The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) is a world-leading translational research centre for neurodegenerative disorders including motor neuron disease (ALS/MND), Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and the ageing brain, and Parkinson’s disease.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for medically qualified research fellows to join our 300 active researchers to support clinical research including early phase genetic therapy experimental medicine trials. These positions can be for 1 year or for 3 years for candidates wishing to undertake a PhD and are available immediately or during 2022.
Cross-disciplinary state-of-the-art facilities across The University of Sheffield and NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre support disease mechanisms research, disease modelling, drug discovery, evidenced based medicine, disease stratification, biomarker development, clinical trials and advanced therapies approaches for neuroprotection.
Contacts
- Prof. Dame Pamela Shaw - pamela.shaw:sheffield.ac.uk
- Prof. Chris McDermott - c.j.mcdermott@sheffield.ac.uk
Our University and City
Sheffield is a leading global university. Our research in medicine, science, the arts and humanities, engineering and social sciences, changes lives for the better and advances our understanding of what it means to be human. Sheffield is the UK’s greenest city. As England’s fourth-largest city, it has the wealth of facilities you’d expect to find in a major city, yet more than a third of it lies inside the beautiful Peak District National Park. With a thriving cultural industries quarter and a variety of city-wide events throughout the year, there is something on offer to suit everyone. There is also a wide range of affordable housing and excellent state and independent schools on offer. The University of Sheffield was voted the Best Not-For Profit company to work for in the Sunday Times list, the only University to feature in their best employer’s listings.