英国斯特灵大学博士后职位—健康心理学

英国斯特灵大学博士后职位—健康心理学

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Stirling

Description

The post holders will join the Health Psychology Research Group https: // www. stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/research- groups/health-psychology-research-group

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Gozde Ozakinci, email: gozde.ozakinci@stir.ac.uk

Project Summary

This project addresses three of the priorities of the Healthy Ageing Challenge Framework:

1. sustaining physical activity

2. maintaining health at work and work in later life

3. supporting social connections.

Shine is an innovative tech platform that will power community-based health campaigns with the aim of increasing levels of physical activity, improving quality of life and drastically reducing long-term healthcare costs.

Shine is developing a prototype platform that will be ready for user testing by January 2022. This project will involve testing of this platform with a target audience of 400-600 adults over 50 years old across East Lothian. The project will also test elements of Shine's campaigning model to demonstrate its ability to attract new users and increase their levels of physical activity. Evaluation carried out by The University of Stirling will test Shine's ability to deliver lasting behavioural change.

Description of Duties

The successful applicant will work with the Principal Investigator and will be responsible for running the day-to-day aspects of the study. Principally, this will involve:

  Project coordination including obtaining necessary ethical approvals

  Questionnaire compilation and distribution

  Statistical Data analysis

  Conducting focus groups

  Transcribing and analysing focus groups

  Data entry and cleaning

  Producing Interim reports for research team meetings

  Attending research team meetings

  Having regular meetings with the PI to track progress, resolve any theoretical, technical or analytical issues and discuss dissemination strategies

Essential CriteriaQualifications

  A doctorate, in the field of Health Psychology or equivalent (e.g., Stage 2 Health Psychology degree and additional relevant experience)

Research

  Evidence of being able to conduct empirical research/enquiry independently

  Evidence of research experience, in quantitative and qualitative study designs

  Evidence of being able to draft papers for publication and report-writing

Skills, Attitude, & Behaviour

  Evidence of good administrative and project management skills • Proven ability to establish rapport and interact effectively with patients, health care professionals and colleagues

  Evidence of excellent oral and written communication skills

  Evidence of self-motivation and the ability to work independently

  Experience of qualitative and quantitative research methods

  Time management skills including ability to prioritise workload

  Trustworthy and reliable

  Willingness to travel to Glasgow and Edinburgh and potential other sites for data collection and team meetings

  IT and computing skills