Postdoctoral Researcher in Sleep Medicine

We are seeking a motivated Post-Doctoral Researcher to join the Experimental and Clinical Sleep Medicine group within the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Sir Jules Thorn Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi). We conduct human experimental and clinical studies on sleep and disorders of sleep with the aim of understanding their pathophysiology and treatment.
The post holder will work on a new Wellcome Trust Mental Health Award, funded as part of the call "Integrating sleep and circadian science into our understanding and treatment of anxiety, depression and psychosis". https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/mental-health-award-integrating-sleep-and-circadian-science-our-understanding
This multi-disciplinary programme of research (PI: Prof Stuart Peirson) will investigate brain networks underlying sleep and circadian rhythm disruption in psychiatric disorder. A range of methodologies will be applied across the programme, including human intervention studies, analysis of existing large datasets, and mouse models.

The ideal candidate will be a sleep or circadian scientist with an interest in mental health. They will have experience of running neuroimaging (fMRI) studies. The post-holder will work within the human interventions work-package (Leads: Prof Simon Kyle and Prof Catherine Harmer) and support the set-up and day-to-day running of a large clinical trial which will test the effect of sleep treatment on functional brain networks and emotion regulation. Principal duties include study-set-up, participant recruitment, conducting eligibility and outcome assessments, and supporting data analysis. The role will provide opportunity for career and skills development. The post-holder will have dedicated time to undertake training (including spending time in different lab groups), develop their skills, and explore career progression, including opportunity to teach through the Oxford Online Programme in Sleep Medicine.

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN), Sir Jules Thorn Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi), Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU