Research Assistant in Psychology

ABOUT THE ROLE
Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you will support the Principal Investigator in the delivery of research activity on the ‘Lithium’s mechanism in bipolar disorder: investigating the light hypersensitivity hypothesis’.    For further detail please see the job description. 

The role is part time, fixed term for 12 months

ABOUT THE TEAM
This Research Project is being delivered within the School of Psychology, in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Northumbria University,  led by Dr Nayantara Santhi and Professor Malcolm von Schantz.   ABOUT YOU
Applicants should hold a Bachelors degree (Masters Degree desirable) and have demonstrable experience of laboratory studies with human participants (sleep and circadian research desirable).

Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.  

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact ‘nayantara.santhi@northumbria.ac.uk’.

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'.  Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.  
We welcome applications from the UK and across the world.

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