Research Fellow in Psychiatric Genomics

3 days ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Grade - UE07 £36,333 - £43,155**

**College/School/Department - Deanery of Clinical Sciences/CCBS/Psychiatry**

**Contract type Hours per week - Fixed Term, 35 Hours Per Week**

**Fixed Term - 36 months**

**Number Of Posts - 1**

We are looking for an enthusiastic post-doctoral researcher with interest and experience in analysing genomic and/or longitudinal mental health data.

**The Opportunity**:
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious post-doctoral scientist to work within a exciting team and contribute to knowledge on the genomic (genetic and epigenetic) and phenotypic foundations of depression. Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research fellowship, to be held within the Division of Psychiatry. This research post will be focused on the statistical analyses of genotypes, DNA methylation data and longitudinal phenotypes from large studies, including UK Biobank, Generation Scotland and ALSPAC. The successful applicant will analyse data from these studies and will work within a wider group looking at genetic influences on mental health phenotypes, including collaborators from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Experience of analysing genomic and/or longitudinal research
- Experience of working with R or other statistical packages
- Evidence of having contributed to published research productivity
- Excellent management and organisational skills
- Experience of working effectively within a team and ability to work independently

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held on the **28th of August**

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages **(opens new browser tab).

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