Research Associate in Statistics/Biostatistics
Department of Statistical Science
University College London

Salary: Grade 7
£33,353 – £40,313 per annum

Closing date: 18th December 2014

This post is offered jointly by the Department of Statistical Science and the Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health (PCPH), and the Research Associate will be expected to contribute to methodological and applied research being developed in both departments. The post is available immediately and is funded for 3 years in the first instance.

For the first eighteen months, work will focus on the MRC funded project: “The Regression Discontinuity Design: a novel approach to evaluating the effect of drugs and treatments in primary care http://www.statistica.it/gianluca/RDD (RDD), led by Dr Gianluca Baio. In parallel and over the latter eighteen months, the Research Associate will also work on collaborative projects led by Prof Irwin Nazareth and Dr Irene Petersen at PCPH, including several investigations of epidemiological data contained in large administrative registries, such as the THIN database.

Candidates should hold or be close to submitting a PhD (or equivalent qualification) in Statistics or Epidemiology. It is essential that the successful candidate has experience of managing large databases, programming experience in statistical software packages e.g. R or STATA and excellent organisational and communication skills. An MSc (or equivalent
qualification) in Statistics, Medical Statistics or Epidemiology is also desirable.

If the successful candidate has not yet been awarded their PhD, the appointment will initially be made as Research Assistant on Grade 6 of the UCL salary scale (£29,193 – £30,783 per annum inclusive of London Allowance), and the appointee will be regraded to Research Associate on
completion of the PhD.

A job description and person specification and details about the Department and the Biostatistics Group can be accessed here
https://filesv7.wcn.co.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTM1NTAwNCZ2ZXJpZnk9Nzc3MmE5Y2Q0ZmM0MzE1NjBiYjIxYmJmZTFiMmUzMDAmcmVxc2lnPTE0MTYzNDQ3NTUtZjVmMWYzMmQ0OGYyMmY0YjYyNzY5ODQ1ZWQzNzMzZWE0ZGE0NmFlYw==

To apply for the vacancy please visit this page
https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5041178&ownertype=fair&jcode=1443786
on the UCL website.

Informal enquiries regarding the vacancy may be addressed to Dr Gianluca Baio, email: g.baio@ucl.ac.uk, tel: +44(0)20 7679 1248.

For any queries regarding the application process please contact Dr Russell Evans, email: russell.evans@ucl.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)20 7679 8311.

Gianluca Baio

Lecturer in Statistics & Health Economics
Department of Statistical Science
University College London
1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Telephone +44(0)20 7679 1248 (internal: 41248)
Fax +44 (0)20 7383 4703
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/people/gianlucabaio
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucakgba/
Blog: http://gianlubaio.blogspot.co.uk

 


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