SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN SPATIAL STATISTICS/EPIDEMIOLOGY. LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

To work under the supervision of Prof Peter Diggle on an MRC-funded  project:  Sources, Seasonality, Transmission and Control: Campylobacter and human behaviour in a changing environment

The project will involve the development and application of spatial and spatio-temporal statistical methods. The post is based in Lancaster, but will involve close collaboration with colleagues elsewhere in the UK and occasional short periods working in Liverpool.

You should have a PhD or equivalent qualification in statistics or epidemiology/public health with a strong statistical component and a working knowledge of statistical programming in R, C or Fortran. Research experience in spatial statistics/epidemiology and a record of published research would be advantageous.

Potential applicants should contact Prof Peter Diggle for an informal discussion of the post: p.diggle@lancaster.ac.uk, +44 1524 593957

This will be a fixed-term appointment with an end-date of 29 February 2016; starting date is negotiable. 

CLOSING DATE: mid-to-late November  2013 (to be confirmed)

SALARY: £31,331 - £36,298

Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK

   +44 1524 593957

   p.diggle@lancaster.ac.uk