We are looking for a researcher to help us achieve a very exciting research project for a period of 5 years, as we develop new treatments for depression and post -shock disorder by manipulating memory in sleep. During this role, you may have the opportunity to apply for a PhD.

This project is funded by the Wellcome Trust on a multiple central grant Benny LewisIt is a specialist in studying what sleep does for our memories, and is based at the Cardic University Filming Center. After a team of researchers including a depression researcher (and the consultant psychiatrist), Nile Harrison, a post -traumatic (consultant psychologist) John Bisson at the Wales National Center for Mental Health (NCMH), and Tim Denison, who leads a team of research engineers in Oxford. The pregnant woman is expected to participate in all aspects of the research.

Photography Center at the University of Brain Research at Cardiff University (Sliced) It is one of the best institutes of neuroscience equipped in Europe, and inhabits 3 MRI scanners, including 7T and Connectom scanner, MEG, EEG laboratory, brain stimulation laboratory, and of course sleep laboratory. Welsh National Center for Mental Health It is the neighborhood directly. Neurology and Psychology to sleep (napThere is a group inside the Cuban, and is conducted by global research on the effects of sleep on cognitive processes.

Cardiff is a beautiful green city with easy access to the coast (beaches) and similar and Brecon beacons. The cost of living is relatively low (reasonable houses) and in general, people find a fun place to live in.

Call Benny Lewis directly if he is interested: Lewisp8@cardf.ac.uk (Putting sleep engineering functions) on this topic.

This post is a part -time 70 % FTE (24.5 hours per week) and the fixed duration for 3 years and 4 months, available from January 1, 2026.

Salary – 33,951 pounds to 36,636 pounds annually, Pro -Rata (grade 5). It is not expected to be set over the first point of the scale 33,951 pounds annually (Pro-Rata).

Date of closure: Monday, November 10, 2025

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