Website Queen's University Belfast
Closing date: 16th November
Queen’s University Belfast is recruiting a Research Assistant to support two diet trials, including one for people living with Parkinson’s – read our guide to getting shortlisted for a research assistant job.
About the job
This position will allow the successful candidate to work on nutrition research studies ongoing within the Centre for Public Health. The successful candidate will become a member of the QUB Nutrition Research Group in the Centre for Public Health working with Professor Jayne Woodside and Dr Claire McEvoy along with Dr Sarah Brennan and work on two different diet trials. One, the PATH study, is focused on investigating the impact of plant-based dietary patterns and food processing on cardiometabolic health. This particular post holder will assist the team in the recruitment of participants and data collection, as well as biological sample collection and processing. The postholder will also work on the MediPD trial, which will determine the feasibility of an online Mediterranean diet educational programme to support dietary behaviour change and improve quality of life for people living with Parkinson’s disease.
About the person
The successful candidate must have and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:
- A relevant primary degree (1st or 2:1 classification) related to the duties of the post such as nutrition, public health, or epidemiology
- Specific research experience and skills relevant to this project (phlebotomy, biological sample processing, intervention study conduct, dietary intervention delivery, dietary assessment, PPI and human participant data collection)
- Significant experience of management, co-ordination and analysis of diet or health-related research involving recruitment and/or data collection with human participants
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document on our website.
Salary: £36,366 to £41,727 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Job Ref: 26/113717
Closes: 16th November 2026
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