Job Description

Do you want to work at the cutting edge of healthcare technology research? Would you like to explore how extended reality (e.g., virtual and augmented reality) can be used to improve surgical training and patient outcomes? Would you like to be a part of an exciting new immersive technologies theme within the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre?

The University of Leeds is one of the top 75 universities in the world.  We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities.  Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

We are seeking a highly motivated Researcher to join the Leeds Institute for Medical Research and the Centre for Immersive Technologies at University of Leeds to contribute to our ongoing programming of research on using virtual and augmented reality technologies to improve surgical training and practice. This position will involve you leading on the development of new research to understand how extended reality technologies can help optimise surgical performance and improve patient outcomes. 

Leeds NIHR Biomedical Research Centre

This post is part of the Leeds NIHR BRC. This BRC’s vision is to improve health and wellbeing by accelerating diagnosis, enabling early treatment that is personalised for each patient and, where possible, prevent disease and infection. It builds on Leeds’ sustained excellence in translational research and industry partnership in musculoskeletal disease (MSKD), heart disease, cancer and infection. It is driven by the need to address the grand challenges of an ageing, multi-morbid population which underpins the following research themes: 

1. Musculoskeletal Disease: will identify people at-risk of developing rheumatoid and other forms of arthritis to: prevent them from developing these conditions; and develop individually targeted, cost-effective treatments for a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. 

2. Cardiometabolic Disease: will discover new principles for detecting and treating heart disease, particularly in terms of complications from diabetes. 

3. Surgical Technologies: will develop and apply new surgical technologies to: provide more precise surgery that is tailored to the biology of the underlying disease; improve healing of bone and soft tissues; and limit disability following orthopaedic surgery. 

4. Haematology: will identify the determinants of poor outcomes, enabling development of personalised-treatment strategies for blood-related cancers. 

5. Pathology: using AI and screening advances, we will improve the accuracy and speed of bowel diagnosis, enabling early and more effective treatment. 

6. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection: will accurately identify patients at risk of antibiotic resistant infections; ensure our existing antibiotics are working; and develop new infection treatments.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus approx. 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!

And much more!  

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Ryan Mathew, Associate Professor

Email: [email protected] 

or

Dr Faisal Mushtaq

Email: [email protected]

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