Applications are open for a number of positions at INFANT, including:

1. Senior Research Coordinator – Clinical Project Manager 

INFANT is now accepting applications for a Clinical Project Manager to support the work of the ELEVATE programme. The ELEVATE Programme will recruit infants soon after birth to studies at 3 individual sites in Ireland that require multiple assessments at various timepoints.
The Clinical Project Manager will be responsible for the administrative coordination of clinical research within the ELEVATE Programme. This role involves ensuring that all administrative functions for clinical research are organised, including patient tracking, data entry, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder coordination. The successful candidate will oversee site file maintenance, develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and liaise with families and research teams to ensure seamless follow-up of participants.
This role requires a highly organised individual with excellent communication skills. The Clinical Project Manager will ensure that studies adhere to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the standards of the INFANT Quality Management System.
The successful candidate may be asked to support other aspects of the ELEVATE Programme work when relevant and the appointee will be expected to have a flexible approach in this regard. The ideal candidate will be proactive, enthusiastic, very organised and capable of managing a diverse workload. The post holder will be required to regularly travel to participating sites across Ireland.
  • Project Title: ELEVATE
  • Post Duration:  12 Months
  • Salary: €68,300 gross p.a.
  • Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday 18th April 2025.
  • For an information package including further details of the post see: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=085391
  • Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Geraldine Boylan, Director INFANT Research Centre. Email: g.boylan@ucc.ie

2. Senior Research Coordinator–Clinical Psychologist

We are now accepting applications for an enthusiastic and committed individual to work within the psychology team based at INFANT, Cork University Hospital, Cork Maternity Hospital. As a large maternal and child health research center, our studies include pregnant women and children. The majority of our studies contain a neurodevelopmental follow up as early as birth to later childhood. The INFANT Research Centre are placing particular emphasis on defining the determinants of healthy growth and physical and neurological development in healthy term and preterm infants.
The ETHEREAL project is a multi-site project involving collaborators in a number of EU countries. These researchers will work together with the aim of studying the mental health of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Serial measurements of cognitive function, stress, and mental health measures will be carried out with the aim of developing effective interventions for these children. This post will involve working across a multi-professional team, children with autism, and their parents. The INFANT Research Centre is seeking a dynamic candidate for the key position of Senior Research Coordinator–Clinical-Psychologist.
The Senior Research Coordinator-Clinical-Psychologist is a key position within the INFANT Research Centre to ensure the smooth and efficient day-to-day operations of the unit, to manage and ensure full implementation of INFANT Research Centre policies and procedures, and to engage effectively with key stakeholders and funders. The Senior Research Coordinator -Clinical-Psychologist will play a key role in the implementation of the reporting schedule of INFANT Research Centre in line with its research programme, ensuring that the scope and timelines of all research projects are on schedule, and that INFANT Research Centre complies fully with mandatory reporting requirements.
The Senior Research Coordinator–Clinical-Psychologist may be asked to support other aspects of the work at INFANT Research Centre when relevant, and the appointee will be expected to have a flexible approach in this regard. The ideal candidate will be proactive, enthusiastic, very organised and capable of managing a heavy and diverse workload. She/He will be able to work under pressure and be able to effectively manage many competing demands simultaneously. The Senior Research Co-Ordinator–Clinical-Psychologist will work under the direction of a Principal Investigator/Project Leader to manage, co-ordinate and implement various clinical research studies to support the research project/area. This title will apply to a person of appropriate qualifications e.g., MSc or PhD, D.Clin.Psy, employed for the purpose of supporting a research project/area.

Part Time candidates (0.6 FTE) may also be considered for this role.

  • Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Deirdre Murray Email: d.murray@ucc.ie.
  • Salary: €68,000 gross pa (personal rate) 1 FTE, or €68,000 gross pro rata 0.6 FTE
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Candidates should apply, in confidence, **before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 28th March 2025.
  • For an information package including further details of the post see: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=084791 

3. Clinical Research Fellow – Obstetric

Applications are invited for the role of Clinical Research Fellow – Obstetric within the INFANT Research Centre.
The INFANT Centre leads the ELEVATE Programme for Programme for Prediction, Early Detection & Intervention in Cerebral Palsy.  This 5-year programme is focused on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of brain injury and cerebral palsy (CP) in infants during the period of maximum neuroplasticity (up to 2 years of age). The ELEVATE Programme has been jointly funded by Research Ireland and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation through the Strategic Partnership Programme. ELEVATE brings together researchers in research centres and tertiary level maternity hospitals across Ireland as well as three academic centres: University College Cork (UCC), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
INFANT is now accepting applications for a Clinical Research Fellow to support the work of pillar 1 of the ELEVATE programme – PREVENT: Intelligent monitoring during pregnancy and labour to identify signals of brain injury.
The Clinical Research Fellow will require significant experience in obstetrics and some clinical research experience.
Project Outline
This study will develop a novel, interpretable, AI-assisted monitoring system that will support healthcare providers in identifying fetal asphyxia accurately and promptly during labour. This will be a real-time AI-assisted decision support system incorporating maternal and fetal heart rate signals, uterine contractions, and clinical risk factors to support prompt and accurate identification of fetal compromise during labour, ultimately leading to better management and prevention of some brain injuries.
The successful candidate will provide clinical insights to the project and expertise in fetal monitoring.  The candidate will work with signal processing engineers to label clinical data to enable AI models learn how to more accurately automate the assessment made by expert clinicians. They will also incorporate other clinical data as required. This role will be working under the supervision of Dr Mairead O Riordan.
  • Project Title: ELEVATE
  • Post Duration:  24 Months Whole-Time Post
  • Salary: €65,237 – €71,085 per annum (IUA Research Fellow Scale)
  • For an information package including further details of the post see: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=085471
  • Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr Mairead O’Riordan, Email: mairead.oriordan@ucc.ie
  • Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 18th of April 2025

4. Clinical Research Fellow – Neonatal 

Applications are invited for the role of Clinical Research Fellow – Neonatal within the INFANT Research Centre.
The INFANT Centre leads the ELEVATE Programme for Programme for Prediction, Early Detection & Intervention in Cerebral Palsy.  This 5-year programme is focused on the prevention, early detection, and treatment of brain injury and cerebral palsy (CP) in infants during the period of maximum neuroplasticity (up to 2 years of age). The ELEVATE Programme has been jointly funded by Research Ireland and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation through the Strategic Partnership Programme. ELEVATE brings together researchers in research centres and tertiary level maternity hospitals across Ireland as well as three academic centres: University College Cork (UCC), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
INFANT is now accepting applications for a Clinical Research Fellow to support primarily the work of pillar 1 of the ELEVATE programme – PREVENT: Intelligent physiological monitoring of preterm infants to predict brain injury associated with CP and to help across other pillars of the programme.
The Clinical Research Fellow will be required to have significant experience in neonatology and a keen interest or experience in clinical research.
Project Outline
The aim of PREVENT is to  use the latest advances in AI to identify factors in pregnancy, labour and in the early neonatal period that represent increased risks for CP. We will develop novel AI algorithms for the analysis of physiological data continuously and synchronously in preterm infants beginning at birth – 5 days to determine risk for brain injury. The Clinical Research Fellow will work with a multidisciplinary team to advance this project.
  • Project Title: ELEVATE
  • Post Duration:  24 Months Whole-Time Post
  • Salary: €65,237 – €71,085 per annum (IUA Research Fellow Scale)
  • For an information package including further details of the post see https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=085431
  • Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 18th of April 2025
  • Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Prof Eugene Dempsey.  Email: g.dempsey@ucc.ie.