Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom King's College London Full time

Job id: 086327. Salary: £43,205 per annum pro rata, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 23 April 2024. Closing date: 28 April 2024.

Business unit: IoPPN. Department: Academic Psychiatry.

Location: Denmark Hill Campus. Category: Research.

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Job description

The role involves two distinct components:
First, to carry out interim analyses using an existing risk and resilience measure, which will be linked with pre-natal environmental risk factors and clinical outcomes and second, to help create a new developmental risk and resilience measure that builds on clinical experience with adverse childhood experiences trauma, and that accounts for a) developmental processes, b) risk/ resilience factors specific for the South African context.

This post will be offered on a part-time (1 day per week), fixed term contract for 6 months.

Key responsibilities

Carry out statistical analyses of an existing risk/ resilience measure to derive thematic subscales and compare to data driven factors

Write up manuscript for publication

As part of a team, help to create an interview schedule for a qualitative study aimed at creating a new developmental risk/ resilience measure for children and young people in South Africa

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

1. PhD or DClin qualfiication

2. Clinical experience working with vulnerable populations who are/ have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences and/ or have mental health problems

3. Advanced knowledge of developmental psychopathology, including adverse childhood experiences, childhood trauma

5. Experience with statistical analyses (SPSS, R, STATA)

6. Evidence of preparing manuscripts for publication

Desirable criteria

1. Experiences with neurodivergent populations (including autism, ADHD, Intellectual Disability) relevant for a companion instrument that will assess risk/ resilience factors in neurodivergent people


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