Applied Statistician/Epidemiologist in Risk Prediction in Cambridge, UK

The Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit (CEU) conducts world-leading interdisciplinary research into the prediction and prevention of cardiovascular disease, with a portfolio of studies that comprises >2.5 million participants.
Professor John Danesh is the Unit’s overall Director and Professor Simon Thompson is the Unit’s Director of Research in Biostatistics.
To open new avenues of research, we seek to recruit a talented Applied Statistician/Epidemiologist in Risk Prediction at Senior Research Associate, Research Associate or Research Assistant level (depending on relevant qualifications and experience).

The main responsibilities of this role will be to provide statistical/epidemiological support to a programme of work investigating optimisation of cardiovascular disease risk prediction and screening strategies. Research will involve application of state-of-the-art methods to large and rich databases, and will provide internationally unique and unusually detailed insights into the relevance of novel risk predictors for cardiovascular disease. The role will involve contributing importantly to a series of high-impact publications and to the creation of new epidemiological studies.
The post-holder will have: (1) relevant epidemiological or statistical qualifications (eg, Masters or PhD in Epidemiology, Medical Statistics or Applied Statistics), (2) a sound understanding of statistical and epidemiological concepts, particularly in relation to chronic disease epidemiology (3) strong quantitative skills, including experience of using relevant statistical software (eg, STATA/R) (4) high level report writing and presentational skills. The post-holder should also be able to work independently, accurately judge priorities, and have excellent organisational and communication skills.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 December 2015 in the first instance.
Senior Research Associate may be awarded to a suitably experienced and qualified candidate if approved by the Faculty Board of the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
This appointment is subject to a health assessment. Whether an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by the University.
Further Particulars and details of how to apply are available at http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/jobs/
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Emanuele Di Angelantonio by email (ed303@medschl.cam.ac.uk) or telephone + 44 (0) 1223 741302. Please quote reference: RH00945.
Closing date: 18 March 2013.