This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic clinical research fellow to work at Cardiff University’s “Advanced Neuro Therapies Research Centre (ANTC)” under the supervision of Professor Gray. Professor Gray as Cardiff University’s Professor of Functional Neurosurgery is the academic lead in neurosurgery in Wales with principal interests in basic and clinical stem cell research related to brain repair, and gene and cell-based therapies for neurological disease.
The Clinical Research Fellowship will be based within the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW). For the research aspect of this post the appointee will be located at UHW and CUBRIC, home to one of Europe’s most powerful brain scanners, depending upon the needs of your research project and as guided by your supervisor. For the clinical duties, you will be located at the UHW neurosurgery department.
Duties And Responsibilities Of The Post
The Clinical Research Fellow will be involved in supporting current gene therapy surgical trials at UHW. They will also be required to undertake an original piece of research in neurosciences mainly focused on investigating gene and drug delivery to the human brain for a wide variety of brain diseases, under the supervision of Professor William Gray, and other investigators across advanced imaging, engineering and biosciences as appropriate. It is possible for this work to become part of a submission for a higher degree (PhD) to Cardiff University dependent on acquiring further funding.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Research
2. Clinical
3. Teaching
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Professor William Gray
Job title: Consultant Neurosurgeon
Email address: graywp@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone number: 02921 845014
Name: Jo Baker
Job title: BRAIN Unit Manager
E-mail: BakerJ21@cardiff.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 688 608
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