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Research Assistant Website Data Analyst
Job Description
The Research Assistant will support the work of the Preventable Deaths Tracker (https://preventabledeathstracker.net/), an online platform that systematically collects and analyses information from medico-legal death investigations.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker (PDT) is a relational database run on WordPress that automatically inputs coroners? Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs) published in England and Wales since 2013. There are 5,681 reports published as of 22 May 2025 that are included in the database, which updates every day. The database is also being expanded to include data from Scotland.
The core mission of the PDT is to save lives by enabling learning from avoidable and premature deaths. The PDT?s areas of focus are:
- Surveillance: Developing methods for identifying and monitoring safety signals and trends from coroners' reports and organisational responses.
- Tools: Creating a system for the dissemination of real-time analytics, statistics, and lessons from avoidable deaths.
- Practice and policy: Use discoveries and research findings to inform the practice of death investigations, reviews, and policies for death prevention.
The primary role of the Research Assistant is to review legacy reports (i.e. since 2013), extract key variables such as age and date of death, and tag and categorise deaths to create a taxonomy for understanding the types of deaths reported by coroners. The primary responsibilities include:
- Data entry of variables (e.g. demographics) not automatically extracted by the database tools, tagging and categorisation of reports
- Data cleaning and database management
- Website management, including reviewing content, posting and keeping content up to date
- Training other users of the database, including verbal training sessions, writing manuals and creating video content
- Prepare bespoke analyses of the data
- Assist with administrative tasks
Qualifications
Undergraduate qualification in relevant topic area, with good qualification (e.g. 2.1) or evidence of equivalent relevant experience and/or training.
Skills
- Evidence of relevant data entry and/or database management experience
- Evidence of relevant website experience, including use of WordPress or similar platforms.
- Evidence of relevant quantitative or mixed methods research experience, including the analysis of data using software
- High computer literacy with advanced Word, Excel, and statistical software skills.
- Ability to work independently while maintaining deadlines and completing tasks with a high attention to detail and careful record keeping
- Knowledge of the death investigation system in the UK and/or abroad, including inquests
- Knowledge of morbidity and mortality classification systems, including ICD-codes
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Excellent experience of running hybrid events at King?s; excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Job Summary:
We're on the lookout for a detail-driven Auxiliary Technician to join the CDN Fly Facility in a pioneering sustainability initiative. This role is at the heart of transforming how we work?by helping us move away from single-use plastic fly vials toward a reusable, zero-waste model.
Currently, fly vials?used to house and feed research flies?are disposed of after just one use, entering the clinical waste stream and ending up in high-temperature incineration. This not only carries a hefty cost but also significantly contributes to our carbon footprint.
By transitioning to reusable vials, you'll be part of a groundbreaking effort to slash single-use plastic in our labs, cut down on Scope 3 emissions, and move the Department?and King?s College London?closer to its Net Zero goal. If you're passionate about sustainability and keen to make a tangible impact in research operations, we?d love to hear from you.
The project will be based in New Hunts House CDN, working with the labs that use the facility and the technical manager and fly technician to determine a cleaning protocol for fly vials, test the validity of the protocol through microbiology techniques, and determine the effect, if any, of the change on the fruit flies. The student would work with wild type fruit flies to determine their reaction to reused vials that had previously been used for chemical or drug work, and in doing so will learn basic fly maintenance techniques.
Once the project is complete, the student will have created a protocol for cleaning the glass fly vials, considered the cost of moving to reusable vials, calculated the labour requirements and equipment purchases needed to make this a viable long-term solution, assess current fly protocols and suggest areas where further changes can be made. The assessment will be presented to Technical Managers and PI?s using the facility.
Responsibilities:
Facility & Equipment Maintenance:
Read all relevant literature to the project.
Develop a protocol for cleaning and reusing glass vials.
Develop a protocol in the case of glass smashing/fly escape.
Validate different decontamination methods (freezing vs autoclaving) and the energy associated with each one.
Identify equipment which needs to be purchased for the pilot and future transition.
Collect data on the baseline and after the pilot on the amount of waste saved, energy used and loss of glass vials or H&S issues.
Collate and present data on the glass pilot project.
Collect, clean, scrub, and wash Drosophila glass and plastic vials.
Operate laboratory equipment, including mixing vessels, autoclaves, dishwashers, and other relevant tools.
Organize and restock vials in trays for reuse.
Maintain a supply of chemicals and consumables for media preparation.
Assist in maintaining lab equipment and supplies.
Support for Research & Experiments:
Assist with Drosophila-related experimental procedures when required.
Maintain accurate records of media preparation and fly stock organization.
Follow strict safety protocols and laboratory procedures.
Qualifications
undergraduate wet-lab based science degree or actively completing one.
Skills
Skills & Qualifications:
Technical Skills:
Ability to operate lab equipment (autoclave, dishwasher, mixing vessels).
Experience with Drosophila or other laboratory animals is a plus.
Ability to carry out manual handling tasks (e.g., lifting and loading vials into dishwashers/autoclaves).
Other Attributes:
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and within a team.
Commitment to maintaining a clean and efficient work environment.
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You would support the 3-day international conference The Lifespan, which is the annual meeting of the European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts. You would provide on-the-day assistance in relation to IT support, in particular the running of break-out panels that are conducted as hybrid sessions; in addition you will be available on the day throughout the three days to support IT in relation to presentation setup (the use of Powerpoint) available to support three other students as and when IT queries arise. The role covers 9 hours per day during the conference period (4 to 6 June 2025), plus 2 hours on Thursday evening during the reception, plus a total of 4 hours for pre-meetings and induction. As the vast majority of these working hours are concentrated in the week of the conference, current students and applicants currently in the UK on a visa must ensure there are no restrictions that would prohibit them from doing this work.
Qualifications
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Skills
Excellent experience of running hybrid events at King?s; excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Job Summary:
We're on the lookout for a detail-driven Auxiliary Technician to join the CDN Fly Facility in a pioneering sustainability initiative. This role is at the heart of transforming how we work?by helping us move away from single-use plastic fly vials toward a reusable, zero-waste model.
Currently, fly vials?used to house and feed research flies?are disposed of after just one use, entering the clinical waste stream and ending up in high-temperature incineration. This not only carries a hefty cost but also significantly contributes to our carbon footprint.
By transitioning to reusable vials, you'll be part of a groundbreaking effort to slash single-use plastic in our labs, cut down on Scope 3 emissions, and move the Department?and King?s College London?closer to its Net Zero goal. If you're passionate about sustainability and keen to make a tangible impact in research operations, we?d love to hear from you.
The project will be based in New Hunts House CDN, working with the labs that use the facility and the technical manager and fly technician to determine a cleaning protocol for fly vials, test the validity of the protocol through microbiology techniques, and determine the effect, if any, of the change on the fruit flies. The student would work with wild type fruit flies to determine their reaction to reused vials that had previously been used for chemical or drug work, and in doing so will learn basic fly maintenance techniques.
Once the project is complete, the student will have created a protocol for cleaning the glass fly vials, considered the cost of moving to reusable vials, calculated the labour requirements and equipment purchases needed to make this a viable long-term solution, assess current fly protocols and suggest areas where further changes can be made. The assessment will be presented to Technical Managers and PI?s using the facility.
Responsibilities:
Facility & Equipment Maintenance:
Read all relevant literature to the project.
Develop a protocol for cleaning and reusing glass vials.
Develop a protocol in the case of glass smashing/fly escape.
Validate different decontamination methods (freezing vs autoclaving) and the energy associated with each one.
Identify equipment which needs to be purchased for the pilot and future transition.
Collect data on the baseline and after the pilot on the amount of waste saved, energy used and loss of glass vials or H&S issues.
Collate and present data on the glass pilot project.
Collect, clean, scrub, and wash Drosophila glass and plastic vials.
Operate laboratory equipment, including mixing vessels, autoclaves, dishwashers, and other relevant tools.
Organize and restock vials in trays for reuse.
Maintain a supply of chemicals and consumables for media preparation.
Assist in maintaining lab equipment and supplies.
Support for Research & Experiments:
Assist with Drosophila-related experimental procedures when required.
Maintain accurate records of media preparation and fly stock organization.
Follow strict safety protocols and laboratory procedures.
Qualifications
undergraduate wet-lab based science degree or actively completing one.
Skills
Skills & Qualifications:
Technical Skills:
Ability to operate lab equipment (autoclave, dishwasher, mixing vessels).
Experience with Drosophila or other laboratory animals is a plus.
Ability to carry out manual handling tasks (e.g., lifting and loading vials into dishwashers/autoclaves).
Other Attributes:
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and within a team.
Commitment to maintaining a clean and efficient work environment.
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