Fully funded PhD Studentship University of East Anglia

Fully funded PhD Studentship
Multivariate Methods of Meta Analysis
University of East Anglia
School of Computing Sciences

This fully funded studentship is available to start in October 2011, under the supervision of Professor Elena Kulinskaya, in the internationally renowned School of Computing Sciences, UEA Norwich (90% of research activity classified as internationally leading, excellent or recognised, RAE 2008).

Funding is available for UK/EU students. Funding awarded for this project will cover tuition fees and stipend for UK students. EU students may be eligible for full funding, or tuition fees only, depending on the funding source. International students will not be eligible for this funding however they are still welcome to apply for the project but would have to find alternative funding.

Project description:

Meta-analysis is a collection of statistical methods aimed at combining the results of several studies in order to improve the accuracy of decisions. The goal of meta-analysis is to provide the evidence base for decision making in various scientific fields, including medicine, social and environmental sciences. Available PhD projects in the area of meta-analysis include development of multivariate methods of meta analysis, and the detection of temporal trends. Multivariate methods of meta-analysis. Often the studies provide several outcomes (results of several tests) and therefore the multivariate methods of meta-analysis need to be developed and applied. Additionally, different sets of tests may be present in different studies and the published results are often adjusted for a number of confounders which may differ across studies. Possible presence of various types of bias further complicates the aggregation of the results. This project will develop new statistical methods of multivariate meta-analysis with a choice of applications to environmental sciences, economics or medicine.

Contact:

For informal enquiries about this position please contact Prof Elena Kulinskaya
at e.kulinskaya@uea.ac.uk or the Faculty of Science Admissions Office at sci.pgr.admiss@uea.ac.uk or +44 (0) 1603 593002.

How to apply:

Apply online or download an application form from our website at: http://www.uea.ac.uk/futurestudents/uk/postgraduates/admissions/pgradmissions. Completed application forms should be submitted to the Admissions Office, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ.

The deadline for receipt of completed applications is 30th June 2011