Clinical Research Fellow

Join UCL and work at the forefront of dementia research within the UCL Dementia Research Centre (DRC) and UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI) at UCL.

This is a unique opportunity for a motivated clinician to combine cutting edge research with clinical practice at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square.

Ideal for

• Clinicians pursuing a career in academic neurology with strong clinical training and a passion for research.

The role

• Recruit, consent, and assess research participants.
• Work with PET/CT brain imaging, lifecourse data, and biobanking.
• Collaborate across leading UCL research teams.
• Contribute to impactful, translational dementia research.
• Clinical training in all aspects of dementia including taking part in clinics.

Shape your research focus

You will be supported to develop your own research interests aligned with Prof Jonathan Schott's lab at the UKDRI at UCL, focusing on key priorities such as:

• Life course influences on dementia risk
• Resilience to neurodegeneration
• Early detection of Alzheimer's disease
• Novel fluid biomarkers
• Presymptomatic disease detection
• Scalable cognitive assessment in large populations