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🥝 Research Associate in Severe Mental Illness

University of York | York, United Kingdom | Posted June 23, 2026

Job Description

Role

The main purpose of this role is to conduct collaborative research relating to the ‘Severe Mental Illness’ workstream in the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Mental Health Theme. You will: 

  • Lead work with stakeholders (including service users and clinicians) to refine and extend physical healthcare pathways for those individuals living with severe mental illness 
  • Lead qualitative interviews with service users and providers, to identify barriers and facilitators of uptake 
  • Contribute to the production of research outputs and research outcomes 
  • Manage theme-level coordination and administrative tasks, such as stakeholder liaison and reporting 
  • Contribute to the obtaining of external research funding 
  • Skills, Experience & Qualification needed 

  • A degree in a health or social science research related field (e.g. psychology, health sciences) 
  • PhD (in Psychology, Sociology or all...
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