Research Associate

Aston University
Birmingham
Are you passionate about child nutrition and behavioural science? Aston University’s Psychology of Eating in Adults and Children’s (PEACh) research group is seeking a motivated researcher to join the APPETItE project (Appetite in Preschoolers - Producing Evidence for Tailoring Interventions Effectively). In this role, you will help develop materials and a web app to support parents whose children exhibit aversive eating behaviours, transforming co-created guidelines into practical resources. Collaboration with families and non-academic partner organisations will be central to ensuring the materials are useful and accessible. You’ll recruit parents of young children with avid eating, engage them to identify what makes intervention resources most helpful, and work together to select parent-friendly evaluation measures. Supporting digital designers, you will help create engaging web app content and integrate it into the Child Feeding Guide, ensuring website analytics and user feedback inform the intervention’s effectiveness.
Pay: £38,784-£46,049
Hours: Full time
Closes: 23 March