Maternal Sleep Research Scientist

King's College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s College London is seeking a Research Scientist - Maternal Sleep to lead studies on obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy and their outcomes. The role designs observational cohorts and interventional trials to generate pregnancy-specific diagnostic evidence and aims to secure external funding.

The post holder will work with clinicians, data scientists, behavioural scientists, and international collaborators to deliver AI-enabled research studies and interventions.

Qualifications

• PhD and postdoctoral research in sleep/respiratory fields.
• Experience with maternal/perinatal outcomes and sleep measurement.
• Experience designing clinical, behavioural, population health or digital health studies.
• Publications in peer‑reviewed journals and conference presentations.
• Ability to secure external research funding.
• Cross-disciplinary project management with clinicians and statisticians.
• RCT experience in pregnant populations.
• Quantitative skills in R/Python.
• Experience with large maternity cohorts and datasets.
• Sleep/digital phenotyping and wearables validation.
• Translation to practice via implementation science or health economics.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of observational cohort studies and interventional trials.
• Secure external funding and translate findings into antenatal screening pathways.
• Collaborate with clinicians, data scientists, behavioural scientists, and partners.
• Develop scalable, AI-enabled research studies and interventions.
• Operate in a non-clinical/basic science post with research integrity.

Skills

Project management

Longitudinal analysis

R/Python

Collaboration

Ethics approval

External funding

Publications

Education

PhD in sleep/respiratory physiology

Postdoctoral research experience

Job description

King’s College London is seeking a Research Scientist - Maternal Sleep to lead studies on obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy and their outcomes. The role designs observational cohorts and interventional trials to generate pregnancy-specific diagnostic evidence and aims to secure external funding.

The post holder will work with clinicians, data scientists, behavioural scientists, and international collaborators to deliver AI-enabled research studies and interventions.