Imperial College London
Department of Mathematics
 
Postgraduate studentship in Statistics
Discovering risks to patient safety
 
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship, funded jointly by the
EPSRC and the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) in a CASE Award, to
commence on 1st October 2006 or as soon after that date as possible.
Applicants are expected to have at least a 2i degree in a mathematical
discipline containing a significant amount of statistics. 
 
The NPSA is a Special Health Authority which collates and learns from
records of patient safety incidents, with the aim of improving safety.
The aim of this project is to use advanced data mining and anomaly
detection tools to identify common patterns in these records, and to
develop new theory and methods for detecting such patterns.  The project
will be supervised by Prof David J. Hand, from whom further information
can be obtained ([log in to unmask]).
 
The studentship will run for 3.5 years.   Eligibility for support is
restricted under UK Research Council guidelines: UK citizens normally
resident in the UK or EU citizens working in the UK may be considered
for a full award; however, EU nationals not normally resident in the UK
are eligible for fees assistance only.
 
Further information about the department can be found at
http://www.ma.imperial.ac.uk 
 
For more information regarding graduate studies at Imperial College and
to obtain an application form, consult the website
http://www.ma.ic.ac.uk/pgstudies.php
Please post or email your application form, a CV and the names of two
referees to Ms Rusudan Svanidze, Department of Mathematics, 180 Queen's
Gate, Imperial College London SW7 2RH, [log in to unmask]
Please state clearly on the application that it is for the EPSRC CASE
studentship on Discovering Risks to Patient Safety to be supervised by
Prof Hand. 
Closing date: Thursday 31st August 2006.
 
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