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Join Our Team: Seeking Clinical Research Fellow – ELEVATE Programme
We are now accepting applications for a Clinical Research Fellow to support the work of pillar 1 of the ELEVATE programme – PREVENT: Prediction of the at-risk pregnancy and prediction of sentinel events before birth associated with early brain injury and cerebral palsy.
The successful candidate will be working under the supervision of Professor Keelin O’Donoghue at the Pregnancy Loss Research Group within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and based at the INFANT Research Centre. The candidate will work closely with the project members from the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (UCC) and the Department of Engineering (UCC), as well as clinical/academic collaborators from the Rotunda Hospital and RCSI, Dublin.
The funding includes salary on the SpR scale and includes travel and consumables. This also covers University fees of up to a maximum of €5,900 per annum and is tenable for three years (full-time).
Project outline
Multiple fetal maternal factors lead to increased risk of poor pregnancy and fetal outcome. In this project we plan to identify and systematically review the most important maternal and fetal risk factors for pregnancy outcomes. We aim to harness the power of artificial intelligence to interrogate maternal and neonatal datasets at the INFANT Research Centre and from data available in the Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS), a unique set of electronic health records. Using multiple variables identified in these data, we plan to develop models to provide essential clinical decision-making support to identify and better monitor pregnancies deemed at risk of adverse perinatal outcomes.
Important dates
- Closing date for applications: 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 01 November 2024
- Interviews for shortlisted candidates: November 2024
- Start date: April to October 2025.
About the ELEVATE Programme
The INFANT Centre leads the ELEVATE Programme for Programme for Prediction, Early Detection & Intervention in Cerebral Palsy. This 5-year programme is focused on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of brain injury and cerebral palsy in infants during the period of maximum neuroplasticity (up to 2 years of age). The ELEVATE Programme has been jointly funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation through the SFI Strategic Partnership Programme. ELEVATE brings together researchers in research centres and tertiary level maternity hospitals across Ireland as well as three academic centres: University College Cork (UCC), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Further information
Full details of this scholarship opportunity and how to apply are available at: https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/ [Job ID: 080831]
For more information, please contact Professor Keelin O’Donoghue. Email: k.odonoghue@ucc.ie.