UCL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH
In partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Statistician / Research Fellow
Applicants are invited to join a multidisciplinary team to work on a
project investigating influences on obesity and associated disease
outcomes. The work is based on the rich longitudinal data available in the
1958 cohort, which has multiple ages of follow-up in childhood (birth and
ages 7, 11, 16 yr) and in adulthood (23, 33, 42, 44 yr). New data are
available from a 44yr biomedical survey. Information was also collected on
children of the cohort.
The post offers an excellent opportunity to explore and apply statistical
methods for longitudinal and family data, in relation to an important
public health issue. Analyses will focus on how influences on obesity have
changed across generations, and on whether the impact on cardiovascular
disease risk of weight gain and obesity has also changed.
The successful applicant will have a postgraduate qualification (or
equivalent) in one of the following: statistics, epidemiology, nutrition,
public health, or another subject relevant to this research. It is expected
that applicants will have good working knowledge of statistical methods and
packages (e.g. SAS, STATA). Experience of analysis of large datasets and of
working within biostatistics or epidemiology is desirable.
This full-time position is for three years starting as soon as possible.
Starting salary will be on the Research Fellow salary scale (£24,689 per
annum inclusive of London Weighting).
Informal enquiries may be made to Prof Chris Power on 020 7905 2106
(<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]) or Dr Leah Li on 020
7813 8393 (<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]).
A job description and application details can be obtained by referring to
our web site
<http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/html/humanresources/jobs.html>http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/html/humanresources/jobs.html.
Alternatively, you may wish to email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] or send a
stamped, self-addressed A4 envelope to Human Resources Department,
Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH. Please
quote job reference CFL/05/47.
Closing date for applications is Monday 10th October 2005 by 5pm.
Interview dates are likely to be held on 19th or 21st October 2005.
Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory criminal records
check.
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