Lead MRI Researcher for Diabetic Kidney Assessment

The University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pensions

Flexible working

Discounts

Staff networks

Learning & mentoring

Job summary

The University of Sheffield invites applications for a Research Associate 2 to lead MRI protocol development within the VASCO-CKD project. You will collaborate across engineering, clinical and stakeholder networks to advance modelling and clinical translation of phase-contrast MRI data.

The role offers a fixed-term 42-month contract with opportunities to publish in high-impact journals and to share code and data in open repositories.

Qualifications

• PhD (or near completion) in a quantitative field.
• Documented MRI sequence development experience.
• Strong MRI physics knowledge and data modelling.
• Experience with open-source codebases and GitHub.
• Excellent communication and collaboration in multidisciplinary teams.
• Record of peer-reviewed publications or technical reports.
• Experience setting up and analysing phase-contrast MRI data.
• Experience with GE MRI sequence development.

Responsibilities

• Lead MRI protocol development and clinical studies in WP2.
• Retrospectively analyse renal phase-contrast data from iBEAt.
• Set up MRI protocol on GE scanners to measure renal blood flow.
• Develop an integrated database and analysis pipeline.
• Run a clinical study in 80 patients and healthy controls.
• Collaborate with Research Associate 1 and teams.
• Support validation of the computational model and in-silico trials.
• Package data and models into open repositories.
• Present milestones at meetings and conferences.
• Carry out other duties as required.

Skills

MRI sequence development

MRI physics

MRI data processing

Open-source / GitHub

Communication & collaboration

Publications / reports

Phase-contrast MRI data analysis

GE scanner sequence development

Education

PhD (or near completion) in Physics/Engineering/Applied Mathematics/Computational Biomedical Imaging

Tools

GE scanners

GitHub

Job description

The University of Sheffield invites applications for a Research Associate 2 to lead MRI protocol development within the VASCO-CKD project. You will collaborate across engineering, clinical and stakeholder networks to advance modelling and clinical translation of phase-contrast MRI data.

The role offers a fixed-term 42-month contract with opportunities to publish in high-impact journals and to share code and data in open repositories.