Research Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge

We wish to appoint a part-time (0.71 FTE) fixed term research assistant position at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, for 37 months.

The RA position will use existing EMEG methods developed at the CBSU to understand how the brain processes the acoustic signals of spoken language, with a view to clinical applications in minimally-verbal autism.

The successful candidates will join the Woolgar Lab (www.woolgarlab.org) Please refer to the below job description and person specification for more information about the responsibilities and requirements for the role.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 37 months in the first instance.

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