Please bring this PhD studentship to the attention of anyone you think may
be interested.
Thanks
Carrol Gamble
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PhD studentship- Three years
£12,000 pa
Applications are invited for a three year PhD studentship at the Centre for
Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation (CMSHE), Unversity of Liverpool.
CMSHE is part of the Research Network in Health Technology Assessment,
which also comprises four Cochrane Editorial Bases (Infectious Diseases,
Pregnancy and Childbirth, Cystic Fibrosis and other Genetic Disorders,
Epilepsy), and the Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group.
Funds have been made available for a three-year PhD studentship to develop
research methodology to address the problem of within study selective
reporting in meta-analysis. In addition to the development of statistical
methodology there will also be an opportunity to develop skills in
systematic reviewing with meta-analysis through applied work with the
Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group (LRiG) and Cochrane Review
Groups.
Candidates should have a good honours degree and/or a Masters degree in a
statistics related discipline with a strong desire to pursue studies to PhD
level in the area of systematic reviews with meta-analysis, and be able to
demonstrate good written and oral communication skills as well as computer
skills including SAS and R.
Informal enquiries to Dr Carrol Gamble on 0151 794 4059, email:
[log in to unmask], or Dr Paula Williamson on 0151 794 4760 [log in to unmask]
Further details are available from http://www.liv.ac.uk/university/jobs.html
Carrol Gamble
email: [log in to unmask]
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