Lecturer in Gastrointestinal Epidemiology/Database Epidemiology University of Nottingham

Lecturer in Gastrointestinal Epidemiology/Database Epidemiology
School of Community Health Sciences - Division of Epidemiology & Public Health
University of Nottingham
Applications are invited for this new role based in the Division of Epidemiology & Public Health at the Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital Campus, Nottingham. This is primarily a research post, intended in particular to provide epidemiological support to the work of the gastrointestinal epidemiology group, in delivering an ambitious programme of research in the epidemiology of gastrointestinal diseases. The successful candidate will join a rapidly growing group of clinical and non-clinical researchers and will be expected to support epidemiological aspects of current research grants, share teaching and research supervision responsibilities within the Division, and to develop their own portfolio of research.

The person appointed will support existing and future members of staff to deliver this work through the analysis of large healthcare datasets including, but not limited to, the General Practice Research Database, Hospital Episodes Statistics, ONS registration data and the Health Survey for England. They will also be encouraged to develop original research in gastrointestinal epidemiology or other individual area of interest, according to skills and opportunities. Travel as appropriate to disseminate research findings at conferences will be encouraged. The successful candidate will take a fair and active share of the teaching burden of the Division, and in supervising undergraduate and postgraduate student projects and unless already so trained, will be required to complete formal teaching training resulting in the award of a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. The person appointed will line manage one or more pre-doctoral research associates and take a fair share of the administrative duties of the Division.

Candidates must have a PhD (or be close to completion) in Epidemiology, Medical Statistics, Health Economics or other relevant subject, a Masters degree in Epidemiology, Medical Statistics or Health Economics, be a proficient user of Stata or other equivalent statistical package, have a proven track-record in the management of large datasets, have the ability to critically appraise scientific literature, and experience of bibliographic database searching. The ability to program Stata or other equivalent statistical package, and knowledge of current issues in the epidemiology of gastrointestinal disease in the UK are desirable. Candidates should also have experience of Conduct and publication of original research, including project development and management, data management, analysis of longitudinal data, interpretation of epidemiological results and presentation of research findings, previous experience of the development of study protocols, experience in the delivery and design of postgraduate teaching programmes and in the supervision of student research projects

Salary will be within the range £32,751 - £44,016 per annum, depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance. This post is full- time and permanent.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Joe West on 0115 823 1345 or email: joe.west@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be considered.

For more details and/or to apply on-line please access: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/KC02716. If you are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human Resources Department, tel: 0115 951 3262. Please quote ref. KC/02716. Closing date: 25 May 2011.

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