Research Associate (ORIGIN)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Mental Health Research Unit in the Division of Population Health.

We are looking for a mental health researcher to support a 4-year programme of research funded by NIHR to develop and evaluate a co-produced for underrepresented young people (including those from deprived areas, LGBT+, autistic young people, ethnic minorities) experiencing depression and/or anxiety. The project is taking place in Oxford, Liverpool, Sheffield, Blackpool and Plymouth. A key aim of the programme is to explore how online arts and culture can be optimised to improve mental health in diverse young people.

You will recruit and interview participants using qualitative semi-structured interviews to refine the conceptual framework and help to refine the intervention. In later stages of the programme you will help to conduct a pilot randomised controlled trial and a definitive trial with process evaluation.

For this role, you will have:

• experience and a commitment to working in inclusive ways with young adults with lived experience of mental health difficulties
• experience of recruiting people with lived experience of mental health problems to research studies
• experience of undertaking mental health research with young adults
• excellent communication, time management and organisations skills
• knowledge and experience of qualitative mental health research, including interviewing, data analysis and report writing

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University. This post is suitable for part-time, flexible working.

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