2024 BNA Scholars announced
15th March 2024
Job details
Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our century. Researchers at the UK Dementia Research Institute (DRI) at King's College London are using innovative approaches to explore the biological mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Their goal is to defeat dementia by uncovering vital new knowledge that will lead to the design of smarter diagnostics and effective treatments. The team aims to understand the fundamental biological processes involved in dementia at a molecular level - and to use that knowledge to design new ways to diagnose and treat disease more precisely.
The successful candidate will help to drive the setup of multimodal home monitoring of patients with the neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This post will form a strong academic link between Professor Chris Shaw at UK DRI at King's College London and Professor David Sharp at UK DRI at Imperial College London. Close liaison with expert machine learning teams at the University of Surrey will be integral. Ultimately, we aim to answer important questions about environmental influences on disease progression in ALS and the development of novel biomarkers to advance drug discovery.
This position is funded by the UK DRI Cross Centre Post-Doctoral Programme.
Requirements
Desirable criteria
How to apply
https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/006724/UK-DRI-Post-doctoral-Research-Associate
Contact details
Dr James Bashford: james.bashford@kcl.ac.uk