Adult Clinical Research Fellow at University of Oxford

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team that have been working on the rapid clinical development of vaccines against COVID-19 and other important outbreak pathogens including Marburg and Ebola. The team are running pioneering studies on experimental controlled human challenge studies for bacterial and viral infections and phase I-III studies of experimental vaccines to transform human health.

Three types of roles are available: Adult Clinical Research Fellow, UK Paediatric Clinical Research Fellow, Paediatric Clinical Fellows supporting global studies.

Adult Clinical Research Fellow – working on vaccine and vaccine-related studies, including against COVID-19 and other threats to human health, recently developed human models of typhoid and paratyphoid infection and pneumococcal, RSV and influenza challenge studies in a collaboration with the Liverpool School Of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). This post would be especially suitable for trainees in infectious or tropical diseases, medical microbiology/virology, immunology, gastroenterology or acute internal medicine, but would also be suitable for trainees in any other specialty, including general practice or on completion of core medical training.

This research is expected to lead to high quality publications and includes opportunities for suitable candidates to study for a higher degree (MSc/MD/DPhil). If the candidate is interested in pursuing an academic research career, they will be given the opportunity and encouragement to seek independent research funding and to develop a laboratory, clinical or a translational research proposal.

For further details regarding the role, please see the job description via the link below.

The post is fixed term for 12 months in the first instance, but has the potential to be extended based on the availability of further funding. Furthermore, this role meets the criteria for a UK Skilled Worker visa.

You will be required to upload a CV and Supporting Statement as part of your online application. The Supporting Statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description. Click here for information and advice on writing an effective Supporting Statement.

To discuss the adult and paediatric posts in more detail please contact Hannah Robinson, Clinical Delivery Lead Hannah.robinson@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk. To discuss the global studies post, please contact Sarah, Kelly, Global Studies Delivery Lead sarah.kelly@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk.

This is a rolling advert with an end date of 1^st November 2023. We will review applications on the last Wednesday of each month and get back to candidates shortly after.