Early Career Researcher Opportunities

Apply to co-lead a GIBA+ Working Group

 

Our new working groups support effective collaborations across the UK to advance GIBA research.

 

This year, there will be five groups structured around key research questions that we currently face as a field. These questions have emerged based on the feedback of the network community and clearly identified knowledge gaps in the GIBA research space:

 

• How does the GIBA influence cognition, mood and mental health? (Led by Prof Jessica Teeling)

• What is the impact of the GIBA on ageing and neurodegeneration? (Led by Dr Aimee Parker)

• How do neuro-immune-stromal interactions affect the GIBA in health and disease? (Led by Dr Franziska Denk)

• How do the brain and gut communicate to regulate food intake and shape eating behaviours? (Led by Prof Jonathan Swann)

• How can we modify nutrition and/or the microbiome to impact health across the lifespan? (Led by Dr Alex Almeida and Prod David Vauzour)

 

You can sign up to one (or more) working groups here.

 

Early career researchers are invited to apply to co-lead our working groups. Please apply here until Friday 10th October 2025 if you are interested. Get in touch via contact@giba-uk.org if you have any questions.

 

Working groups will run for at least a year, at which point the questions will be refreshed. It is expected that each working group will meet monthly online, and at least once in person.

 

Each working group will set their own goals for the year, but activities may include short research presentations, methodological discussions, preparation of joint position and/or review papers, as well as facilitation of new collaborative grant applications (see here for full Terms of Reference).

 

Working groups are due to start their activities in November 2025.

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