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Postdoctoral Research Associate in ADHD, Youth Violence, and Criminal Justice at King's College London King's College London in United Kingdom
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Data Science
Funding
Fixed-term postdoctoral employment for 18 months. The post is part of a Youth Endowment Fund (YEF)-funded project. Salary details are not provided in the post excerpt.
Deadline
Sep 21, 2026
Country
United Kingdom
University
King's College London

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King’s College London is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) in the United Kingdom. The project is funded by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) and focuses on the relationship between ADHD, treatment pathways, contextual risk factors, youth violence, offending behaviour, and criminal justice involvement among children and young people.
The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team spanning King’s College London, the University of Cambridge, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and the National Children’s Bureau. The work involves analysis of large-scale linked administrative and healthcare datasets, including the Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) platform and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). The role includes advanced statistical analysis such as longitudinal modelling, survival analysis, regression modelling, data management, interpretation of findings, and dissemination to academic, policy, and practitioner audiences.
This is a full-time, fixed-term 18-month postdoctoral role. Applicants should have a PhD awarded or be awaiting PhD award after thesis submission. Required background includes Psychology, Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Statistics, Health Data Science, Public Health, Criminology, or a related field, plus strong experience with electronic health records, administrative datasets, reproducible analysis in R/Stata, and publication or report writing. Desirable experience includes CRIS data access, linked CRIS-HES work, ADHD or child and adolescent mental health research, causal inference, and policy-relevant research.
Applications should include a CV and supporting statement addressing the essential criteria, and preferably the desirable criteria as well. The application deadline is 2026-09-21.
Funding details
Fixed-term postdoctoral employment for 18 months. The post is part of a Youth Endowment Fund (YEF)-funded project. Salary details are not provided in the post excerpt.
What's required
PhD awarded or thesis submitted and awaiting examination in Psychology, Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Statistics, Health Data Science, Public Health, Criminology, or a related discipline. Candidates should have experience analysing large-scale electronic health records, administrative datasets, or longitudinal cohort data; experience with CRIS or comparable linked healthcare datasets such as HES, CPRD, UK Biobank, SAIL, OpenSAFELY, or MHSDS; advanced quantitative skills in multivariable regression, survival analysis, and longitudinal modelling; strong programming skills in R, Stata, or similar; experience cleaning and managing complex datasets, handling missing data and data linkage; and a track record of publications or policy-focused outputs. Desirable: experience with CRIS data, linked CRIS-HES data, ADHD or related child and adolescent mental health research, causal inference, propensity scores, and policy/practice-oriented research.
How to apply
Submit your CV and a supporting statement explaining how you meet the essential criteria. Include evidence against the desirable criteria if possible. Apply via the King’s College London job page using the provided application link before the closing date.
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