Postdoc Research Associate - Neurodevelopmental Education

Queen Mary University of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

30 days leave

Season ticket loan

Professional development

Flexible working

Campus facilities

Job summary

Queen Mary University of London invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology. The project focuses on the combined impact of behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders on education and will involve the Cognition, Development and Education (CoDE) Lab.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant field and have experience with large developmental cohort data, SEM, and tools such as R, PLINK and GitHub.

Qualifications

• PhD in psychology, psychiatry, bioinformatics, human genetics, epidemiology or statistics.
• Experience analyzing data in large developmental cohort studies.
• Experience with SEM applied to phenotypic/genetic data; proficient in R or PLINK.
• Evidence of published research; strong organizational and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the PI, researchers and students in Dr Malanchini's group.
• Work with co-PIs at QMUL, UCL and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
• Contribute to the project on the education-related neurodevelopmental topics.

Skills

Data analysis

SEM

R programming

PLINK

GitHub

Published research

Teamwork

Independent work

Education

PhD in psychology

Tools

GitHub

PLINK

R

Job description

Queen Mary University of London invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology. The project focuses on the combined impact of behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders on education and will involve the Cognition, Development and Education (CoDE) Lab.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant field and have experience with large developmental cohort data, SEM, and tools such as R, PLINK and GitHub.