Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

A position exists for a talented Senior Research Associate (SRA) to act as the Scientific Coordinator for a fast-paced and dynamic Wellcome Trust LEAP 1kD project on early brain and cognitive development. This interdisciplinary research programme will develop lab-based and portable scalable tools - including dyadic-EEG, eye-tracking, motion-tracking, speech and video analytics - for the measurement of the effects of social interaction on infants' developing cognition and executive function. You will join a dynamic and friendly international consortium, based at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and working closely with Associate Prof. Victoria Leong in the Baby-LINC lab at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and Prof. Zoe Kourtzi in Cambridge (UK), and be responsible for the coordination of study operations across the two or more international study sites. You will also have ample opportunities to interact with the wider Wellcome Trust LEAP network whose partners include Harvard, Yale, Stanford and other Universities across global sites in Boston, New Zealand, Sao Paolo, Malawi and more.

The primary responsibility of the Scientific Coordinator will be to provide scientific management of the LEAP sociometrics project. You will help to oversee a diverse and talented research team and lead data collection efforts to be conducted over two or more study sites (e.g. Singapore and Cambridge). You will also be expected to lead data analysis in one or more of the core sociometrics domains (dyadic EEG+ECG, eye-tracking, motion tracking, speech analysis, synchrony analysis, social interaction analysis), working closely with the computational modelling team on deep phenotyping and EF prediction. Finally, you will provide strong administrative oversight to ensure timely scientific and financial reporting to the funder, keep accurate records of project activities, deliverables and milestones, and provide pro-active and effective trouble-shooting for any problems that arise. You will also be expected to work closely with the funder on data sharing and management activities, to ensure compliance with University data management policies, ethics and other governance matters.

The role will work closely with and have the support of the Coordinator for Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery who is the Cambridge 1kD Project Manager. The successful candidate will have PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Sciences or related fields or an equivalent qualification.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements. Overseas travel may be required, and remote working at other times will be considered. The role holder may be required to work on weekends.

There are two additional roles currently advertised for the 1kD project, please take a look at all three roles.

1 Wellcome Trust LEAP Research Associate (Full Time Fixed Term) LE34714 http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/38740

2 Wellcome Trust LEAP Research Assistant (Full Time Fixed Term) LE34717 http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/38743

Informal inquiries can be made by contacting Victoria Leong (victorialeong@ntu.edu.sg) or Ellen Ashmore (coordinator@c2d3.cam.ac.uk).

https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/38761/