Job Description

(Redeployment) Research Associate (iMPROVE Project)

Eligibility: Only those employees in redeployment are eligible to apply for this post. You must be an employee of the University on the date on which you apply, and you must still be employed by the University on the date of the interview. You also must have had 51 weeks of continuous service at UU and be in the final 6 months of a fixed-term contract to be eligible. Any queries regarding eligibility, please contact jobs@ulster.ac.uk prior to applying.

Role

: Research Associate (iMPROVE Project)

Department:

School of Medicine

Grade

: Research 6/7 (32,564 - 36,148 per annum)

Responsible to

: Principal Investigator

Campus:

Derry~Londonderry

(Fixed-Term until 31st December 2028 / Full-Time)

Job Purpose:

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team focused on pharmacogenomics within the EU iMPROVE Project based at the Personalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine. They will be responsible for co-development and operation of a project participant database, a pharmacogenomic evidence database and performing data analysis on clinical outcome measures from participants recruited within the Project.

iMPROVE is a EUR10.1M EU PEACEPLUS funded cross-border project, led by Ulster University, which seeks to implement and deliver specialist personalised medicine and person-centric care to improve prescribing safety for 10,000 people living with health conditions in the rural and urban communities of Northwest Ireland and Tayside in Scotland. People taking part in the research project will undergo a 6 or 12-month intervention for optimisation of prescribed medicines using an innovative, disruptive primary care and community-based approach.

Ulster University holds a silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality. You can read more about what this means at www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan and on our university website https://www.ulster.ac.uk/peopleandculture/employee-benefits/equality-diversity/athena-swan.The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

Closing date

:

3rd August

2025

at 23.30

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Job ID :

036746

Location :

Magee

Close Date :

03-Aug-2025