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SCREDS Clinical Lecturer in General Surgery, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

The University of Aberdeen is committed to the Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme (http://www.scotmt.scot.nhs.uk/specialty/scottish-academic-training-(screds).aspx) and the long-term aim of nurturing and developing future clinical academic leaders. Accordingly, the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a higher specialty trainee in General Surgery wishing to pursue such an academic career.  

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Applied Health Sciences
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Clinical Lecturer
Salary
£48,288 - £79,047
Ref No
IHS166A
Closing Date
10-JAN-2025

Research Fellow, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are among the global health care challenges of the 21st century.  The University of Aberdeen has a 100-year history of ground-breaking science in nutrition and health, principally led by researchers within the Rowett Institute (RI). The primary cause of obesity is the consumption of more food than the body requires, calories that are then stored as fat.  An understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms regulating physical activity, energy expenditure and food intake is essential to successful prevention and treatment of obesity and associated conditions. The brain represents the master coordinator of voluntary physical activity and appetite, employing a number of interwoven neurological circuits to continually appraise and respond to changes in energy balance.  This position pioneers the discovery of key neurons modulating physical activity with ageing.

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Rowett Institute of Nutrition & Health
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £41,421
Ref No
ROW133R
Closing Date
10-FEB-2025

Research Fellow, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

The Epidemiology Group (www.abdn.ac.uk/epidemiology) runs and hosts the UK Antimicrobial Registry (www.abdn.ac.uk/ukar).  Funded by, and working with, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (www.bsac.org.uk) this registry is designed to answer a broad set of research questions around novel anti-microbial agents and will, ultimately, contribute to the fight against antimicrobial resistance. 

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Applied Health Sciences
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £39,105
Ref No
IHS164RX
Closing Date
17-JAN-2025

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Scholarship) in Physiology, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

We are seeking an experienced Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) with qualifications and experience in Physiology or related subject to join the team of academic, technical, and professional services staff in the delivery of our world-class Medical Science and Healthcare programmes.

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Education in Healthcare and Medical Sciences
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 7/8
Salary
£46,485 - £65,814
Ref No
MED218A
Closing Date
19-JAN-2025

Clinical Lecturer / Clinical Teaching Fellow in Primary Dental Care, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

Applications are invited from suitably qualified General Dental Surgeons for the full or part-time post of Clinical Lecturer or Clinical Teaching Fellow in Primary Care Dentistry. These roles are ideal for skilled General Dental Practitioners who would like to expand their clinical portfolio by teaching and favourably influencing the education of the next generation of dentists whilst developing professional relationships with colleagues. Part-time sessions will be timetabled to complement existing teaching clinics which follow a regular weekly pattern.

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Institute of Dentistry
Staff Category
Academic
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Clinical Lecturer
Salary
£48,288 - £91,753
Ref No
DEN052A
Closing Date
06-JAN-2025

Research Fellow, Biological Sciences

The Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre (SFIRC), within the School of Biological Sciences, undertakes fundamental and applied research to enhance current knowledge of fish physiology. We focus on immunology, new or improved therapeutic approaches to combat fish disease, and nutrition research to improve fish health and welfare. Working closely with the aquaculture industry, a key area of our focus is on the molecular and functional underpinnings of immune modulation in Atlantic salmon, particularly during the parr-smolt transformation. To better understand how light throughout production influences fish performance, the advertised position will investigate how photoperiodic entrainment influences the immune response and disease resilience of farmed Atlantic salmon. The work will involve fish trials using state-of-the-art aquarium facilities within the school and functional genomic approaches, including use of a recently established high throughput immune gene expression profiling (fluidigm) platform.

School/Section
Biological Sciences
Division
Unspecified
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £41,421
Ref No
SBS169R
Closing Date
17-JAN-2025

Research Fellow, Engineering

The research fellow post is for the EU Horizon Europe project “MoWiLife” (Condition Monitoring and Wide bandgap power electronics – Leading Innovations For the European Energy sector). MoWiLIfe (2024-2027) builds 4 demonstrators utilising latest SiC MOSFET devices, including: 2 wind generator converters, MV DC-DC converter, and a 5 kV Medium Voltage DC Circuit Breaker. The consortium is led by Rostock University and involves 9 partners.

School/Section
Engineering
Division
Unspecified
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £41,421
Ref No
ENG230RX
Closing Date
06-JAN-2025

Research Fellow, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

THE ROWETT INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN and the Aberdeen-based Microbiology/Biotechnology company NCIMB will work together to further fundamental and applied research to enhance current knowledge about host-microbe interactions in the human gut that contribute to human health. The project aims to investigate interactions between a novel bacterial co-culture and specific prebiotic substrates. This will lead to generation of a novel synbiotic product to boost gut health and immune function specifically targeted at the ageing population. 

School/Section
Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Division
Rowett Institute of Nutrition & Health
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Part Time
Grade
Grade 6
Salary
£37,999 - £39,105
Ref No
ROW132R
Closing Date
09-JAN-2025

Advanced Research Fellow, Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture

The Centre for Multilingual Research at the University of Aberdeen (CMLR) promotes and disseminates interdisciplinary and transnational research carried out across a range of language disciplines including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Francophone Studies, Gaelic, German, Spanish and Latin American Studies and Translation and Interpreting Studies. The Centre also contributes to the University’s Interdisciplinary Challenge area of Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity. For the SSHRC-funded project Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education the Centre is looking for a part time post-doctoral researcher supporting the project’s Rwanda cluster, co-led by Dr Erin Jessee (University of Glasgow) and Dr Fransiska Louwagie (University of Aberdeen).

School/Section
Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture
Division
Unspecified
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Part Time
Grade
Grade 7
Salary
pro rata
Ref No
LAN141R
Closing Date
06-JAN-2025

Administrator (National Decommissioning Centre), Engineering

This is an exciting opportunity to join an R&D intensive centre which has built a strong reputation for successfully delivering key projects and technology developments for the energy sector both nationally and internationally.

School/Section
Engineering
Division
Engineering School Administration
Staff Category
Research
Position Type
Full Time
Grade
Grade 5
Salary
£32,296 - £35,880
Ref No
ENG232S
Closing Date
05-JAN-2025