Research Assistant

  • Full Time
  • Oxford
  • 25000 AED / Month

University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

Research Assistant

 

Description:

We are looking for someone to join us who is as enthusiastic about making a difference to the world as we are. We are a multidisciplinary group whose work has influenced policy and practice. This role is taking our brief interventions that successfully motivate and support people to lose weight and adapting them for underserved populations, particularly people with mental illness. We are working to adapt them to meet their needs and test the effect in trials.

We are a vibrant expanding team, the Health Behaviours team (https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/research/research-themes/health-behaviours-theme/health-behaviours) The team works to develop and test population and individual-level interventions to improve diet, obesity, smoking cessation and tobacco control, and supporting studies including systematic reviews and epidemiological analyses. Our team is multidisciplinary, with contributions from nutrition scientists and dietitians, psychologists, general practitioners, epidemiologists, and economists. The team is co-led by Professor Susan Jebb, Professor Peter Scarborough, and Professor Paul Aveyard and the post holder will work mainly with Dr Paul Doody on the NIHR Oxford and Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration (ARC)’s Prevention theme https://www.arc-oxtv.nihr.ac.uk/our_work/changing-behaviours-for-better-health-and-preventing-disease led by Paul Aveyard, but may work with other groups as the need arises.

You will work in project groups to support and develop research, working primarily to support projects led by others. There will be opportunities for leading projects working collaboratively with others. The research methods would include quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, and write-up. You would be expected to engage the public in shaping their research programme and disseminating the outcomes to academic audiences and other stakeholders such as policymakers and the public.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the research project, including recruiting participants to studies in clinical and non-clinical settings, liaising with partners, collecting, analysing, and writing up the studies.

You will hold a relevant undergraduate and masters degree and be able to evidence significant academic attainment and interest in the area as well as possess a sufficient specialist knowledge in behavioural science to work within our research programmes.

You will be based in the Gibson Building, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG as your normal place of work. However, you will work in clinical and non-clinical settings to recruit participants into studies. The team is mostly office-based to enhance collaboration, which we believe leads to stronger science.

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.ac.uk.

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