CareerPlan

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Camperdown Campus, AUFull-time$93k2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Conduct clinical research in mental health, substance use disorders, neuroimaging, and psychopharmacotherapy at a hospital and university.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Academic Level A)

Builds

Research publications, reports, presentations, and grant-funded projects.

Domain

Healthcare / Neuroscience / Mental Health

Deliverable

research

Required skills

large-scale neuroimaging analyses, neuroimaging data collection, clinical trial coordination, working with mental health and substance use disorder consumers, navigating healthcare and university systems, academic publishing

Preferred skills

mentoring junior researchers and higher degree research students

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Professor Kirsten Morley, clinical partners, and multidisciplinary university research teams; conduct large-scale neuroimaging analyses and support data collection/interpretation; coordinate clinical research and trials involving people experiencing mental health and substance use disorders; work across hospital and university systems to deliver ethically approved research activities; contribute to research publications, reports, presentations, and grant-funded projects; provide informal mentoring and research support to junior researchers and higher degree research students.