The following advert will appear in tomorrow's Guardian.
MRC INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
Statistician (Ref: IEH/03)
A statistician is required at the MRC's Institute for Environment and
Health (IEH) in Leicester for a project on traffic-related air pollution
and respiratory disease in young children. The project is funded by the
Department of Health and is being carried out in collaboration with the
University of Leicester Department of Child Health and the Leicester
City Council Pollution Control Group. The successful applicant will be
expected to work closely with staff at IEH and the collaborating
organisations. The work will involve statistical analysis of air
pollution and respiratory disease data to examine associations between
residential exposure to airborne particles (and distance from the home
to the nearest main road) and respiratory health outcomes including
wheeze, chronic cough, use of asthma medication and hospital admissions
for asthma.
Applicants should possess a postgraduate qualification in statistics or
epidemiology. Experience in the area of applied statistics is desirable.
This is a 2 year post covering 37 hours per week with a starting salary
in the range of 20625 pounds to 22688 pounds. The MRC superannuation
scheme is available for those wishing to join.
For an application form and job description visit the IEH website at
http://www.le.ac.uk/ieh/
Applications should be submitted to Amanda Harris c/o MRC Toxicology
Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Lancaster
Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, telephone 0116 252 5581 or via e-mail to
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The closing date for applications is Monday 6 January 2003. Interviews
will be held on Wednesday 15 January 2003.
The MRC is an equal opportunities employer.
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Dr Moira A Mugglestone Senior Statistician/Epidemiologist
E-mail: [log in to unmask] MRC Institute for Environment & Health
Tel: +44 (0) 116 223 1602 University of Leicester
Fax: +44 (0) 116 223 1601 94 Regent Road
URL: http://www.le.ac.uk/ieh Leicester LE1 7DD, United Kingdom
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