Post-Doctoral Fellow (Exercise Physiology)

About the role

The School of Health Sciences aims to improve society through excellence in teaching, research and direct engagement in healthcare practices, aligning with UNSW and faculty strategies and impacting health and wellbeing in the short and long term.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of clinical trials and related research studies while developing an independent research program.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to conduct high‑quality research.
• Lead scholarly outputs.
• Pursue competitive funding opportunities to build research independence.

Qualifications

• PhD in physiology, exercise physiology, cardiovascular science, biomedical science or a related discipline.

Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in integrative or cardiovascular physiology techniques (e.g., cardiopulmonary exercise testing, haemodynamic, vascular, autonomic or cardiac imaging assessments) in human participants.
• Proven commitment to staying up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
• Demonstrated track record of high‑quality, high‑impact research with evidence of research excellence and leadership capacity.
• Demonstrated interest in women's cardiovascular health and commitment to advancing sex and gender equity in cardiovascular research.
• Experience in, or commitment to, teaching, tutoring or student supervision at undergraduate or postgraduate level, and willingness to contribute to teaching and higher degree research supervision.
• Track record of significant involvement