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30 Months, Fixed-Term, Whole-Time Post

Position Summary

Applications are invited for the role of Post-Doctoral Researcher within the School of Pharmacy.

Researchers within the School of Pharmacy are seeking qualified candidates to pursue a 30-month post doctorate position in University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. Successful candidates will be part of a highly motivated team that will use modern computational methods to develop critical medicines for improving global health and equality. For low-income populations in developing countries, access to life-saving medicines is often fraught with obstacles. These include a lack of financial incentive for major pharmaceutical companies to develop such medicines, as well as lack of technical expertise and resources of local manufacturers to navigate the rigorous process of bringing these drugs to market.

To address this issue a team within the School of Pharmacy, UCC, led by the Professor of Pharmaceutics, Brendan Griffin is aiming to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools that can accelerate the creation of medicines for conditions that disproportionately affect those in developing countries, such as malaria and other tropical diseases. These tools will be made freely accessible via an open-source, web-based platform, ensuring that this technology can be leveraged worldwide. This ambitious project aligns to the UCC Futures thematic areas of Future Medicines and AI & Data Analytics. The successful candidate will gain experience developing computational tools to support a rational and science-based approach to selecting formulations for critical medicines in developing countries.

Project Title: Use of AI and Machine Learning to Accelerate Formulation and Delivery of Medicines.

Post Duration: 30 Months

Salary: €45,847 – €52,339 per annum, IUA PD1 Salary Scale

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to: Prof. Brendan Griffin, Professor of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy. Tel: + 353 (0) 21 4901657; Email: brendan.griffin@ucc.ie