Job vacancies
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Assistant/Associate Professor: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Closing date: Open until filledPortland, Oregon, USA -
PhD: Dementia and Brain Health (4 Precision Medicine Projects)
University of Edinburgh Closing date: 11th JanuaryEdinburgh -
PhD: Neurodegeneration and Dementia (7 MRC NW-DMS Projects)
The University of Manchester Closing date: 27th NovemberManchester and Liverpool -
PhD: Dementia and Parkinson’s (5 Barts Charity DTP Projects)
Queen Mary University of London Closing date: 26th NovemberLondon -
PhD: Novel Tau Isoforms in Health and Dementia
University of Exeter Closing date: 2nd DecemberStocker Road, Exeter -
PhD: Sound and Music Processing in Dementia
The University of Sheffield Closing date: 11th JanuarySheffield -
PhD: Cardiac Injury, Cognitive Decline and Dementia
University of Bristol Closing date: 13th DecemberBristol, UK -
PhD: Neurodegeneration and Protein Biology (4 YBDTP Projects)
Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership Closing date: 6th JanuaryLeeds, York and Bradford -
PhD: Medicines Use in Intellectual Disability and Dementia
Queen's University Belfast Closing date: 22nd JanuaryBelfast -
Associate in Research: Cognition Lab Manager
Duke University Closing date: 13th NovemberDurham, NC 27708, USA -
Snr Postdoc: Parkinson’s Biomarkers & α-Synuclein Seeding
University of Oxford Closing date: 27th NovemberJohn Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU -
Research Assistant: Parkinson’s Disease Biomarkers
University of Oxford Closing date: 20th NovemberJohn Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU -
Laboratory Researcher: Stroke and Dementia Biomarkers
University of Oxford Closing date: 17th NovemberJohn Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU -
Postdoc Researcher: Extracellular Proteostasis & Ageing
Babraham Institute Closing date: 7th DecemberCambridge CB22 3AT -
PhD: Explainable AI for Early Dementia Detection
University of Exeter Closing date: 8th DecemberStocker Road, Exeter -
PhD: Nanomaterials for Delivering Small Molecules into Cells
University of Birmingham Closing date: 20th JanuaryBirmingham B15 2TT -
Research Assistant: Nutrition and Diet Trials
Queen's University Belfast Closing date: 16th NovemberBelfast -
PhD: Epigenetic Regulation of Stress Responses in Neurodegeneration
University of Cambridge Closing date: 5th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
Postdoctoral Associate: Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medicine Closing date: Open until filled413 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA -
PhD: Inflammasomes and Blood Clot Clearance in the Brain
The University of Manchester Closing date: 27th NovemberManchester -
PhD: Sleep, Circadian Rhythm and Brain Vascular Health in Ageing
University of Birmingham Closing date: 23rd NovemberBirmingham B15 2TT -
PhD: AI for Early Detection of Disease from Digital Health Data
University of Bristol Closing date: 1st DecemberBristol, UK -
PhD: Cerebral Blood Flow, Oligodendrocytes and White Matter Ageing
The University of Edinburgh Closing date: 16th NovemberEdinburgh -
PhD: Sociology and Science & Technology Studies (ESRC WGSSS)
Swansea University Closing date: 6th DecemberSwansea -
Laboratory Technical Specialist: Home Sensor Installation
Newcastle University Closing date: 27th NovemberNewcastle upon Tyne -
Research Assistant / Associate: Conversational Agents for Human-Robot Interaction
Imperial College London Closing date: 22nd NovemberLondon -
Research Assistant: Compression of Dementia Morbidity
Queen Mary University of London Closing date: 13th NovemberLondon -
Postdoctoral Fellow: Adult Social Care Research
University of Leeds Closing date: 30th NovemberWoodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT -
Postdoctoral Fellow: Mitochondria in Neurodegeneration
Case Western Reserve University Closing date: 25th DecemberCleveland, Ohio, USA -
Postdoctoral Fellow: Dementia Epidemiology Data
University of New South Wales Closing date: 15th NovemberHigh St, Kensington NSW, Australia -
PhD: APOE and Diabetic Neuropathy in Stem Cell Models
University of Exeter Closing date: 8th DecemberStocker Road, Exeter -
PhD: Decoding Neuronal Diversity in the Brain
University of Exeter Closing date: 8th DecemberStocker Road, Exeter -
PhD: Editing the Alzheimer’s Epigenome
University of Exeter Closing date: 5th JanuaryStocker Road, Exeter -
Assistant Professor: Biocultural Approaches to Aging
Boston University Closing date: 30th NovemberBoston, MA 02215, USA -
Senior Lecturer: Human Model Systems
Newcastle University Closing date: 26th NovemberNE1 7RU -
PhD: Laminar 7T fMRI of Memory Circuits in Ageing & Alzheimer’s
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Closing date: 1st DecemberMagdeburg, Germany -
Associate Professor or Professor: Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Closing date: 19th NovemberNew York, NY 10029, USA -
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor: Genetics and Genomics
Baylor College of Medicine Closing date: 19th JanuaryHouston, TX, USA -
Alzheimer’s Research UK Commercialisation Manager
Alzheimer's Research UK Closing date: 15th NovemberGreat Abington, Cambridge CB21 6AD (Agile; approximately 2 days a week from our office) -
Research Associate: Kinesin Activators for Neurodegeneration
Queen Mary University of London Closing date: 22nd NovemberLondon and Cambridge -
Clinical Project Manager: Cerebrovascular Experimental Medicine
Imperial College London Closing date: 22nd NovemberLondon -
PhD: Pharmacological Protection Against a Bad Diet in Drosophila
University of Warwick Closing date: 23rd NovemberUniversity of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL -
Coordinator: East London Parkinson’s Disease Project
Queen Mary University of London Closing date: 11th NovemberMile End Road, London E1 4NS -
PhD: Trustworthy uncertainty quantification for medical decisions
University of Southampton Closing date: 31st JanuarySouthampton -
PhD: Aptamer PET Tracer for TDP-43
University of Aberdeen Closing date: 16th NovemberAberdeen -
PhD: Brain Imaging Phenotypes from Clinical MRI
University of Edinburgh Closing date: 16th NovemberEdinburgh -
Research Technician: Oxford Brain Bank
University of Oxford Closing date: 13th NovemberJohn Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU -
Head of Department: Medical Biology
Amsterdam UMC Closing date: 19th NovemberAmsterdam, Netherlands -
PhD: Essential Functions of TMEM131 in Development
University of Warwick Closing date: 23rd NovemberUniversity of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL -
PhD: SRPK Signalling in Alzheimer’s Disease
University of Dundee Closing date: 16th NovemberDundee -
PhD: (Epi)genetic Gene Prioritisation for Small Vessel Disease
Imperial College London Closing date: 1st DecemberLondon -
PhD: Amyloid, Synapses and Glia Across Species
The University of Edinburgh Closing date: 16th NovemberEdinburgh -
Postdoc Researcher: Social and Commercial Determinants of Health
University of Oxford Closing date: 11th NovemberWarneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX -
Postdoc Fellow: Hydrogel-Enabled Peptide Brain Delivery
The University of Hong Kong Closing date: 31st January21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong -
PhD: Mitochondrial Genome Editing & LHON
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
PhD: Digital Biomarkers for Mobility Decline and Falls in Dementia
University of Southampton Closing date: 4th DecemberSouthampton -
PhD: mtDNA Mutations & Tissue-Specific Disease
University of Birmingham Closing date: 29th JanuaryBirmingham B15 2TT -
PhD: AI for Health, Ageing & Independent Living
Ulster University Closing date: 8th JanuaryBelfast -
Postdoc Fellow: LNP-Assisted Gene Editing for Neurodegeneration
The University of Hong Kong Closing date: 31st January21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong -
Research Associate: Extracellular Vesicles
The University of Sheffield Closing date: 12th NovemberSheffield -
PhD: Haem Sensing by the Circadian Clock
University of Leicester Closing date: 23rd NovemberLeicester, United Kingdom -
PhD: Endosomal Network Function in Neurological Disease
University of Bristol Closing date: 13th DecemberBristol, UK -
PhD: Automated Peptide Drug Discovery to Replace Antibodies
University of Warwick Closing date: 23rd NovemberUniversity of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL -
PhD: Clathrin-Coated Vesicle Formation & Drug Delivery
University of Warwick Closing date: 23rd NovemberUniversity of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL -
Senior Research Associate: Translational Biophysical Chemistry & Imaging
University of Cambridge Closing date: 12th NovemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
Chief Medical Officer: Oxford Brain Diagnostics
Oxford Brain Diagnostics Closing date: Not statedAlfred Street, Oxford OX1 4EH -
George Pickering Professor of Stroke Medicine
University of Oxford Closing date: 4th DecemberJohn Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU -
PhD: Wearable Sensing & Mobility Decline
University of Southampton Closing date: 1st DecemberSouthampton -
PhD: Upward Mobility, Gut-Brain Axis and Alzheimer’s Risk
University of New South Wales Closing date: Not specifiedSydney NSW 2033, Australia -
PhD: Bone Health and Fracture Prevention in Parkinson’s
University of British Columbia Closing date: 15th NovemberKelowna, British Columbia, Canada -
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor: Chemical Biology
The University of Houston Closing date: 8th DecemberHouston, Texas, USA -
PhD: Extracellular Matrix & Cognitive Decline after Haemorrhagic Stroke
French National Institute for Health Research (INSERM) Closing date: 8th DecemberLille, France -
PhD: Locomotor and Respiratory Pattern Generators
University of St Andrews Closing date: 16th NovemberSchool of Psychology and Neuroscience, St Mary's Quad, South Street, St Andrews KY16 9JP -
PhD: From Threat Circuits to Neurofeedback
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Closing date: 23rd NovemberAmsterdam, Netherlands -
PhD: Heritage Visits and Wellbeing in Dementia
Loughborough University Closing date: 29th NovemberLoughborough LE11 3TU -
PhD: Precise Mitochondrial DNA Base Editors
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
PhD: mtDNA Mutations & Mitochondrial Quality Control
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
Postdoctoral Fellow: Air pollution, microplastics and Parkinson’s
The Francis Crick Institute Closing date: 6th JanuaryLondon -
Postdoc Research Fellows (x2): Alzheimer’s Genomics and AI
Cleveland Clinic Closing date: 29th November9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States -
PhD: Stress Susceptibility in Motor Neurons & ALS
Babraham Institute Closing date: 8th DecemberCambridge CB22 3AT -
PhD: Mitochondrial DNA Mutations & Brain Cell Vulnerability
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
PhD: Mechanism of Programmed Axon Death
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
DPhil: Parkinson’s Circuits and Deep Brain Stimulation
University of Oxford Closing date: 1st DecemberJohn Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU -
PhD: Protein Aggregates and Neurodegeneration
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Closing date: 8th DecemberCambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Ave, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0QH -
PhD: Brain Resilience, Vascular Health and Early Neurodegeneration
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
PhD: Fluid Biomarkers of Inflammation in Frontotemporal Dementia
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
Faculty Position: Aging and Technology
Indiana University Bloomington Closing date: 16th NovemberBloomington, Indiana, USA -
Postdoc Researcher: Event segmentation and laminar 7T fMRI
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Closing date: 14th NovemberMagdeburg, Germany -
Assistant Professor: Neuroimmunology and Neurodegeneration
The University of Houston Closing date: 15th NovemberHouston, Texas, USA -
DPhil: Lifestyle, Environment and Dementia Risk
University of Oxford Closing date: 1st DecemberOxford OX3 7LF -
Assistant Professor: Neuroscience
University of Texas Closing date: 13th DecemberSan Antonio, Texas, USA -
PhD: Mathematical Modelling of Neurodegenerative Tauopathies
University of Cambridge Closing date: 8th DecemberThe Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN -
Assistant Professor: Cell Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center Closing date: 22nd NovemberDallas, Texas, USA -
Postdoctoral Positions in Neurodegeneration
University of Pennsylvania Closing date: 20th NovemberPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA -
PhD: Brain Insulin Resistance in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
Imperial College London Closing date: 30th NovemberLondon SW7 2AZ
About dementia research jobs
Dementia research is not one career. Here is what tends to come up, and where to look next.
Types of role
- PhD studentshipsThree to four years, usually attached to a funded doctoral training programme.
- Research assistants and techniciansThe most common entry point after an undergraduate or masters degree, and the largest single group on this board.
- Postdocs and research fellowsFixed-term, generally two to three years.
- Clinical research rolesClinical research practitioners, research nurses, trial coordinators and clinical academic posts.
- Senior and independent postsLecturer, group leader, professor and programme lead.
- Non-lab rolesResearch management, public involvement, communications and policy.
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