We currently have two trainee roles open for applications. Applications close on 30 March 2025.

To find out more about the application process, please join our webinar on Tuesday 18 March at 6pm. Register to join the application webinar.

Open Trainee roles

These posts are full-time for 12 weeks with a target start date of the 7th July 2025.

Julia Anderson Behavioural Science Trainee (Medication Adherence) 

This role will give an individual at the early stage in their career an opportunity to work on understanding low medication adherence rates, and to be a part of efforts to increase treatment adherence for patients in two projects: The first project is with patients prescribed capecitabine (an anticancer drug), and the second project is for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The capecitabine project will work on understanding reasons for non-adherence to capecitabine. The PAD project aims to explore ways to support patients with PAD to be more engaged with their treatment.

See the job description for the Behavioural Science Trainee Role

Julia Anderson Communication and Events Trainee (Climate Change and Mental Health)

This role will support communications and activities at the Institute of Global Health Innovation’s (IGHI) Climate Cares Centre, the first globally connected research unit dedicated to climate change and mental health. The centre has been at the forefront of the growing climate change and mental health field, with some key projects funded by Wellcome. The Climate Cares Centre aims to protect mental health and strengthen psychosocial resilience in a changing climate, as well as enable climate action that benefits mental health and wellbeing.  The Trainee will work on various communications projects, collaborating with colleagues both at the Grantham Institute and IGHI, researchers, policymakers, and renowned professionals in the field.

See the job description for the Communications and Events Trainee role

Past opportunities

Julia Anderson Trainee in Digital Health

The trainee will get hands-on experience of digital health research and translating evidence into measurable interventions to improve patient safety in virtual care. The trainee will be involved in reviewing the literature, extracting data, and critically appraising available literature to identify safety indicators relevant to virtual consultations.

Julia Anderson Trainee in Behavioural Science (Fleming Initiative)

The Julia Anderson Fleming Initiative Trainee will work within the Behavioural Science workstream on the next study in this series. Based upon previous round table discussions, we anticipate this being a patient / public facing project focusing on the use of antibiotics and encouraging individuals to finish a course of antibiotics if prescribed. 

Julia Anderson Programme Operations Trainee

As the Programme Operations Trainee, you will be responsible for a wide range of tasks with the view to develop our Training Programme further. You will be working alongside the Operations Officer and be given the opportunity to take the lead in certain areas. This is a unique chance for anyone who is interested in a career in Operations, Project Management, Communications, Event Management, Administration or Human Resources and wants to get a first work experience in an exciting environment.

Julia Anderson Change Lab Trainee

The Julia Anderson Change Lab Trainee will work with the Change Lab team to help design and implement a behavioural insights informed intervention aimed at improving the use of digital consent forms prior to surgery. The Change Lab is a collaboration between the IGHI, the NHS (Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust - ICHT) and the Behavioural Insights Team (a behaviour change consultancy - BIT) who work together to apply knowledge from behavioural science to help us understand human behaviour and how user-centred design can help support healthy decision making.

Julia Anderson Helix Centre Trainee

The Helix Centre Trainee will be part of the Design Strategy Team within the Helix Centre, which is a team specialising in improving healthcare services by putting people at the heart of what we do. They will primarily be working on a project that will use design and behavioural science interventions to reduce inequities in hospital outpatient attendance.