Research Fellow White Waltham, England
Job description
The George Institute for Global health are focused on the global health challenges that cause the greatest loss of life, the greatest impairment of life quality and the most substantial economic burden, particularly in resource-poor settings.
Due to the recent award of a number of substantial research grants, The George Institute for Global Health is recruiting a new research assistants/research fellows (level dependent on experience) to join our growing epidemiology and statistical analysis team. The post-holders will assist in conducting and interpreting analyses of large health and medical datasets with an overall goal of developing evidence-based recommendations that will improve the health of millions of women and men, both in the UK and internationally.
The post-holders will join our team of statisticians, epidemiologists, clinical research fellows, health systems scientists, PhD students and support staff, and will be expected to contribute to various projects which use data from several hundred thousand (or even millions) of individuals (disease registries, cohort studies, primary care records, biobanks and meta-analyses).
Duties and responsibilities
The postholders will be responsible for conducting epidemiological and statistical research with a primary focus on chronic health conditions and the ways in which various factors, such as socio-economic status, or the concurrent presence of multiple conditions (multimorbidity) can impact health outcomes such as morbidity, mortality, and health service use. Importantly, the research will not stop at uncovering these issues, but will seek explanations for sex/gender differences – biological, behavioural or otherwise.
Essential requirements
- PhD (or near completion) in epidemiology, statistics, data science, or a related subject with a quantitative emphasis
- MsC in epidemiology, statistics, data science, or a related subject with a quantitative emphasis
- Experience of analysing large-scale administrative or routinely collected health-related datasets
- Scientific research published in peer-reviewed journal
- We are looking to appoint a dedicated advanced research fellow with a background epidemiology, statistics, data science, or a related subject with a quantitative emphasis
- You will apply your knowledge and skills to direct the work of a small research team and motivate others to produce a high standard of work
Further information
The post is full time and fixed-term for 2 years in the first instance with possibility of extension, based at the White City Campus.
For further information and a formal discussion please contact Professor Mark Woodward ([email protected]).
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Documents
- Job Description - Research Fellow.pdf
