MR Imaging Research Assistant – MS Brain Studies

University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a capable candidate to manage, process, and analyse magnetic resonance imaging data for clinical studies in multiple sclerosis, primarily PrecisionMS and FutureMS. The role involves data management, quality checking and manual segmentation of brain images to assess volumes and lesions, with opportunities for small supervised projects.

Based in Edinburgh within the MS Imaging and Anne Rowling Clinic teams, you will support imaging outcomes across the

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant subject is required.
• Experience in basic MRI processing is expected.
• Good understanding of neuroanatomy and neuroimaging data is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage, process and analyse MR imaging data for clinical MS studies.
• Data management, quality checking, running established pipelines and manual segmentation of brain images to assess intracranial volume, white matter lesions, and brain volumes; generate parametric maps for quantitative imaging analysis pipelines.

Skills

MRI processing

Neuroanatomy understanding

Neuroimaging data

Data management

Quality checking

Image analysis pipelines

Education

Undergraduate degree in a relevant subject

Tools

MRI processing software

Job description

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a capable candidate to manage, process, and analyse magnetic resonance imaging data for clinical studies in multiple sclerosis, primarily PrecisionMS and FutureMS. The role involves data management, quality checking and manual segmentation of brain images to assess volumes and lesions, with opportunities for small supervised projects.

Based in Edinburgh within the MS Imaging and Anne Rowling Clinic teams, you will support imaging outcomes across the