalities with a special focus on ethnicity and multimorbidity.     The post is based at the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.  The post is for a fixed term (funded for 12 months or to 30 June 2024 for candidates starting after 1st July 2023).  You will work closely with Professor Bhui to ensure timely and efficient preparation of research grants and support the statistical elements of delivery of team research.  You will adapt existing, and develop new research methodologies, and the evolution of appropriate statistical models in secondary data and planning new data collection.    You will have or be close to the completion of a PhD in a relevant subject along with relevant experience...

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU We are seeking a motivated and talented Research Assistant to join our interdisciplinary team in developing and piloting a new research study aimed at modifying social observational learning using virtual reality and real-time neurofeedback. You will be a part of a lab with expertise in computational neuroscience and neuroimaging of social learning and inference, with a particular interest in developing applications to support autistic people. Our expertise sits across basic neuroscience and biomedical engineering, with a strong track record of interdisciplinary and translational research. The successful candidate will be part of a broader project aiming to develop closed-loop systems for brain applications, with a focus on closed-loop neurofeedback as applied to observational inference. It is essential that the post holder holds an undergraduate degree in neuroscience,...

Pandemic Sciences Institute, New Richards Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LG We are seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to join the new Pandemic Preparedness Analytical Capacity and funding Tracking Programme (Pandemic PACT) team, at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, at the University of Oxford. The aim of the Pandemic PACT project is to build on and improve the work, undertaken during COVID. The project will focus on designing a new tool to establish a prospective funding tracking and analysis capability, ready to respond to any emerging pathogen of epidemic or pandemic potential. To establish a tool that can track research funding investments, to provide essential information that major funding decision-makers can tap into, and to improve collaboration and coherence of future research responses to epidemics and pandemics that are aligned to global and regional needs. We are also looking to establish a platform using automated and...

Pandemic Sciences Institute, New Richards Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LG We are seeking to appoint two Research Assistants to join the new Pandemic Preparedness Analytical Capacity and funding Tracking Programme (Pandemic PACT) team, at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, at the University of Oxford. The aim of the Pandemic PACT project is to build on and improve the work, undertaken during COVID. The project will focus on designing a new tool to establish a prospective funding tracking and analysis capability, ready to respond to any emerging pathogen of epidemic or pandemic potential. To establish a tool that can track research funding investments, to provide essential information that major funding decision-makers can tap into, and to improve collaboration and coherence of future research responses to epidemics and pandemics that are aligned to global and regional needs. We are also looking to establish a platform using automated and...

Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX We are seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join our exciting programme of research to develop novel measures and treatments for mental health problems in children and young people.  This BRC Fellow post will be part of the new National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre’s Mental Health in Development theme. The BRC development theme is focused on delivering targeted, accessible and effective mental health interventions that meet the needs of diverse children, young people and families. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to an important programme work conducted by a large team of collaborators. We will be creating sustainable infrastructure to deliver an ambitious programme of translational research that spans understanding key mechanisms across child and adolescent development and how these can be modified and applied to advance prevention and...

The University of Oxford intends to appoint the Valerie Beral Professor of Epidemiology. This new Professorship is a key appointment for the Nuffield Department of Population Health as they bring together public health, population health science and epidemiology. The ideal candidate will have an outstanding track record of research and vision in population health, and commitment to extending its impact on health globally and training in the discipline. The post is available as either a clinical or non-clinical position. If appointed to a clinical post, you must be medically qualified and will be a clinician at NHS consultant/honorary consultant level. Population health and epidemiology research are key strategic disciplines for the Oxford Medical Sciences Division and the University. It is pivotal to the University’s many strategic contributions to research and capacity building in global health.  Population health and epidemiology are also central disciplines in...

Oxford Population Health (Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford), Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF Oxford Population Health (Nuffield Department of Population Health) contains world-renowned population health research groups and provides an excellent environment for multi-disciplinary research and teaching. Oxford Population Health is a key partner in the Big Data Institute (BDI), contains world-renowned population health research groups, and is an excellent environment for multi-disciplinary teaching and research. We are seeking a postdoctoral epidemiologist with a strong interest in aetiological research on cancer to join our team in the Cancer Epidemiology Unit. You will be joining our collaborative research team of epidemiologists and statisticians, conducting innovative epidemiological research on risk factors for cancer based on large prospective cohort studies and consortia. The main focus of your research will be on the...

Oxford Population Health (Nuffield Department of Population Health), Old Road Campus, Oxford This is an exciting opportunity for a Researcher to conduct primary research with multimodal, high resolution spatiotemporal data from a low-income setting. You will be a member of an international partnership that is employing cutting-edge big data methodologies for the study of a disease of poverty. You will join the Big Data Institute and Nuffield Department of Population Health, both of which are home to world-renowned research groups applying quantitative methods to key global health issues. We are looking to appoint a highly motivated Researcher to conduct research on force-of-infection models using spatiotemporal data at the level of an individual water site where transmission of schistosomiasis occurs. You will join an interdisciplinary team of field epidemiologists, mathematicians, machine learning scientists, technicians, parasitologists, global health ethicists, and health...

Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, Level 3, Women’s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU. The Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health (NDWRH) have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant in Ovarian Tissue Culture with a passion and enthusiasm for conservation. Many species of rhinoceros are critically endangered with just two females remaining of the Northern White Rhino. Therefore, it is critical to develop fertility preservation techniques for rhinos. Considerable progress has been made on the project since it was founded, and we continue to strive towards achieving the original goal of generating eggs in vitro from rhino ovarian tissues. The aim of this project is to develop techniques to develop rhinoceros eggs from cryopreserved ovarian tissues. Reporting to Prof. Suzannah Williams, the post holder will be a member of her research group with responsibility for the analysis of...

Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, Level 3, Women’s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU. The Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health (NDWRH) have an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Rhinoceros Ovarian Culture with a passion and enthusiasm for conservation. Many species of rhinoceros are critically endangered with just two females remaining of the Northern White Rhino. Therefore, it is critical to develop fertility preservation techniques for rhinos, however, very little is known about ovarian function in these species. The aim of this project is to develop techniques to develop rhinoceros eggs from cryopreserved ovarian tissues.  Reporting to Prof. Suzannah Williams, the post holder will be a member of her research group with responsibility for the analysis of fixed ovarian rhino tissue as well as optimising techniques to develop rhino follicles in vitro with...

Primary Health Care, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Evidence-Based Healthcare / Online course development, to work with a team delivering the post graduate programme in evidence-based healthcare. You will coordinate the online course development across the Program in Evidence-Based Healthcare (EBHC) and contribute to the teaching within the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) and its outputs. Responsibilities will include: Develop and co-ordinate the delivery of the online courses across the EBHC programme Deliver teaching required by the EBHC Develop teaching across the undergraduate program relating to EBM Contribute to the overall development of the program in EBHC and form part of the management board to support the further development of the program. Develop the CEBM engagement and marketing initiatives to promote the online courses in...

Research Fellows in Health Economics Fixed term post on Grade 7: £34,308 to £42,155 per annum Full time (37.5 hours), but part-time hours will be considered no less than 0.6FTE (22.5 hours) Following considerable success in the award of new research funding in the area of health economics, we are seeking to appoint to three new positions as Research Fellows. You will join an expanding group of health economics researchers based at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS). Post one (BZ23013) will involve working with mathematical modellers on a portfolio of economic evaluations of interventions targeted at infectious diseases in England. Post two (BZ23014) will focus on the delivery of economic evaluations in the orthopaedic, lung disease and sleep disorder contexts, funded by the UK National Institute of Health and Care Research. Post three (BZ23015) will focus on the delivery of economic...

Pandemic Sciences Institute, New Richards Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX2 7LG We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Researcher to join the Pandemic Sciences Institute working on the Pandemic Preparedness Analytical Capacity and funding Tracking programme (Pandemic PACT) within the GloPID-R Research and Policy team. This is an exciting new role within an established and rapidly expanding team. You will provide guidance to junior members of the research group including research assistants, interns, PhD students, and/or project volunteers. You will be at the centre of data collection and data analysis that will form the foundation of the funding tracking tool and the Pandemic PACT team’s work You will be responsible for managing your own academic research and administrative activities. This involves small-scale project management to co-ordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines. You will adapt and develop existing and new research methodologies...

Pandemic Sciences Institute, New Richards Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LG We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) Research and Policy Team at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, at the University of Oxford. You will be supporting the new Pandemic Preparedness Analytical Capacity and funding Tracking Programme (Pandemic PACT) team, within GloPID-R focused on generating evidence to inform clinical research prioritisation for high priority infectious diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential. You will be supporting the establishment of a Rapid Research Needs Appraisal (RRNA) platform, aimed at rapidly and robustly identifying gaps in the evidence base for high priority infectious diseases, using a methodology developed previously by our team in collaboration with Cochrane Response and Evidence Aid UK (doi:...

Department of Computer Science - Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford We are seeking a Research Associate to work at the intersection of computational statistics, machine learning, and public policy. You will be based in the Department of Computer Science at Oxford and a member of the Machine Learning & Global Health Network, a multi-institution research laboratory with members at Oxford, Imperial College London, University of Copenhagen, and Singapore. Reporting directly to Professor Seth Flaxman (Oxford), and collaborating closely with Prof Lucie Cluver, from the Department of Social Policy & Intervention (Oxford) you will help lead an ongoing multiyear programme of methodological research (2020-2025), to tackle pressing public policy problems in collaboration with international organisations including the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme. You will regularly collaborate with researchers in the Machine Learning & Global Health Network;...

Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health (NDWRH), Level 2/3/4, The Women’s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford The Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated midwife/nurse to join our team and support the portfolio of clinical research. The successful applicant would support the set-up and delivery of NIHR CRN portfolio studies with support from the Senior Research Midwives. The Oxford Safer Pregnancy Alliance (OSPREA) research unit is a joint venture between the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT), based in the Women’s Centre of the John Radcliffe Hospital. It consists of a team of research midwifes, nurses, doctors, scientists and support staff who facilitate translational clinical research in the areas of obstetrics and gynaecology. OSPREA supports the recruitment to a range of observational and...