The MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, has an exciting opportunity for a talented medical statistician (or a closely related field with strong quantitative skills and programming experience) to develop, evaluate and apply statistical methods and software tools to assess the sensitivity of a study’s conclusions to common sources of bias such as unmeasured confounding, missing data, non-random selection and measurement error. The post is funded by the Wellcome Trust until the 31st August 2024 with salary range £37,345 to £42,036.
The successful applicant will have a PhD (or equivalent research experience) in medical statistics or a related quantitative discipline and a track record of research, including experience of developing statistical methods/software tools and causal inference methodology. They will be interested in methods in medical statistics and using simulation studies to investigate the performance of statistical methods, and will be encouraged to develop an independent research portfolio.
Details of the position can be found at
And for informal enquiries, please contact Rachael Hughes (rachael.hughes@bristol.ac.uk)