Background
This post will be funded by a multi-million pound award from Wellcome Leap programme awarded to the University of Birmingham to study Untangling Addiction. Our project, entitled “Predicting persistent opioid usage after surgery: Integrating multi-omics, neurobiology, and AI-interviews".
Our research programme aims to address persistent opioid usage by identifying molecular, neurobiological and cognitive signatures characterizing patients at risk of prolonged opioid use post-surgery.
Role Summary
This post-doctoral research will be conducted in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of experts in the fields of neuroscience, immunology, pain, anaesthesia, and machine learning.
Supervision will be provided by Prof. Ali Mazaheri, as well as Prof. Fang Gao Smith, and Prof. Helen McGettrick.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in psychology, cognitive science and multi-modal data integration. Experience, in particular in combining different modalities (longitudinal data, multi-omics, EEGs, NLP, etc.), is a clear advantage.
In your online application please include detail on how you match the person specification.
Main Duties
The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.
- Developing novel computer-based models, techniques and methods
- Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
- Contribute to writing bids for research funding
- Analyse and interpret data
- Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
- Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
- Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
- Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
- Undertake management/administration arising from research
- Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
- Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
- Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation, literature reviews, and research interviews
- Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters
- Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
- Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
- Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.
