EUROPEAN COLLABORATIVE STUDY ON HIV INFECTED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN

                       CENTRE FOR PAEDIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS

                        INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

                                                 Statistician / Epidemiologist

Applications are invited for a three-year statistician/epidemiologist post 
in the
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Institute of 
Child Health,
University College London.

The postholder will work with the co-ordinators of the European 
Collaborative Study,
a prospective cohort study funded by the Medical Research Council and the 
European Union.
The overall aims of the project are to assess the health of infected women 
during pregnancy and
after delivery, to document the rate of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) 
of HIV across Europe,
to determine benefits and potential risks of interventions to prevent MTCT 
and to determine
the health and social circumstances of infected and uninfected children. 
Prospective data have been
collected on over 4200 mother-child pairs from 10 countries, and data 
collection is on-going.

Candidates should have a postgraduate qualification (e.g. an MSc in 
Epidemiology, Applied Statistics)
and ideally a higher degree (PhD). The postholder will be responsible for 
both day-to-day analyses
and specific analyses of the study data, and will be expected to develop 
his or her own interests
within the project. The successful candidate will be expected to present 
the results of their work
at annual ECS meetings, and at national or international scientific 
meetings, as appropriate.
The postholder will be working as part of the ECS coordinating team with 
the support of colleagues
within the Centre, both statisticians and epidemiologists, many of whom 
work in the area of paediatric
infectious disease.

The post is available from 1 February 2004 for 3 years. The post is on the 
RA1A scale
(£21,125 - £25,541 per annum - pay scales currently under review) depending 
on experience
plus London Weighting of £2,134 per annum. Interested candidates are 
encouraged to discuss
the post informally with Professor Marie-Louise Newell 
([log in to unmask]) or
Dr Claire Thorne ([log in to unmask]) on 020 7905 2105.

The job description (which includes details on how to apply for the post) 
can be obtained from

http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/html/humanresources/jobs.html,

or by sending a stamped addressed A4 envelope to:

Human Resources,
ICH,
30 Guilford Street,
London,
WC1N 1EH.

Please quote reference CFL/03/57. Alternatively you may email us for an 
electronic version of the
job description at [log in to unmask]

Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory criminal records 
check.
Closing date for applications 19th December 2003 Provisional interview date 
14th January 2004

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Dr Mario Cortina Borja
Senior Lecturer in Statistics
[log in to unmask]  Phone +44(0)20 7905 2113 Fax +44(0)20 7905 2381
Paed. Epid. & Biostats, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London WC1N 1EH, UK