Neuroscience Research Australia – Randwick NSW

Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) is a leading independent, not-for-profit medical research institute whose vision is to prevent and cure disease and disability of the brain and nervous system through leadership, excellence, and innovation in neuroscience research. NeuRA has world-class research facilities and is based at Randwick in Sydney.

Our values are the essence of our organisation. They are the principles that we live by and are at the core of everything we do. Impact. Collaboration. Respect. Excellence. Integrity. Innovation.

At NeuRA, you'll be part of a collaborative and purpose-driven organisation dedicated to advancing neuroscience research and improving lives. You'll work alongside leading researchers and clinicians, contribute to impactful research outcomes, and be supported in your career development within a world-class research setting.

Overview of the Role:

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Devenney team and contribute to the Centre of Excellence biomarker program, with a focus on biomarker discovery in dementia and related neurodegenerative diseases.

This role offers the opportunity to lead analyses across rich, well-characterised clinical and research cohorts, integrating biomarker data with clinical, cognitive, imaging, genetic and longitudinal measures. You will develop research questions and analytical approaches, evaluate biomarkers and multimarker signatures, and help translate complex research findings into clinically meaningful insights.

Working across clinical research, data science, biobanking and laboratory translation,



you will collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers and a clinical scientist leading laboratory workflows and assay delivery. You will also contribute to the broader scientific program through study development, biobank integration, grants, ethics submissions, publications and research coordination.

This is an ideal opportunity for an early-career researcher looking to develop their research profile while contributing to collaborative, translational research in dementia and neurodegeneration.

3 Best Things About the Role:

- Lead biomarker discovery using rich clinical, biomarker and multimodal datasets across well-characterised research cohorts.
- Translate data into meaningful research outcomes at the intersection of dementia research, data science, biobanking and laboratory science.
- Grow your research profile through analytical leadership, publications, grants, protocols and multidisciplinary collaborations.

Responsibilities of the Role:

- Lead biomarker discovery and multimodal data analysis across Centre of Excellence studies and linked clinical and research cohorts.
- Develop research questions, study protocols, statistical analysis plans and reproducible analytical workflows.
- Integrate biomarker data with clinical, cognitive, imaging, genetic and longitudinal research measures.
- Apply statistical and computational methods to identify, replicate and evaluate individual biomarkers and multimarker signatures.
- Evaluate the diagnostic,



prognostic and potential clinical relevance of biomarker findings.
- Develop robust analytical pipelines and maintain high standards of data quality, integrity and reproducibility.
- Collaborate with the clinical scientist on assay planning, quality control and targeted laboratory work as required.
- Coordinate research activities across studies, including timelines, milestones, sample and data flows, budgets and reporting.
- Contribute to the scientific development of the biobank, including data linkage, metadata, sample prioritisation and integration across studies.
- Contribute to ethics and governance submissions, study protocols, grant applications, manuscripts, abstracts and research reports.
- Support mentoring and collaboration across clinical, laboratory, data, academic and external research partners.
- Undertake other duties commensurate with the role as reasonably required.

To be successful in this Role, you will need:

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

- PhD, awarded or near completion, in neuroscience, epidemiology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, biomedical science, psychology, data science or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience analysing biomarker, clinical or other complex health research data using statistical software such as R, Python, Stata or equivalent.
- Experience curating, harmonising and integrating data across studies or modalities.
- Strong publication record relative to opportunity, with demonstrated ability to complete analyses and prepare high-quality manuscripts within agreed timelines.
- Experience contributing to research protocols, ethics submissions, grant applications

📌 Postdoctoral Fellow (Randwick)
🏢 Neuroscience Research Australia
📍 Randwick