Research Associate Psychedelic Drugs - Imperial College London

Vacancy Reference Number

MED01172

Closing Date

21 Apr 2019

Salary

£37,486 to £46,499 per annum

Address

Psychedelic Research Group, Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Duration

Fixed term for 1 year

Campus: Hammersmith Campus

Applications are invited for a Research Associate position within the Psychedelic Research Group of the Division of Brain Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. The Psychedelic Research Group, lead by Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, focuses on studying the action of psychedelic drugs in the brain, and their clinical utility, e.g. as aides to psychotherapy. The post is funded by the Ad Astria Chandaria Foundation to investigate the effects of psychedelics on consciousness and behaviour.

Duties & responsibilities

During the course of the appointment, you will be in charge of developing new paradigms for the analysis and interpretation of data generated in experiments related to the psychedelic experience. Additionally, you will be in charge of supervising the analyses of data related to experiments carried out in the Psychedelic Research Group. Finally, you are expected to supervise multi-disciplinary teams, and to establish new collaboration links involving the Psychedelic Research Group and groups of complementary expertise.

Essential requirements

You are expected to have a good knowledge of the main theories and frameworks related to consciousness and brain activity. In addition, you need to have extensive knowledge and experience over quantitative and statistical procedures, and solid programming skills. You shall also have a PhD or equivalent experience and possess a track-record of publications in peer-reviewed journals, and demonstrable experience coordinating interdisciplinary teams and / or guiding students.

Further information

This role is full-time and fixed-term for a year.

For technical issues when applying online please email recruitment@imperial.ac.uk

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Closing date: 21/04/2019

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Contact Details

recruitment@imperial.ac.uk