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26th April
The University of Birmingham
Division of Medicine - Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit
Medical Statistician
Hours: Full Time (36 hours per week)
Grade: Academic Research Scale
Salary: £17,626 - £22,522 a year depending on experience
Duration: Two years in the first instance, with strong likelihood of
renewal.
Informal enquiries: Dr Keith Wheatley on 0121 687 2312 or
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This unit, directed by Professor Richard Gray, is funded by the NHS to
undertake clinical research across a wide range of medical specialties. The
Unit provides an advisory service to clinicians wishing to undertake
clinical trials, and also adopts a proactive role by undertaking
meta-analyses of current evidence, and instigating new clinical trials in
key areas where current evidence is inadequate. The BCTU's main in-house
studies are in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, renal disease, and
leukaemia, but the Unit is also providing advice and support to over 100
other studies. The BCTU is located at Park Grange, a large Victorian house
with extensive gardens, which provides a pleasant and stimulating
environment.
We wish to appoint a statistician to join the expanding team and play a
central role in the Unit's research. This new vacancy provides an
outstanding opportunity for a statistician wishing to develop their
methodological expertise in clinical trial research within a successful,
rapidly expanding research Unit. (Already, since its establishment in 1997,
the BCTU has been awarded over £9 million in external funding). Duties will
include: designing trials and assessing their feasibility, development of
data management systems, analysis and reporting of trials, with particular
responsibility for the MRC leukaemia trials. Meta-analyses of existing
data, to provide reliable evidence on treatment efficacy and to identify
future key research questions, will also be undertaken.
A good class degree in statistics or other numerate discipline is essential.
Applicants should also have a postgraduate qualification, or at least 2
year's experience in applied statistics. Applicants should have strong
statistical and computing skills, a sound knowledge of statistical packages
(preferably SAS), good attention to detail, the ability to communicate
statistical issues to non-statisticians and a desire to develop skills in
applied statistics.
Application forms (returnable by 26th April 2002) and further details from
Personnel Services, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15
2TT, tel 0121 414 7044, email: [log in to unmask] web:
www.bham.ac.uk/personnel. Please quote reference M17727/02.
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