About us
Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our century.
To date there is no way to prevent it or even slow its progression, and there is an urgent need to fill the knowledge gap in our basic understanding of these diseases.
The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative supporting research to fill this gap.
Research in the Hall Lab, based in the UK DRI at UCL and the BHF-UK DRI Centre for Vascular Dementia Research, aims to untangle if and how the balance between the brain’s energy supply and demand shapes its activity, and especially how changes in this balance promote the emergence of vascular and Alzheimer’s dementia.
About the role
We are now recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the Hall Lab at UCL and work on an exciting projects defining how brain function is affected by a dysfunctional vasculature, and how blood vessels become damaged during dementia. You will interrogate the mechanisms underlying changes in neurovascular function change in the brain during dementia risk, early dementia, and during mild disruptions to the brain’s energy supply. Projects will use physiological, molecular and biochemical approaches to dissect mechanisms producing neurovascular changes observed in models of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.
The role is available from 01 February 2026 and funded by the British Heart Foundation/UK DRI for two years in the first instance.
Informal enquiries regarding the role can be addressed to Professor Catherine Hall (catherine.hall@ucl.ac.uk)
About you
You’ll have a PhD in neuroscience, life sciences, or a related field, and the ability to develop new ideas and methods, generate research hypotheses, and design experiments to test these. A strong background in statistical analysis and specialist technical expertise in one or more of the experimental methods relevant for the project is essential, as is an understanding of and interest in the research work of the UK DRI, and excellent organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
Key details
- Location UK DRI at UCL
- Salary: £45,103 - £48,679 per annum
- Lab: Professor Catherine Hall