Research Associate
- Posted 21 April 2026
- Salary Grade 7 £41,064 - £46,049 per annum
- LocationGlasgow
- Job Type Research and Teaching
- Reference196933
- Expiry 05 May 2026 23:45
Job description
Job Purpose
You will make a leading contribution to the Wellcome funded project ‘Identifying drivers of schistosomiasis treatment failure and recommendations for treatment strategies (DRIVERS)’ working with Prof. Poppy Lamberton, and a wider international team from Cÿte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Malawi, and the UK. You will lead the management and analysis of large datasets from multiple sources with a focus on praziquantel drug absorption and metabolism and their role in driving poor treatment efficacy, including analysing data from an additional Gates funded project in Cÿte d’Ivoire, and PK/PD modelling. You will help support two PhD students also focusing on pharmacokinetics aspects within Cÿte d’Ivoire and Malawi and work closely alongside other national and international PhD students and PDRAs, working on other host factors driving poor treatment efficacy. You will also lead the curation, management and access of data and help safeguard the integrity and value of data outputs; help developing and delivering practical support for researchers and students facing challenges associated with data scale and complexity, including training in Cÿte d’Ivoire and Malawi in statistical analyses and data management. You will organise large and diverse datasets and model outputs from DRIVERS and other projects, ensuring they are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). Data may include epidemiology, malacology, immunology, pharmacokinetics, parasites genomics environmental, geospatial, and qualitative data. You will contribute to the formulation and submission of research publications and research proposals as well as make a significant contribution to the management and direction of this complex and challenging project as opportunities allow.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Make a leading contribution to the planning and the conduct of assigned research, individually or jointly, in accordance with the project deliverables and project/group/School/College research strategy.
2. Manage data throughout the research lifecycle, from planning and collection to storage, analysis, archiving and sharing.
3. Provide technical guidance and support for data management and analysis, including hands-on support to national and international partners.
4. Develop and support DRIVERS data collection and management tools such as research data management platforms such as electronic lab notebook, REDCap, ODK, research file storage services and Trusted Research Environments.
5. Document research output including analysis and interpretation of all data, maintaining records and databases, drafting technical/progress reports and papers as appropriate.
6. Take the lead on developing PK/PD models for the analyses of praziquantel drug absorption and metabolism
7. Developing statistical analysis plans as research conceptualization or design activity, to help support analyses by other team members and stakeholders.
8. Presentation of work at international and national conferences, at internal and external seminars, colloquia and workshops to develop and enhance our research profile.
9. Take a leading role in the identification of potential funding sources and to assist in the development of proposals to secure funding from internal and external bodies to support future research.
10. Take a leading role in developing and maintaining collaborations with colleagues across the research group/School/College/University and wider community including academic, field and laboratory partners in Dundee, Cameroon, Cÿte d’Ivoire, Malawi and Uganda.
11. Take a leading role in team/group meetings/seminars/workshops and School research group activities to enhance the wider knowledge, outputs and culture of the School/College.
12. Take the lead in the organisation, supervision, mentoring and training of undergraduate and/or postgraduate students and less experienced members of the project team to ensure their effective development.
13. Perform administrative tasks related to the activities of the research group and School, including Budgets/Expenditure.
14. Contribute to teaching activities e.g. demonstrating etc., and associated admin in consultation with the Principal Investigator.
15. Keep up to date with current knowledge and recent advances in the field/discipline.
16. Engage in personal, professional and career development, to enhance both specialist and transferable skills in accordance with desired career trajectory.
17. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of School/Director of Research Institute.
18. Establish and sustain a track record of independent and joint published research to establish and maintain your expert reputation in the subject area.
19. Survey the research literature and environment, understand the research challenges associated with the project & subject area, & develop/implement a suitable research strategy.
20. Contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan, World Changers Together
21. Undertake trips to Cÿte d’Ivoire and Malawi to coordinate with and strengthen capacity of international colleagues and teams particularly in statistical analyses and data management.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential:
A1 Normally Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 (PhD) plus track record of emerging independence within a research/professional environment, or alternatively possess professional qualifications and experience equivalent to PhD level plus the requisite experience.
A2 Comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of current issues and future directions within the wider subject area or subject specialism.
A3 Comprehensive knowledge and skills in working with large, complex datasets including awareness of data requirements and challenges.
A4 Knowledge and/or experience of how to document research data and create metadata to facilitate data discovery and reuse.
Skills
Essential:
C1 Technical understanding of relevant data management systems and approaches including local and cloud databases and storage platforms, survey and database design, data modelling and electronic lab notebooks, information identifiers and metadata standards.
C2 Skills developing statistical analysis plans as research conceptualization or design activity.
C3 Excellent communication skills (oral and written), including public presentations and ability to communicate complex data/concepts clearly and concisely.
C4 Excellent interpersonal skills including team working and a collegiate approach.
C5 Appropriate workload/time/project/budget/people management skills.
C6 Extensive IT and data analysis/interpretation skills as appropriate.
C7 Ability to contribute to capacity strengthening and training of local researchers, field teams, and other early-career scientists.
Experience
Essential:
E1 Sufficient relevant research experience appropriate to a grade 7 early career researcher.
E2 Experience of scientific writing and proven ability to deliver quality outputs in a timely and efficient manner with an emerging track record of publications in a relevant field.
E3 Commitment to open research, as appropriate to the discipline, through open data, open code, open educational resources and practices that support replication.
E4 Commitment to supporting the career development of colleagues and to other forms of collegiality appropriate to the career stage.
E5 Ability to demonstrate a degree of independence as illustrated by identification of project objectives from assessment of the literature, design & analysis of experiments & drafting of papers.
E6 Strong experience and proven ability in applying appropriate statistical analyses, and analysis of large datasets, including those with missing data and timeseries data.
E7 Fluent in R or equivalent, and willingness to train wider group members (nationally and
internationally).
Desirable
F1 Experience in planning, running and curating data from studies including examples of some of the following ethical approvals and consent, participant recruitment, adherence to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), community engagement and data collection in partnership with a range of stakeholders.
F2 Experience of working with Ministry of Health officials, WHO, and/or other stakeholders.
F3 Experience of capacity strengthening and training of researchers, field teams, and early-career scientists.
F4 Experience in setting up survey data collection using portable devices, such as ODK or REDCAP.
F5 Experience in training groups in R and other statistical methods.
F6 Ability to communicate, reading, writing and speaking in French.
Additional Information
Our School is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Our Athena Swan Silver award
demonstrates our commitment to best practice in recruiting and supporting the career development and progression of female scientists, addressing gender inequalities in higher education. The Athena SWAN Charter recognises commitment to advancing gender equality in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) employment in academia. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohvm/athenaswan/
The College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (MVLS) has 8 Schools that bring staff together around thematic strengths, across the strategic pillars of education, research and innovation. More information on the College can be accessed here: MVLS College Futures 2033
The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team of researchers addressing NTDs including schistosomiasis, STHs and onchocerciasis working to improve individual treatment success, reduce community level transmission and improve diagnostics for infection and associated impact of disease. More information about the group can be found here on www.PoppyLamberton.com.
The candidate will join a diverse group of experts with skills ranging from epidemiology, parasite population genetics, genomics, immunology, zoonotic infections, mathematical modelling, malacology, implementation science, and national and international policy, to name a few. They will work closely with project partners in Cÿte d’Ivoire (Dr Jean Coulibaly), Cameroon (Dr Justin Nono Komguep), Malawi (Prof. Janelisa Musaya and Dr Seke Kayuni) and the UK (Dr Joaquin Prada, Dr Fiona Flemming, Prof. Rachel Pullan, Dr Fiona Allan, Prof. Matt Berriman, Prof. James Cotton, Dr Paul Johnson, Dr Jess Clark).
Informal Enquiries should be directed to Professor Poppy Lamberton, Poppy.Lamberton@glasgow.ac.uk
Terms and Conditions
Salary will be Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum.
This post is full time (35 hours per week) and has funding for up to 36 months.
The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.
Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages.
3 A flexible approach to working.
4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/.
We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.
We endorse the principles of Athena Swan https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/athenaswan/ and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.
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Closing date 5 May 2026at 23:45