Post-Doctoral Researcher The School of Nursing and Midwifery
Funded by Horizon Europe under the EU Cancer Mission, TRANSCEND-XR is an innovative project aiming to co-create and evaluate a digital health intervention using Extended Reality (XR) to support adolescent and young adult testicular cancer survivors across Europe.
The TRANSCEND-XR intervention will improve awareness of late effects, address unmet supportive care needs, and enhance quality of life. Co-developed with survivors, care partners, and healthcare professionals, TRANSCEND-XR will be evidence-based, ethically grounded, and scalable in real-world settings. More information on the project can be found here: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101214413
The Post-Doctoral Researcher will support the co-creation of the TRANSCEND-XR intervention through a programme of qualitative and mixed methods research. Working under the guidance of the Principal Investigator/Project Leader, duties include research planning, European data collection (with travel), analysis, and dissemination. The role also involves contributing to grant writing, reporting, publications, and supporting related work packages and research activity. The Post-Doctoral Researcher will participate in training, professional development, and wider academic activities, gaining skills in project management, research ethics, and stakeholder engagement.
Achievement of the expected progression within Post Doc and Senior Post Doc is transferable between the Irish HEI’s. This can be reflected in the starting pay of a PD researcher. Similarly, as the PD scheme is an intergenerational training scheme completion of PD1 or PD 2 levels in one HEI will normally render that researcher ineligible for appointment at a similar level in another Irish HEIResearcher Career Development Framework | Irish Universities Association
Project Title: Co-creation and implementation of an intervention to improve the understanding of TesticulaR cANcer late effects and unmet Supportive CarENeeDs of adolescent and young adult survivors using eXtended Reality: TRANSCEND-XR
Application Instructions
For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr. Mohamad Saab, Senior Lecturer and TRANSCEND-XR Project Coordinator, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork; Email: msaab@ucc.ie or Professor Josephine Hegarty, Professor and Chair of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork; Email: J.hegarty@ucc.ie
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal https://ore.ucc.ie/ Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie quoting the job-title and project name.