We are looking for a highly motivated clinician in training (Internal Medicine/Specialty Registrar Grade or equivalent) with a strong interest in infectious diseases and their prevention to investigate immunity in clinical volunteer studies involving rhinovirus and RSV controlled human infection. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team focusing on human immunity against respiratory viral infections using exciting and unique studies designs alongside cutting-edge laboratory techniques.
You will join a dynamic group of clinical fellows, research nurses and scientists led by Prof Chris Chiu (www.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.chiu)in the Department of Infectious Disease, to characterise the response to respiratory viruses in older adults. This will accelerate the development of improved prophylactic interventions respiratory viruses, while providing you with unparalleled experience in translational research, experimental medicine and laboratory analyses.
- You will work closely with research nurses, clinical programme manager, other clinical fellows and laboratory scientists to set up and implement human challenge studies to identify determinants of susceptibility and protection against rhinovirus and RSV in older adult volunteers.
- You will manage the clinical studies, working with research nurses and other clinicians to recruit and screen and care for volunteers, administer virus, and obtain samples.