Eye-Tracking Research Associate (Children) - 0.5FTE, 6m

University of Bristol; West of England; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Bristol is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (or Senior Postdoc) to support a randomised trial of a novel therapeutic eye-tracking app for children. The role involves using Eyelink Eyetracker with participants including those with additional needs, and requires MATLAB/PsychToolbox data setup and analysis.

The role is a fixed-term maternity cover, part-time (0.5FTE), 17.5 hours per week, based at the Eye Hospital/Bristol Medical School.

Qualifications

• Experience using an Eyelink Duo to test children.
• Postgraduate research degree (PhD) in a related subject or near submission.

Responsibilities

• Eye-tracking children taking part in the EyeTrain study, alongside clinicians
• Supporting and training clinical staff on how to eye track the children and to troubleshoot any problems as they arise
• Managing data quality control to ensure everyone eye tracking the children are working to the same standard and identifying any problems
• Designing and managing preliminary data processing for the eye tracking data
• Drafting sections of study report for the funder and results papers

Skills

Eye-tracking

Data analysis

Staff training

Clinical trial support

Data quality control

Study documentation

Education

PhD in a related subject

Tools

MATLAB

PsychToolbox

Eyelink Duo

Job description

University of Bristol is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (or Senior Postdoc) to support a randomised trial of a novel therapeutic eye-tracking app for children. The role involves using Eyelink Eyetracker with participants including those with additional needs, and requires MATLAB/PsychToolbox data setup and analysis.

The role is a fixed-term maternity cover, part-time (0.5FTE), 17.5 hours per week, based at the Eye Hospital/Bristol Medical School.