ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICICAL SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY CARE & POPULATION SCIENCES


Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Primary Care Epidemiology
(Hampstead Campus)



This is a new post in PCPS, which is one of the largest and most 
prestigious departments of its kind in Europe, with research strengths in 
primary care, epidemiology, health services and social sciences research. 
The post was created to develop and maintain a programme of epidemiological 
research in primary care, focussed on the secondary analyses of large NHS 
clinical databases with an emphasis on the General Practice Research 
Database (GPRD). The post holder will work collaboratively with a group of 
primary care and epidemiology researchers based at the Hampstead Campus 
working on secondary analysis of the GPRD, and will play an active role in 
the multidisciplinary research of the Department.  The post holder will 
also work across the interface between PCPS, other departments in UCL and 
the MRC’s General Practice Research Framework (GPRF), as well as with other 
institutions, capitalizing on the opportunities for research of national 
and international importance offered in part through such links.  The post 
holder will contribute to department’s teaching programme. 

The GPRD is the world's largest computerised database of anonymised 
longitudinal medical records from primary care. Currently data are being 
collected on over 3 million active patients (and on as many as 9 million in 
total) from almost 400 primary care practices throughout the UK.It is the 
largest and most comprehensive source of data of its kind and is used 
worldwide for research by the pharmaceutical industry, clinical research 
organisations, regulators, government departments and leading academic 
institutions. PCPS has secondary access to the GPRD supported by staff from 
statistics, epidemiology and primary care who are experienced in using the 
database to address research questions in health services research.

Applicants to this post may or may not be medically qualified, but ideally 
will hold or be close to finishing a higher research degree and be able to 
demonstrate extensive experience in primary care epidemiology using large 
datasets.  Candidates not holding a PhD/MD degree must be within 3 months 
of completing or able to demonstrate the equivalent in research experience, 
including publication output and grant income.  Wide experience in primary 
care epidemiology, proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality 
original research, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals, 
success in obtaining grant funding, and experience of teaching at 
undergraduate and postgraduate levels are essential.  

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Prof. Irwin 
Nazareth, Professor of Primary Care and Population Sciences and Director of 
the GPRF at telephone:  020 7830 2394, email: [log in to unmask] 
Further details of the post are available 
at:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pcps/information/vacancies , or from Ms Leigh 
Oliver [log in to unmask], tel: 020 7472 6336, to whom applications, 
including a cover letter, UCL application form and full CV should also be 
sent.