Research Associate (Radiotherapy) at The University of Manchester

Job reference: BMH-022377
Salary: £35,308 to £38,474 per annum according to relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Location: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Withington, Manchester
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Division of Cancer Sciences
Hours Per Week: Full time
Closing date: 15/06/2023
Contract Duration: For 30 months
School/Directorate : School of Medical Sciences

This is an outstanding opportunity for a Research Associate to work within the Advanced Radiotherapy group under the supervision of Dr Marianne Aznar. The post holder will be part of the Radiotherapy Related Research (RRR) group, which is based at The Christie Hospital site in Withington.

The post holder will support the aims of Dr Aznar’s EPSRC fellowship on a project entitled “Big data for small patients – Building “child-size” individual predictive models for life after childhood cancer”. This innovative project will study the relationship between delivered dose and short-term and long-term side effects in children treated with radiotherapy for cancer.

This position offers an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic, well-motivated individual to work as part of a sociable multi-disciplinary team consisting of physicists, clinicians, biologists, computer scientists and radiographers. The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal, communication, IT, and organisational skills, will be able to work with minimal supervision. Experience of medical image analysis, registration or processing is essential for the position.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Blended working arrangements may be considered     

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Dr Marianne Aznar

Email: marianne.aznar@manchester.ac.uk 

Dr Ruth Forman

Email: ruth.forman@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars including job description and person specification are available on the University of Manchester website – click on the ‘Apply’ button above to find out more.