Postdoctoral Fellow (Preclinical Risk Factors for Dementia)

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 professional development within a world-class research environment.

Overview of the Role:

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Devenney team and lead research investigating risk, resilience and early disease-related change before the onset of overt cognitive impairment.

This role offers the opportunity to work across rich, well-characterised clinical and research cohorts, using longitudinal and multimodal data to better understand the factors associated with dementia risk and resilience. You will develop research questions and analytical approaches, lead complex data analyses, and translate findings into clinically meaningful insights and high-quality research outputs.

Working within a collaborative clinical and research workplace, you will work closely with clinicians, researchers, research participants, people at risk of or living with dementia, families and collaborators. You will also contribute to the broader research program through study development, grant applications, ethics and governance activities, publications, mentoring and research team coordination.





This is an ideal opportunity for an early-career researcher looking to build their research profile and develop research leadership while contributing to clinically meaningful research focused on the earliest stages of dementia.

3 Best Things About the Role:

- Lead clinically meaningful research exploring risk, resilience and the earliest changes associated with dementia.
- Work across rich multimodal datasets and well-characterised cohorts alongside experienced clinical and research collaborators.
- Build your research profile and leadership through publications, competitive grants, mentoring and team coordination.

Responsibilities of the Role:

- Preclinical dementia risk and resilience research
- Multimodal and longitudinal data analysis
- Timely manuscript and grant development
- Participant-facing research and team coordination
- Lead research examining preclinical risk factors for dementia and early disease change using multimodal clinical and research data.
- Develop analysis plans and undertake rigorous, reproducible statistical analyses of cross-sectional and longitudinal datasets.
- Integrate findings across modalities, which may include clinical, cognitive, imaging, fluid biomarker, genetic, digital or other measures.
- Prepare and submit manuscripts, abstracts and reports to a high standard and within agreed timelines.
- Contribute to grant applications, ethics submissions and amendments, protocols and study documentation.
- Support participant recruitment, consent, assessment and longitudinal follow-up, working sensitively with people at risk of or living with dementia and their families as required.
- Assist with day-to-day project and team management, including coordinating priorities, monitoring milestones and supporting junior staff and students.
- Maintain high standards of research governance, data quality, confidentiality, reproducibility and compliance with approved protocols.
- Build effective internal and external collaborations and present findings at scientific, clinical and community forums.
- Other duties commensurate with the role, as reasonably required.

To be successful in this Role, you will need:

Essential Qualifications and E

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